Saturday, May 1, 2010

Victoria Classics Technical Designer (NYC)

Country : USA
Region : New York
Department : New York
Town : NEW YORK, NY
Contract type : Permanent
Availability : Full time
Experience : Less than 2 years

TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Description : Be adventurous! Live in China for a min of 2 Years. Work with Home Textiles Fabric, Color & Product


Victoria Classics is a major importer of fashionable home textile products. We specialize in highly embellished and hand crafted product, designed to meet the individual needs of each customer.
Victoria Classics is proud of its diverse customer base that spans many diverse operations. From department stores and big box retailers to discounters and alternative marketers.
Since being founded over 26 years ago, Victoria Classics has grown into one of the most successful companies in its field nationwide.
Please visit our Website, www.victoriaclassics.com for more information about our Company.
We are currently searching for a Technical Designer for Product and Fabric to live and work out of our Shanghai, China Office for a minimum of two years. Home Textile Experience is preferred.
Essential Responsibilities:
· Makes sure that Technical Diagrams that are created by the Company are being closely followed by the factories during production.
· Ensures that accurate colors are being maintained for production.
· Will live in China for a minimum of a (2) two year period visiting the factories and ensuring that production is up to our technical standards. Will also visit factories to ensure that the colors of our products are checked to make sure that they are up to standard.
· Will give technical advice to the factories as to how to fix color problems when they occur.
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
· Must have a Home Textile Background.
· Must have a Fabric Engineer background.
· Must have technical experience in fabric development, wovens and color knowledge.
· Must be very organized and have an adventurous personality.
Experience:
Must have a minimum of (2) two plus years experience in Home Textile Design. Colorist and Design background a must.

To Apply:
Please submit in confidence your resume with cover letter to click on "Apply now" . Make sure to put in your cover letter that you are applying for the Technical Designer position.
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Crossmark Retail Merchandising (Pauls Valley, OK)

Country : USA
Region : Oklahoma
Department : Garvin
Town : PAULS VALLEY, OK • GRAND FORKS, ND • CHADRON, NE
Contract type : Permanent
Availability : Full time
Experience : Student

RETAIL MERCHANDISING OPPORTUNITY
Description : As a member of the CROSSMARK retail team you will perform resets and general merchandising in a variety of stores in an assigned geographic area. Resets consist of reading plan-o-grams (schematics, diagrams) and pulling products off the shelf and re-shelving in an organized fashion. General merchandising consists of checking inventory, meeting with store managers, providing customer service, checking expiration dates, and making sure the proper products are on the shelves to increase sales.

Hours per week: Varies
Shift: Days


Candidate expected to complete the following tasks:

Maintain 100% authorized distribution of all required products in assigned territory
Cut-in and introduce new items
Maintain store shelf standards and inventory, including rotation of products
Supply and place point of sale materials
Implement shelf plan-o-grams
Communicate effectively with store personnel to
Lift 35 lbs. to 50 lbs. occasionally

Requirements:

Merchandising experience
Reset experience a plus
Ability to work well both in a team environment and independently
Flexible schedule
Access to reliable transportation
Daily access to a computer that is connected to the internet

Basic computer skills

About CROSSMARK:
CROSSMARK is a professional services company that helps consumer goods manufacturers and retailers reach their performance objectives. We do this by excelling in four key areas – headquarter selling, retail merchandising, store level marketing, and streamlining trade practices. In business for more than 100 years, CROSSMARK employs more than 20,000 associates worldwide in offices in the U.S. , Canada , Mexico , Australia and New Zealand . Headquartered in Plano , Texas , CROSSMARK is a privately owned corporation.

We Offer:
· Competitive Wages
· Weekly Pay
· Flexible Hours
· If applicable Part time benefits available after 60 days of employment
· Oportunities for Advancement

Equal Opportunity Employer


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Rainbow Apparel Buyers Clerical Assistant (Brooklyn, New York)

Country : USA
Region : New York
Town : BROOKLYN
Contract type : Permanent
Availability : Full time
Experience : Less than 2 years

Company presentation : Rainbow USA is recognized as one of the fastest growing junior, kids, plus, and petite, specialty apparel retail chains and has grown to over 1,000 retail stores! We have 12 retail lines that pride themselves on their impeccable customer service, strong customer loyalty, and fashion forward apparel. Rainbow USA is a progressive and rapidly growing retail organization that consistently thrives to open 60 retail store locations each year.

BUYERS CLERICAL ASSISTANT
Description : Rainbow USA Inc. is one of the fastest growing junior, kids, plus, and petite specialty apparel chains. Headquartered in Brooklyn, NY and founded in 1935, Rainbow is a fashion leader to its 14-49 year old customers.

