Apparel Pattern & Fit Developer, Softlines Private Brands
About the role
Amazon Softlines Private Brands seeks a skilled, passionate apparel pattern and fit expert to help deliver best in class fit and quality across its direct development products. The Global Fit team aims to delight customers of all shapes and sizes around the world with products that fit perfectly. We safeguard product integrity throughout the full lifecycle, including commercialization, while driving continuous improvement within our mature selection. Central to this charter is our worldwide fit and expansion strategy, new product fit engineering and block maintenance, delivering fit CX excellence, vendor fit training and driving fit innovation.
Basic qualifications
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
Preferred qualifications
- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
Responsibilities
- Deliver clear specifications on Tech Packs to include fit, construction and quality, being cognizant of target prices
- Lead fit sessions ensuring fit, sizing, construction and quality consistency is achieved in line with standards
- Own creation of blocks patterns and grading guidance across a suite of products and departments
- Develop or update existing Technical Literature and SOPs as required
- Leverage Technical knowledge to conduct wearer testing through development and post production
- Evaluate garments to determine compliance of specs, construction, quality and fit intent versus the agreed standard
- Track and manage workflow and workload
- Travel to factories, working with technical teams to advance fit approval timelines and drive right first time development
- Conduct root cause analysis and customer data deep dives in line with strategy/defect escalations
- Lead technical conversations with Vendors, including quality and fit issue escalations
- Be comfortable reading, evaluating and manipulating data led fit reporting
About the team
The Softlines Private Brands Fit team operates from locations in the United States, India, and the United Kingdom. Our global presence enables us to combine regional expertise with automated solutions to improve fit accuracy and streamline processes. We deliver precise sizing and fit standards that increase customer satisfaction and reduce returns.
Pay
The base salary range for this position is 74,200.00 - 129,800.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave