Full Job Description
Raw Materials Associate, Nike - Calvin Klein
Responsible for supporting day-to-day development of knits/wovens fabrics for CTB (underwear and bra categories, with specific focus on intimate fabrics, yarns, elastics, and related components) for Nike and THU Underwear.
What You'll Do:
• Support direct manager to create and maintain pre seasonal raw materia l knit/woven portfolios
• Monitor developments daily, troubleshoot issues and facilitate solutions when possible. Closely communicate with manager, Hub teams, mills to resolve any issues / delays, and minimize quality problems
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve business challenges in accordance with the seasonal development calendars, ensuring adherence to cost, speed and quality
• Gather and review fabric submits, FDS sheets, and test reports
• Drive the process of establishing Fabric Design approval standards and ensure approvals are filed & distributed to overseas offices, mills and vendors
• Maintain physical fabric records, binders, presentation boards, and digital database / PLM
• Utilize presentation skills to prep fabric boards, swatches, and organize trend research
• Assess and call out high risk fabric developments as part of Stage 1 risk assessment
• Order & track seasonal concept & proto edges, and share updates to x-functional teams.
• Build and maintain fashion fabric library, supporting utilization by R&D team and designers
• Build and maintain archive of core / running fabrics in Nike + THU libraries
• Attend weekly cross-functional team meetings and speak to open topics
• Support team in trend research, shopping recaps, gathering and organizing new collections
• Daily communication with cross-functional teams, suppliers, PVH Hub-offices
• Responsible for supporting the Fabric Team in all aspects of researching, creating and executing the seasonal collection (from Concept to Showroom samples) across Wholesale, Retail, Off Price channels Men’s & Women’s Knits
• Other related duties / special projects as required
What You'll Bring:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Textiles, Design, or related field
• Minimum 2 - 3 years of experience in Raw Materials sourcing or development
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite required
• Basic technical understanding of textiles required
• Web PLM experience preferred
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Deadline-driven with a strong sense of urgency and accuracy.
• Candidates must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Be extremely organized and a clear communicator.
This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
Pay Range:$76,300---$103,100