There are almost 1100 stores in 38 states including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands operating under various trade names, such as Rainbow, Rainbow Plus, Rainbow Kids, 579, and Marianne’s. Rainbow’s customers appreciate and purchase fashion apparel, but are value conscious and look to Rainbow to provide fashion forward trends at inexpensive price points.

We are very successful in our market niches and enjoy growing sales and profit above the market average. We are in growth mode and add 60-80 new stores per year on average.

Rainbow employees enjoy being part of a progressive and rapidly growing organization. Our staff is hard working, loyal and dedicated. In addition, we provide many opportunities for growth and a career path. Indeed over 60% of our management team is promoted internally.

Buyers Clerical


The qualified candidate will have a strong work ethic, pay close attention to detail, have good organizational skills, willingness to learn and the desire to make a career. Good communication skills are necessary and punctuality is a must! Must have strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.


The company’s environment is best suited to creative, fashion-minded individuals. Ideal candidates are upbeat, energetic, recent college grads, fashion-forward thinkers with strong computer skills. If you have excellent interpersonal, analytical, and organizational skills and have the ability to work well independently with little supervision this could be the position for you.

Profile : Requirements:


Your duties would be providing direct assistance to the Buyer:


Need excellent computer/spreadsheet skills,
Superior phone, organization, filing and a detail orientation.
Must have a good eye for fashion and understand our customers.
Strong desire to be a buyer
Willingness to get in at the ground level and grow with an organization
Familiarity and experience with standard computer software
Excellent communication skills
Ability to multi-task with a sense of urgency
Positive, upbeat anything and everything personality
Team player, problem solver
Flexibility to shift primary focus as needed
Detail oriented multi-tasker with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to work well in a fast paced environment
Love for all things fashion and the retail industry
University or college degree or commensurate retail experience.
Strong retail math acumen, including elements of markup, margin planning, open to buy, inventory productivity measures,
Bi-Lingual a huge plus

This is an entry level position paying between 10.00 - 13.00 an hour from 8:30AM-5:15PM Monday - Friday plus benefits after 90 days.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Vacation, Discount, Free Parking, Full In-house Gym, and the most important benefit in this economy Stability.

Contact : Bockerstette Anthony


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Ralph Lauren Creative Presentation Coordinator (San Francisco, CA)

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation is a leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories: apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For more than 40 years, Polo’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets.

Purpose and Scope: Responsible for creative presentation, theme design and setup for store interiors and windows.

Responsibilities
:

  • Execute all interiors and window changeovers and installations for two stores. Includes: construction of any interior/window sets, on-site prop handling and prop placement (6 times or more per year).
  • Conduct daily walkthrough of location, identifying opportunities to improve overall visual and creative appearance of the site.
  • Prep, in keeping with visual calendar, for next installation or floor change.
  • Execute daily interior-set maintenance for store(s), this includes: repositioning mannequins, re-propping, re-merchandising, and sourcing alternative product for interior presentations.
  • Execute interim window display strategies for critical vacancies.
  • Effectively partner with freelance or temporary support staff (stylists, carpenters, etc.) during installations and changeovers.
  • For each installation, responsible for assisting in procuring/compiling creative and aesthetic elements for windows, including: wallpaper, paint, rugs, fabrics, lighting and decorative prop elements.

Job Requirements:

  • 1-2 years visual presentation experience. Demonstrated experience should include either tenure with a luxury goods retailer or luxury goods product exposure.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance maintenance and installations on a rolling calendar.
  • Ability to conduct installations outside of standard working and retail store hours (i.e., evenings after 9 PM, and weekends).
  • Project Management/Organization skills: proven ability to prioritize, work to a punchlist, and hit aggressive deadlines with minimal direction.
  • Communication skills: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both in writing and in verbal conversation with peers, supervisors and direct reports.
  • General computer proficiency to include Word and Excel.

Polo Ralph Lauren is an equal opportunity employer. We offer dynamic career opportunities with growth potential and a generous company discount.



