Baby & Children's Apparel Fit & Spec Specialist
Job Description:
We are a leading baby brand, recently relaunched with a renewed focus on quality, style, and comfort.
Our mission is to provide the best garments & accessories for our little customers, and we are looking for a talented Baby & Children's Apparel Fit & Spec Specialist to join our team.
**Job Title:** Baby & Children's Apparel Fit & Spec Specialist
**Job Description:**
As a Baby & Children's Apparel Fit & Spec Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that all garments & accessories meet the highest standards of fit, look, style, and quality.
You will create technical specifications, maintain fit standards, and communicate effectively with vendors and internal teams.
**Responsibilities:**
- Create technical specifications for new and updated products based on existing specifications, new product analyses, prototypes, or physical samples.
- Ensure high-quality standards are consistently in line with company guidelines.
- Create and maintain fit blocks and standards for each commodity to ensure fit consistency.
- Understand and be a reference for baby law regulations and labeling.
- Measure and fit samples to guarantee the desired fit is consistently achieved.
- Provide clear, descriptive, and timely fit comments to vendors.
- Produce fit sketches to assist vendors in correcting fit issues.
- Create and maintain care label and law label library.
- Maintain daily communication and follow-up with vendors and internal teams throughout the production process to ensure deadlines are met.
- Conduct fit sessions (using dummies, not live models).
- Take detailed FIT measurements, enter specs, and grading.
- Write corrections and recommendations clearly and concisely to be understood by overseas suppliers.
- Participate in the creation of tech packs when needed.
- Communicate with suppliers on a daily basis.
**Qualifications:**
- 5+ years of experience in the apparel industry, with a focus on children’s apparel.
- Proficiency in software: Illustrator, Excel, Office Suite.
- Solid knowledge and experience with fitting procedures and grading.
- Meticulous and detail-oriented.
- Able to work effectively both in a team and independently.
- Strong time management and problem-solving skills.
- Understanding of and experience with baby law regulations.
- 5 floater days
- 4 weeks vacation after 10 years
- parking available
- full benefits coverage (medical, dental, life insurance AD&D, LTD)
- hybrid work (3 days in office)