Your Opportunity, Your Team
- The Fabric Sourcing Assistant supports QVC, and the Fabric Sourcing Manager in the reporting and management of raw materials from bulk commitment through delivery, including oversight of fabric claims across QVC private label, personality, and celebrity apparel brands.
Where You'll Work
- This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite in West Chester, PA (Studio Park) several days per month (onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company). Job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: PA, NJ, DE. Relocation assistance is not available for this role.
What You'll Do
Fabric Research & Development (50%)- Manage QMAT creation across all fabric categories.
- Oversee inbound and outbound mail processing, including swatch cutting, package coordination, tracking, and documentation.
- Provide email and communication support for the Fabric Team.
- Support trend library maintenance and presentation preparation.
- Maintain data integrity for Fabric Trigger and Fabric Handover processes.
- Partner with the Fabric Manager and Associate on development communication and documentation.
- Attend brand development meetings when team members are unavailable.
- Source fabrics aligned with the Strategic Sourcing Strategy.
- Track and monitor fabric performance and sustainability claims; support submission and approval processes.
- Upload and maintain fabric testing reports; escalate issues to the Fabric Sourcing Manager.
- Maintain material management and data integrity in Flex PLM.
- Track sample yardage, material costs, and price changes.
- Support management of the nominated Mill Report Card.
- Identify opportunities for fabric quality consolidation across brands.
- Run PLM fabric analysis reports and maintain the fabric library.
- Execute required fabric sourcing reports.
- Perform other duties and activities as assigned.
What You'll Bring
- Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent business experience.
- Experience: Minimum two years in apparel fabric sourcing, R&D, or product development within a wholesale or retail design environment.
- Technical proficiency in knit and woven fabrics.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- PLM experience is preferred
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Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.
QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.
If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.
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What We Do
Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.® We believe in a Third Way to Shop® – beyond transactional ecommerce or traditional brick-and-mortar stores – for customers who crave engaging shopping experiences. We're a select group of diverse businesses that provide customers with curated collections of unique products, made personal and relevant by the power of storytelling. We combine the best of retail, media, and social to curate experiences, conversations, and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. We bring joy, inspiration, and humanity to shopping. We also curate large audiences, across our many platforms, for our thousands of brand vendors. Qurate Retail Group comprises seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road®. We reach approximately 218 million homes worldwide via 14 television networks and reach millions more via multiple streaming services, social pages, mobile apps, websites, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. We're a world leader in video commerce globally, among the top ecommerce retailers in North America (according to Digital Commerce 360), and a leader in mobile commerce and social commerce.