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Niagara Partners Staff Accountant (NYC)

Country : USA
Region : New York
Department : New York
Town : NEW YORK, NY
Contract type : Permanent
Availability : Full time
Salary : $37,000 to $45,000 per year
Experience : 2 to 5 years

STAFF ACCOUNTANT (WOMEN'S FASHION - HIGH END APPAREL)
Description : Staff Accountant _________________________________________

Our client is a High End Apparel Company. They have an immediate need in their Accounting Department for a Staff Accountant - This position will be temp to perm! (First 6 weeks are temporary)

Job Description

Seeking an Accountant with 2-5 years experience in retail accounting.
Skills

Bank Rec's
Heavy Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Payroll (Adp a plus)
Assist with the month end close (Quickbooks experience a plus)
Qualifications
Accounting Degree Mandatory


For immediate consideration please email a copy of your resume in WORD format to Brian@niagarapartners.com



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Manhattan Beachwear Fabric Development Associate (Cypress, CA)

2010-04-08
Country : USA
Region : California
Town : CYPRESS
Contract type : Permanent
Availability : Full time
Experience : 2 to 5 years
Job reference : AG 104

Company presentation : Manhattan Beachwear, LLC.

We are a successful womens swimwear company based in Orange County, CA. We design and manufacture brands such as Kenneth Cole NY, Reaction, Split, Hot Kiss, Hobie, Maxine, Hermanny by Vix and private labels for major retailers.

FABRIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Description : Manhattan Beachwear, LLC. is currently looking for a Fabric Development Associate.

The ideal Fabric Development Associate is motivated, results oriented, ability to multi task and committed to team work. Position is Assistant to the Raw Material Purchasing Manager. Primary purpose of this position is to drive daily communications with mill/vendor partners to support the execution of the fabric development process.

Communicating with our vendors in China is an essential funtion of this position. Please specify on your resume that you meet this requirment. Only Candidates that are able to Read, Write and Speak Mandarin will be considered.



Responsibilities
• Assist and coordinate with Raw Materials Purchasing Manager on fabric and trim research and development, sourcing, purchasing and management of sample yardage
• Develop or re-source fabrics and trims within brand quality and price parameters
• Collaborate with quality textile specialist for fabric testing and evaluation to ensure bulk fabric will meet business quality standards
• Collaborate with agents, direct manufacturers and mills in conjunction with production planners on fabric and trims sourcing, quality and price negotiation
• Maintain timely and accurate fabric chart and raw material checklist
• Develop and maintain brand fabric and trim resource list and library
• Collect, file and enter fabric-related details into applicable systems
• Support fabric approval process through communication with appropriate partners and factories
• Develop and maintain brand fabric and trim resource list and library


Requirements: • 3+ years of experience in direct fabric and trim development
• Bachelor's degree in textile technology or equivalent
• In depth global fabric sourcing and technical textile knowledge
• Strong fashion, color, fabric and trim sense
• Clear understanding of dyeing, printing, and finishing techniques
• Product knowledge through all phases of textile and garment construction
• Strong networking, negotiation and business planning skills
• Proficiency in MS Office suite
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must Must be Fluent in Mandarin and English

Profile : We offer Competitive Pay and Benefits Package.

Manhattan Beachwear, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to diversity in our workplace .


Please include wage / salary history with resume

Local Candidates only, No Relocation.


Must be Fluent in Mandarin and English
Must be able to Read, Write and Speak Mandarin

Contact : Wilson Julie


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Forever 21 Fabric & Color Coordinator (Los Angeles, CA)

Country : USA
Region : California
Department : Los Angeles
Town : LOS ANGELES, CA
Contract type : Permanent
Availability : Full time
Experience : 5 to 10 years

FABRIC AND COLOR COORDINATOR
Description : FOREVER 21
Forever 21 is one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing retailers in the fashion industry, currently operating more than 400 stores across the country. Forever 21 is committed to providing a trendy line of fashionable clothing at reasonable prices. We are dedicated to making each customer’s shopping experience a happy and enjoyable one.

Fabric and Color Coordinator
DESIGN DEPARTMENT
Los Angeles, California

Job Position Roles and Responsibilities:
· Approve all trim, fabric, color on all garments in a 24-hour turn.
· Organize fabric and trim library. Color and fabric trending
· Set up Fabric area for the department’s design team and manage fabric/trim.
· Prompt and Proper Communication of direction to fabric sourcing team in Asia.
· Work with design and production to meet all guidelines and deadlines.
· Produce Fabric and Trim Trend Boards monthly/seasonally.

Required Skills and Qualifications:
· Minimum 5 - 7 years of Product Development, Design or related experience REQUIRED.
· Fashion Merchandising, Textile, or related degree REQUIRED.
· Strong knowledge of Woven/Knit Fabrics.
· Strong color sense and fabric/trim knowledge.
· Excellent organizational skills. Ability to work independently.
· Flexible with assigned work and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
· Team-oriented.

Submit resume to
CORPORATECAREERS@FOREVER21.COM.
Job ID: 398



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