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Associate – Fashion/Product Development Jobs in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India at The Souled Store
Title: Associate – Fashion/Product Development
Company: The Souled Store
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
About Us:
The Souled Store is a homegrown youth casual-wear brand started in 2013. We are one of
India’s largest online merchandising platform with licenses like Disney, Warner Bros., WWE, IPL, Viacom18 to name a few. Apart from selling products with themed designs such as superheroes, movies, TV shows, and cartoons, the brand also is at the forefront of latest youth style and fashion trends. In addition to core men and women wear apparel categories, we are also in the process of expanding to new categories and introducing new product lines in the existing categories like active wear, supima products, innerwear, personal care products like perfumes etc. We will also be launching footwear and kids wear very soon.
Although we are primarily an online brand, we’ve expanded in the offline retail space as well and have five offline stores in Mumbai, one in Pune, one in Bangalore, one in Delhi, with plans for expansion pan India.
We’re now a ‘Great Place to Work’ certified organization which boasts of our fantastic employee culture and policies’
The Souled Store was born out of the idea of loving what you do, from the soul. We believe that people do their best work when they love what they do. There are too many Monday mornings and you can’t go dreading every single one of them. Over the years, we have built a strong team of like-minded people that work smart, own their work, and think like leaders. If you identify with what we do and are interested in being a part of an aggressively growing brand, we would love to have you on board.
Position Summary:
The product developer is responsible for the overall execution and development of the product, from concept to production, emphasizing category and performance materials within apparel. This position collaborates with the Product Development Manager, Technical Design, Materials, Design, Merchandising, Quality, and Production/Sourcing teams to execute product initiatives utilizing creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
Job Location:Lower Parel, East, Mumbai
Roles & Responsibilities:
Coordination with designer related to sampling requirement
Product development – fabric and sample development.
Preparation of sampling order for the sampling tailors – To interpret style techpack received from the designers and explain style requirement and style detailing to sampling master and pattern master for new samples and corrections.
Correcting pattern based on FIT and Size set comments
Looking into quality aspect of the samples.
Following up sampling processes end to end
Submission of sample to designers and follow up sample approvals
To monitor approval status to ensure on-time sample delivery.
Handing over sampling comments and style files to production merchandiser to communicate the same to vendors and factories.
Create Specification sheets with graded measurements, fit comments, and
pattern corrections per the fit requirement.
To maintain accurate records of all communication, to ensure smooth
workflow and problem resolution. Also preparing TNA charts.
Competencies & Abilities :
1-2 years of experience in garment manufacturing and the fashion
industry is strongly preferred.
Well rounded experience in Womenswear Category
Experience with technical performance apparel fit and construction
specifically in the
Womenswear category.
Degree in Apparel / Fashion Design or a related …
