Tanya Taylor is looking for a Product Development / Materials Coordinator with experience in women's wovens and cut/sew knit products. This person will support the product development and design teams.

1. Materials

• Assist in seasonal fabric/trim sourcing
     i. Track receipt of all incoming headers
     ii. Manage counter-sourcing across factories
• Follow up with vendors to get pricing & relevant information on selected articles
• Submit all color standards for lab-dips and track for receipt
• Place POs for all fabrics, trims and yarns
• Handle all follow up with mills/factories
• Maintain library of physical materials – fabric, trim & yarns
• Maintain seasonal material information chart
     i. Finalize at end of season for production with all relevant info from mills provided
• Organize and create necessary tools and upkeep throughout season; work to constantly improve and develop best systems to fit needs of all teams

2. Product Development Support

• Create and maintain BOM files from sketch pass to final sample
     i. Maintain PD sketch library
• Prepare packages for concept, protos & SMS
     i. Source/send materials to factories for initial concept developments
     ii. Compile pattern, fabric, trims, placement documents & BOM for domestic sampling
     iii. Organize sending of all fabrics/trims to overseas factories
     iv. Respond to factory needs with shortages in fabrics/trims and make sure all packages are complete. For any pending items, handling follow up to get late items out to factories.
• Hire interns to support all areas and manage day-to-day workloads

To Apply: Please send your resume to rachelr@tanyataylor.com, subject line Product Development / Materials Coordinator.