Temporary Textile Product Development Administrator en J.McLaughlin

Why J.McLaughlin?

J.McLaughlin was founded in 1977 by brothers Kevin and Jay McLaughlin with a mission to create an American Sportswear brand that offered two key components:  classic clothing with current relevance and a retail environment that has a neighborhood feel.  The J.McLaughlin brand has always been more about style than fashion: straightforward, unpretentious, and devoid of the superfluous. Our clothing is rooted in the tradition of sport, work, and play.  With over 150 retail locations, each store is entirely unique, attentively designed to reflect the town's color, character, and architecture. This attention to detail extends to exemplary customer service and local philanthropic engagement.

 Our “Culture of Kindness” creates an environment with respect, politeness, consideration, and empathy that creates a family like atmosphere and focuses on giving back to the community.   The company has an entrepreneurial spirit which fosters great experience and career opportunities, complemented with our great incentive benefits programs.  

 Overview

J.McLaughlin is a specialty American Sportswear and Accessories brand headquartered in New York.  J.McLaughlin has a reputation for being “local and loyal”, building meaningful relationships within each community and providing customers with highly personalized service.  We are a growing company with a focus on our culture of kindness, cultivating an exceptional atmosphere in which to work and shop.   

The Temporary Textile Product Development Administrator will work closely with the Print Director managing the administrative side of the development process. They will have strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to prioritize while working across multiple timelines simultaneously. 

The Temporary Textile Product Development Administrator picks up the development process once the artwork is completed and ready to send to the vendor. Working cross-functionally with our overseas factories the Printed Textile Administrator will manage strike-off development, tracking, and approvals as well as ordering/tracking sample yardage for Proto and Web Sample development.  This is assignment is primarily based in our Greenpoint, Brooklyn office and is expected though not guaranteed to last for approximately 4 months starting immediately.

About the role

Essential Functions:

• Manage printed fabric development across all divisions 
• Monitor deliverables and communicate regularly with overseas vendors ensuring strike off and sample yardage timelines are maintained, anticipate and escalate potential issues and delays. 
• Receive and organize all submits from overseas vendors. Fold, label, and hang all printed fabric submits. 
• Facilitate and manage timely review of all strike-off development with Print Director, communicate revisions, approvals, and rejections to relevant parties.
• Organize and maintain seasonal fabric library, manage pass off to production team for bulk approvals, and archive once bulk is approved.
• Act as the point person for communication between CAD, Design and Production teams. Participate in weekly progress meetings, communicating strike-off and sample yardage status, print updates, and approvals in a concise and timely manner.
• Prepare materials for milestone meetings including development charts, line sheets and strike-offs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5 year's experience in production, fabric development or similar field
• Microsoft Excel and Outlook proficiency
• In depth understanding of filing systems for both physical and digital materials
• Ability to parse, organize, and disseminate a high volume of data on multiple timelines
• Strong verbal and written communication; attention to fine detail 
• Ability to self-manage and work independently, as well as coordinate with multiple cross-functional teams.

Equal Opportunity

J.McLaughlin is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.