Fabric Manager

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve.

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OVERVIEW:

The role manages a fabric development process that is aligned and supports our VB strategies, suggests enhancements as needed. Develops and maintains an organized, updated fabric and wash library that is a value-add resource for our Design partners. Build and maintain a close relationship with key partners such as Design, Trend, Global Sourcing & Product Development, Fabric Team, Quality and Suppliers. Participates in seasonal concept meetings to understand fabric trend direction, fabric needs across brands, guides the seasonal key material selection process, and recommends raw material synergies where applicable across brands/styles to improve costing, reduce our risk of liabilities and provide us with the flexibility to react to the business, thus increasing profitability. Lead all cross functional discussions related to Fabric. Ensure there is a robust development approved section, create and update core fabric boards bi-annually and communicate recommendations to cross functional partners for leveraging qualities across divisions. Evaluate current fabric categories in library and coordinate with Design/Trend to identify areas in need of expansion. Maintain mill competency chart. Support Dick’s sustainability initiatives looking for opportunities at mill and fabric level, working toward the defined company goals.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

Fabric

• Manages a fabric development process that is aligned and supports our VB strategies, suggests enhancements as needed.
• Develops and maintains an organized, updated fabric and wash library that is a value-add resource for our Design partners. Ensure there is a robust development approved section.
• Create and update core fabric boards bi-annually with statistics and communicate recommendations to cross functional partners for leveraging qualities across divisions.
• Prior to each development season, works together with Trend to build new mill collection racks. Organize collections with full fabric details. Set up vendor design trend/fabric collection meetings. Unpack collections and prepare for fabric trend meeting.
• After fabric handoffs, integrate new mill collections into permanent library, discard outdated headers
• Evaluate current fabric categories and coordinate with Design/Trend to identify areas in need of expansion in fabric library.
• Support Dick’s sustainability initiatives looking for opportunities at mill and fabric level, working toward the defined company goals.

Process

• Lead all cross functional discussions related to Fabric
• Maintain mill competency chart.
• Ensure fabric calendar deadlines are met
• Build and maintain a close relationship with key partners such as Design, Trend, Global Sourcing & Product Development, Fabric Team, Quality and Suppliers.
• Participates in seasonal concept meetings to understand fabric trend direction, fabric needs across brands.
• Leads seasonal palette creation meeting & guides the seasonal key material selection process and recommends raw material synergies where applicable across brands/styles to improve costing, reduce our risk of liabilities and provide us with the flexibility to react to the business, thus increasing profitability.

Supervise and Develop Talent

• Supervise and provide guidance on projects and deliverables, holding teammate accountable to deadlines. This includes organizing and monitoring workload to ensure priority deliverables are fast tracked.
• Establish best practices across the larger team to drive productivity and efficiencies.
• Provide direct reports with timely and regular feedback to support teammate development/ growth in role.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree

College or university degree in textiles or equivalent work experience

5 - 7 (Minimum of 3 ) years of experience in textile manufacturing or development