Sr Technical Designer

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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections with real content. The posting includes Overview (Senior Technical Designer) description, Primary Responsibilities, Core Competencies & Accomplishments, What You Get (benefits), About JCPenney (maybe not needed), Responsibilities (again), Qualifications, What You Get (again), Pay Range. We need to avoid repeating job title heading. We should not include sections like "About the role" unless there is content. There's an overview paragraph describing role; could map to "About the role". Also there is "Primary Responsibilities" and later "Responsibilities" (duplicate). We'll combine responsibilities. Qualifications includes Education, Experience, Technical Skills, Personal Attributes. Could map to "Qualifications" and "Skills". But we have separate headings for Qualifications and Skills. We'll put education/experience under Qualifications, and technical skills under Skills. Personal attributes maybe also under Qualifications or Skills? Probably Qualifications. Benefits: there is "What You Get:" describing benefits. We'll put under Benefits. Pay: there is Pay Range. We'll put under Pay. Schedule: not mentioned, so omit. We must not include boilerplate like About JCPenney, careers page, etc. Remove duplicated lines, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove "Please visit JCPenney’s Newsroom..." etc. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details: responsibilities list, qualifications list, skills list, benefits list, pay range. We must not invent or summarize away detail. Use

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  for prose. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's extract content. Overview paragraph: "Senior Technical Designer The Sr. Technical Designer manages the technical design process and provides technical expertise to evaluate apparel merchandise in terms of style, measurement and construction to achieve the appropriate fit, quality and design interpretation for the manufacturer to follow." That's prose. Primary Responsibilities bullet list? It says "Primary Responsibilities:" then a sentence: "Manages garment evaluation process to ensure the provision of technical design assistance with master pattern and size grading as needed. Collaborate with Design and Product Development teams to determine fit and aesthetics. Complete product packages in FlexPLM, including measurements, construction details and technical sketches. Establish and maintain fit and construction standards to ensure brand consistency and quality. Prepare and lead fit sessions with Design and Product Development, discuss fit history when presenting current fit and recommend alternative methods of construction or options for components when necessary. Resolve and communicate fit and construction issues to International Buying Offices and factories within the development and production timelines. Daily communication and follow through with IBO, vendors, and all cross-functional partners. Enhance fit and quality through review of customer comments, competitive analysis, and conducting fit symposiums." That's a list of duties; we can turn each sentence into

