Job Summary The Technical Designer / Patternmaker is responsible for ensuring women's knit and woven garments meet company standards for fit, construction, grading, specifications, and quality throughout the product lifecycle from development to production. Key Responsibilities: • Develop technical specifications, garment patterns, and production tech packs. • Execute product development from initial design handoff through production. • Review, measure, and evaluate samples for fit, construction, workmanship, and quality. • Lead fit sessions and resolve garment fit issues with designers and cross-functional teams. • Prepare fit documentation, evaluation sheets, and fitting reports. • Communicate fit corrections and technical changes to overseas vendors using written instructions, photos, sketches, measurements, and construction details. • Develop, modify, and maintain production and development patterns. • Create and maintain block patterns, grading rules, and specification standards. • Compare factory production patterns against approved blocks to ensure fit consistency. • Review production specifications, detail pages, and technical documentation. • Track sample approvals and monitor products through the production process. • Maintain specification history, pattern libraries, revision logs, and technical records. • Ensure consistency in fit, grading, construction, and tolerances within FlexPLM. • Identify production, quality, costing, and design issues and recommend improvements. • Conduct competitive fit and construction analysis. • Review size sets and support quality improvements throughout production. • Organize samples and ensure projects meet calendar deadlines. • Support additional technical design activities as required. Requirements • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience. • 5+ years of experience as a Technical Designer, Patternmaker, or Fit Technician for women's apparel. • Experience with women's knit and woven garments. • Strong knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking, grading, and fit. • Experience with Gerber patternmaking systems (preferred). • Proficiency in FlexPLM, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word. • Sewing skills and knowledge of industrial sewing equipment. • Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. • Ability to work in a global, cross-functional environment. • Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.