Urban Outfitters Senior Fabric Coordinator

URBN•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

Urban Outfitters is looking for a Sr. Fabric Coordinator. The Sr. Fabric Coordinator will facilitate and execute Design’s vision through sourcing and developing brand appropriate fabrics originating from global markets, as well as supporting brand goals and business initiatives. This individual provides “one-voice” communication to mills and suppliers acting as a liaison between, U.S. home offices, HK fabric office, and global market mills and suppliers, and world-wide manufacturing partners.

Requirements

3-5 years experience in fabric merchandising or fabric sourcing, with a large US/EU company preferred.
Has solid knowledge of fabric, costing, machinery and fabric manufacturing.
Proficient in Excel.
Prioritize and delegate effectively.
High sense of urgency, proactive and problem solver.

Responsibilities

Source, research, and develop fabrics originating from global markets and communicate findings to U.S. home office including actual samples, costing, lead-times and all required FDS information.
Maintain daily communication with cross functional partners, fabric mills, and garment agents as needed.
Collaborate between brands, mills, and suppliers to meet calendar deadlines surrounding fabric sourcing and development.
Develop and maintain relationships with mills and suppliers to ensure successful partnerships.
Organize and maintain fabric development (WIP) and benchmarking tool.
Assist in setting up seasonal presentations.
Coordinate with PD to pull seasonal fabric roll and update price/lead time in the chart.
Complete development sheets/send outgoing developments following Director’s allocation, cost engineer and/or reallocate, organize and maintain fabric WIP tools.
Inquire on fabric detail sheets and secure sample yardage for seasonal development.
Set up and maintain Tradestone (URBN PLM System) fabric folders.