Manager - Fits
Roles and Responsibilities
- Understand the Brand DNA [Customer Age group, Financial limitation, Expectation on the Brand and Design]
- Understand Action calendar [ Line assortment] Map
- Proto & Size spec and manage the timeline
- Understand Buy plan - Map PP/Gold seal and manage the timeline with in 3days
- Flash the Number of Proto /pp/Dexter update/ Size spec
- Received request and resolved and pending details to the line manager /Team lead
- Understand Categories in the Brand and various Fits/Blocks
- Understand COE function and ensure COE to deliver right info to the Vendor
- [Size spec/ Vendor ref sample/Patterns/Marker] etc
- Design Handshake [understand the design sheet and Make sure design information is sufficient enough to the Vendor/COE]
- Preparing the size spec for every style ensure to upload the size spec in the PLM and make supplier to understand the specs
- Lead Sample review and approval along with Design team, ensure that comments given by design team is incorporated in the
- Proto
- PP/Gold seal
- After sample review comments to be sent to the vendors /update in PLM within 48 hrs
- Establish the connect with Sourcing/Brand/Design /Internal team lead and members.
- Conduct weekly meeting with stake holders and Review Buy plan have clarity on samples no for succeeding week and month
- KPI Reporting on weekly basis with Line manager /Dept lead
- Right 1st time [Monitor Proto and PP sample review and rejection rate with root cause analysis
- Timeline management
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- Size spec update on style level + season wise master chart + style attributes
- Review buy plan in the weekly meeting
- Publish proto and pp approval within timeline
- [ pp sample s/b approved within 45 days prior to delivery]
- Dexter update
3. Maintain Master data sheet of sample approval on sample tracker
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- Brand/style ids/type of samples/status of approval / If rejected - Reason for rejection
- Design /fit change, Spec related issue/Pattern related issues, Workmanship/out of tolerance]
4. Ensure Fit integrity is delivered to the customer [ Block check] etc
5. Understand the customer return [action plan to reduce the customer return
6. Vendor pattern management [using COE ensure that vendor patterns are correct]
7. 360-degree feedback should be taken from stake holders after agreement with Team lead, based on which improvement plan has to be discussed once in 3 months
Qualifications & Experience
- 7-8 years of experience with Fashion Background.
- Familiarity with Fits process/ Size & graded spec/ Size attributes
- Understanding of Pattern making/ Garment construction/ Risk assessment
- Ability to communicate with vendors/ cross functional teams
- Comfortable with Timeline/ Data management