• . Later there is another "Responsibilities" section with headings: Fit Ownership, Cross-functional Partnership, Technical Documentation, Vendor & Overseas Communication, Quality & Fit Optimization, Mentorship. Each with description. We should incorporate those as list items as well, maybe under Responsibilities. We need to avoid duplication but preserve all info. Could combine both sets. Let's list all responsibilities: From Primary Responsibilities: - Manages garment evaluation process to ensure the provision of technical design assistance with master pattern and size grading as needed. - Collaborate with Design and Product Development teams to determine fit and aesthetics. - Complete product packages in FlexPLM, including measurements, construction details and technical sketches. - Establish and maintain fit and construction standards to ensure brand consistency and quality. - Prepare and lead fit sessions with Design and Product Development, discuss fit history when presenting current fit and recommend alternative methods of construction or options for components when necessary. - Resolve and communicate fit and construction issues to International Buying Offices and factories within the development and production timelines. - Daily communication and follow through with IBO, vendors, and all cross-functional partners. - Enhance fit and quality through review of customer comments, competitive analysis, and conducting fit symposiums. From Responsibilities section: Fit Ownership: Manages the garment fit process, including conducting live model/mannequin sessions, evaluating construction, and analyzing pattern/grading revisions. Collaborates with Design and PD to recommend construction alternatives based on fit history. Cross-functional Partnership: Work closely with Design, Sourcing and Merchandising teams to align on fit intent, meet calendar deadlines and maintain brand standards. Technical Documentation: Create, maintain, and manage detailed tech packs, including: measurement specs, tolerances, grading, fit photos, technical sketches and construction details in Flex PLM. Vendor & Overseas Communication: Primary contact for factories on technical and fit compliance; resolves fit-related and construction issues with International Buying Office and factories to meet development and production timelines. Quality & Fit Optimization: Enhances garment fit and quality by analyzing customer feedback, performing competitive research, and conducting block reviews. Mentorship: Coach and support junior technical designers on technical issues and fit processes. We should combine, avoid duplicates. Some overlap: many similar. We'll just include all distinct items. Now Qualifications: "Core Competencies & Accomplishments:" list: - College degree in fine arts or design, or equivalent work experience in a design related field preferred. - 8+ years of technical design experience required. - Knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking and manufacturing process. - A trained eye for proportion, balance and aesthetic details. - Superior verbal and written communication skills. - Demonstrates confidence and assertiveness in fit presentation. - Ability to self-manage, works independently, multitask, and consistently meets deadlines. - Strong organizational skills with an acute attention to detail. - Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment. - Proactive on problem solving and resolution oriented. - Proficiency in: Flex PLM, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Web PDM, Microsoft Outlook and Excel. Later Qualifications section: - Education: Degree in Technical Design, Fashion Design, or related field is preferred. - Experience: 8+ years of Technical Design experience required. - Experience working with multiple channels: wholesale, discounters etc. is preferred. - Technical Skills: Deep knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking, grading, fabric performance, manufacturing process. - PLM systems experience (Flex PLM preferred), Adobe applications (e.g., Illustrator, Photoshop), Microsoft Outlook, Teams and Excel. - CLO 3D and Gerber software training is a plus. - Exceptional attention to detail, trained eye for proportion, balance and overall aesthetic. - Superior verbal and written communication skills, especially important for vendor/factory correspondence. - Personal Attributes: Must exhibit executive presence and professionalism, demonstrating confidence and assertiveness in fit presentations. - Self-motivated professional with superior organizational skills, acute attention to detail, and a proven ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines. - Big picture thinking, ability display resolution-oriented problem solving. - Proactive, adaptable, and open to feedback - Highly organized and comfortable managing multiple timelines - Team-oriented with a positive, collaborative mindset We need to avoid duplication but preserve all. We'll combine into Qualifications (education/experience) and Skills (technical skills, software, etc.) and maybe Personal Attributes could be part of Qualifications. But we have separate headings for Qualifications and Skills. We'll put education/experience under Qualifications. Technical skills, software proficiency, etc. under Skills. Personal attributes maybe also under Qualifications? Could be under Qualifiers as well. But we need to decide. Let's assign: Qualifications: - College degree in fine arts or design, or equivalent work experience in a design related field preferred. - 8+ years of technical design experience required. - Degree in Technical Design, Fashion Design, or related field is preferred. - Experience working with multiple channels: wholesale, discounters etc. is preferred. But that duplicates degree and experience. We'll combine: "College degree in fine arts or design, or equivalent work experience in a design related field preferred; Degree in Technical Design, Fashion Design, or related field is preferred." Might be redundant but we must preserve all info, not summarize away. We could list both as separate bullet points even if similar. Skills: - Knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking and manufacturing process. - A trained eye for proportion, balance and aesthetic details. - Superior verbal and written communication skills. - Demonstrates confidence and assertiveness in fit presentation. - Ability to self-manage, works independently, multitask, and consistently meets deadlines. - Strong organizational skills with an acute attention to detail. - Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment. - Proactive on problem solving and resolution oriented. - Proficiency in: Flex PLM, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Web PDM, Microsoft Outlook and Excel. - Deep knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking, grading, fabric performance, manufacturing process. - PLM systems experience (Flex PLM preferred), Adobe applications (e.g., Illustrator, Photoshop), Microsoft Outlook, Teams and Excel. - CLO 3D and Gerber software training is a plus. - Exceptional attention to detail, trained eye for proportion, balance and overall aesthetic. - Superior verbal and written communication skills, especially important for vendor/factory correspondence. - Self-motivated professional with superior organizational skills, acute attention to detail, and a proven ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines. - Big picture thinking, ability display resolution-oriented problem solving. - Proactive, adaptable, and open to feedback - Highly organized and comfortable managing multiple timelines - Team-oriented with a positive, collaborative mindset - Must exhibit executive presence and professionalism, demonstrating confidence and assertiveness in fit presentations. Many duplicates; we need to preserve all but we can combine similar? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we cannot summarize away detail, but we can combine duplicates? That might be summarizing away detail (removing duplicate lines). Duplicates are not substantive new info; they are repeated. The instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we can deduplicate. Good. Thus we will deduplicate. Let's create a set of unique items. Responsibilities unique items: 1. Manages garment evaluation process to ensure the provision of technical design assistance with master pattern and size grading as needed. 2. Collaborate with Design and Product Development teams to determine fit and aesthetics. 3. Complete product packages in FlexPLM, including measurements, construction details and technical sketches. 4. Establish and maintain fit and construction standards to ensure brand consistency and quality. 5. Prepare and lead fit sessions with Design and Product Development, discuss fit history when presenting current fit and recommend alternative methods of construction or options for components when necessary. 6. Resolve and communicate fit and construction issues to International Buying Offices and factories within the development and production timelines. 7. Daily communication and follow through with IBO, vendors, and all cross-functional partners. 8. Enhance fit and quality through review of customer comments, competitive analysis, and conducting fit symposiums. 9. Manages the garment fit process, including conducting live model/mannequin sessions, evaluating construction, and analyzing pattern/grading revisions. 10. Collaborates with Design and PD to recommend construction alternatives based on fit history. 11. Work closely with Design, Sourcing and Merchandising teams to align on fit intent, meet calendar deadlines and maintain brand standards. 12. Create, maintain, and manage detailed tech packs, including: measurement specs, tolerances, grading, fit photos, technical sketches and construction details in Flex PLM. 13. Primary contact for factories on technical and fit compliance; resolves fit-related and construction issues with International Buying Office and factories to meet development and production timelines. 14. Enhances garment fit and quality by analyzing customer feedback, performing competitive research, and conducting block reviews. 15. Coach and support junior technical designers on technical issues and fit processes. Check duplicates: #2 and #10 similar but #2 says Collaborate with Design and Product Development teams