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This position is responsible for the Design & Development of merchandise including trend right silhouette, fabric, pattern and color direction; ensures product quality and integrity, and maintains consistent brand handwriting for the target customer.Position follows our hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday in office, Thursday-Friday remote. Seasonal domestic travel plus occasional international travel required.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Own the Design and Product Development of all apparel and accessories. In close partnership with merchant and sourcing counterparts, you’ll drive a cohesive brand vision ensuring that products meet assortment strategies, price points and overall creative direction.
- With a strategic mindset and strong point of view, you’ll ensure product assortment is appropriate for the designated Meijer customer and brands. This includes leading the aesthetic execution through trend right styling, fabrication, trims, color and print/pattern.
- Manage seasonal development calendar to meet required timelines. Coordinate and manages key in the development process to ensure design/merchandising requirements are met.
- Work with CAD Design to develop prints and pattern work for season. Review strike-offs and handlooms for layout and execution; resolve any issues and approve.
- Partner with Quality Assurance Technicians to ensure complete Tech Design Packages are presented for sourcing. Take responsibility for completion, execution and accuracy; and communication of all Technical Sketch, Details and Bill of Materials Information. Travel overseas as part of sourcing, finalization team.
- Review counter samples with Quality Assurance Technicians for fit, execution and style approval. Communicate to Global Sourcing, any styling/detail changes affecting price or Bill of Materials.
- Develop skills/enhance productivity of direct reports by managing, coaching, providing feedback, instilling teamwork, conducting performance reviews, and promoting training/development.
- This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design or equivalent industry experience
- 7 - 10 years experience in Fashion Design or Product Development, leading creative teams.
- Knowledge and expertise in assortment building from initial concept to execution, while maintaining development calendar benchmarks.
- Knowledge/expertise with fabrics, trims, construction details and finishing techniques.
- Understanding of industry trends, assortment planning, key item development, color, print and pattern selection.
- Ability to adapt to existing and changing processes, brand assignments while communicating and receiving thoughts and ideas openly.
- Concise, clear, daily communication required with Buyers, CAD, Color Analyst, Quality Assurance Technicians, and Global Sourcing.
- Written and verbal communication skills are critical.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design or equivalent industry experience
- 7 - 10 years experience in Fashion Design or Product Development
- Knowledge and expertise in assortment building
- Knowledge/expertise with fabrics, trims, construction details
- Excellent communication skills with team members and stakeholders
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as a meaningful part of the total package, with medical, dental, and vision options and additional supplemental coverage. The availability of wellness programming and online doctor visits further strengthens the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are positioned as solid, including 401(k) access and Roth 401(k) options that some find valuable. Union-negotiated structures are also associated with above-average pay and benefits in certain service roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are a recurring bright spot, including paid time off, vacation time, and holiday pay that can accumulate over time. Paid parental leave is also part of the package, supporting work-life needs alongside PTO.
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What We Do
It takes guts to start a business during the Great Depression. And it takes vision to keep it going. Our founder, Hendrik Meijer, opened Thrifty Acres in 1934. Almost thirty years later, his son, Fred, pioneered the world’s first ever supercenter – setting the table for who we are today: a multi-billion-dollar household name in retail. Of course, we’re not done. Not by a long shot. We recently launched the nation’s largest grocery home-delivery service – reinventing the business of grocery shopping … again. A lot has changed over the years, except for one thing; we’re still family owned. And that sense of family runs deep in everything we do. It’s the difference between selling a product and serving a community, and it’s the reason we’ve given back over $30 million to local food pantries in the last ten years. So, if you appreciate the pioneering spirit of Meijer, we’d like to connect with you. Because the bigger our family, the better
