About Intradeco Apparel
Founded in 1982, and with deep roots in the textile industry since 1921, Intradeco has grown into a global vertical manufacturing company, supplying quality casual clothing and thermal underwear to major retailers in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. At Intradeco, we provide a holistic approach to apparel manufacturing, encompassing all stages from ideation phase to final product distribution. Our vertical integration, combined with our lean manufacturing capability, allows us to respond quickly to market demands, handle direct-to-store and replenishment programs, and offer unique flexibility to our customers.
Our Team
We are dedicated to our mission and passionate about collaboration, moving quickly, and breaking down barriers, leveraging technology, eliminating bureaucracy, and constantly striving to evolve. Our cultural foundation is built on trust, teamwork, quality, sustainability, and integrity. This is a full-time, on-site hybrid position in Miami; M-F from 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM.
Who We Are Looking For:
Experienced technical designer with knowledge of pattern making.
Technical Skills:
- Working knowledge of technical design from development to final production.
- Full garment construction, stitches and sewing knowledge.
- Pattern making knowledge, pattern corrections.
- Proficient in Excel, Word, BC/FLEX PLM, Illustrator, Microsoft office and Acrobat Pro
- Knowledge of 3D software or willing to learn.
Style development:
- Partner and support the Technical Design team, the Design/Merchandising and Product Development teams to build seasonal apparel assortments from product development through final fit production approval.
- Ensure that the design intent, fit relevancy, quality and timely delivery is upheld.
- Protect the brand integrity and contracted style by delivering fit consistency and following all construction standard for the product category.
- Develop and create technical packages consisting of measurements sheets, bill of materials and construction sheets from development to production.
- Understand and maintain accurate grade rules for each category.
- Issue completed technical packages for costing projects, development and fit sample request as needed.
- Follows fit blocks to ensure fit consistency -partners with SR.TD and patternmakers to update the fit block as necessary.
- Troubleshoot possible productions issues related to garment development and constructions, prior to garment costing, creating a strong style foundation and technical packages from the start.
Style production:
- Make all fit sample request working from received contracts.
- Measure & prepare fit samples for fit sessions; schedule and lead fittings.
- Able to lift, remove and dress the fit forms and place back on the fit form stand.
- Attend fittings prepared with all available style development history.
- Provide fit comments and style related corrections to factories based from fit sessions, helping seal the approval.
- Provide fit sample to retailer, follow up with fittings and seal the approval with brand suppliers.
- Own all factory communications to ensure a smooth style approval and finalization.
- Partners with Sr.TD, pattern maker and suppliers to review and achieve approval of graded nest prior to garment cut, ensuring all sizes are graded proportionally minimizing production errors prior to cutting.
Tracking charts:
- Helps updates the design development chart.
- Log in and maintains the department production fit status flow chart.
- Maintains the Pre-production sample log by season in storage boxes and on master chart.
Communication:
- Must be a self-starter with great communication skills, possess a high work ethic and can work well in both a team environment and independent.
- Must be able to multi-task, having a strong sense of urgency, excellent time management skills.
- Must have a can-do positive attitude, be open minded and be able to accept constructive feedback. Apply corrective action.
- Interact daily with Design and Production teams nationally and internationally.
- Strong verbal and communication skills.
- Bilingual Spanish/English is a plus.
Who You Are:
- 5 plus years minimal experience in Technical Design and knowledge of Pattern making a must.
- Full understanding of Apparel manufacturing, Technical Design, Fashion Design and production.
- Must have appropriate technical design and production background to ensure product ownership from development to final production.
What We Offer:
- Competitive Pay – We believe in rewarding success and showing our employees just how much they’re valued in a variety of different ways, including compensation.
- Health and Wellness – There’s nothing basic about our comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and t play, we aim to support a healthy lifestyle.
- Time away from work – Sometimes we need time away to be with family, enjoy our hobbies, focus on our health or just simply recharge. We are committed to helping out employees create a work-life harmony!
- Growth and Development – We are constantly seeking to offer opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
- Financial planning and wellbeing – No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. We offer access to benefits, programs and education to help our employees to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future. Including a generous 401(k) match!
- Extras, discounts, and perks – Generous discounts to our company and related companies ,is just one of the cool extras we offer!
- Equal Opportunity Employment
