Designer & Production manager (London)

Added: 13 December 2011

Location: London

Salary: £26,000 per annum plus bonus based on design achievement for sales/yea

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This fast growing company specializing in swimwear & beachwear fashion collections including accessories for a young client base celebrating the Brazilian lifestyle is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, qualified and experienced Design & Production Manager to implement the vision & growth of the company. Everything about the clothing line is connected to the Brazilian experience and taste & the candidate should enjoy working with people in an international, fast-paced context. The ideal candidate should fill all the requirements described below:

·Graduate in Fashion Design and/or a graduate in Textile Design.

·Diploma or degree in Retail Management.

·Minimum 3 years’ experience in Design & Production management with a retail component preferably with a Brazilian company focussing on designing collections for beachwear and swimwear & with experience in sampling & purchasing products and materials in Brazil, India and Italy.

·Extensive knowledge of Brazilian Fashion Trends.

·Minimum 1 years’ experience in assisting with photo shoots for the styling, wholesale & sales and PR for similar collections especially in Brazil.

·Fluent in Portuguese, English, Italian and Spanish languages with an international background, especially if they have experience of the lifestyle in Australia or New Zeeland where we are developing our e-commerce platform.

·Experience in manufacturing processes in Brazil, Italy and India as well as knowledge of exports and imports from/to Brazil, India and Italy.

• Have good project management and problem-solving skills.
• Have the ability to work under pressure to deadlines with Brazil, India and Italy.
• Experience in computer systems, such as basic photo-shop, Corel-draw, spreadsheets and databases.
• Be highly organized and able to organize others.
• Be willing & able to travel abroad, when required.

The responsibilities of the job are:

·To work directly with the Creative Director designing & developing the collections from the ready to wear to the swimwear products including developing the Brazilian mood boards.

·To elaborate reports regarding Brazilian Fashion Trends.

·To be able to travel to Brazil and liaise with the Brazilian manufacturers.

·To elaborate reports about Brazilian textile trends and new raw materials.

·To be in charge of the buying of textiles and other raw materials.

·To elaborate the spec-sheets for the manufacturing companies in Brazil in Portuguese, in English for India and in Italian for Italy.

·To supervise and follow productions in Brazil, Italy and India.

·To organize our textile stock, raw materials and components stock levels.

·To liaise with wholesale international clients to understand their requirements for the international market.

·To liaise with our New Zeeland e-commerce developers to inform them about the Brazilian trends and lifestyle.

·To elaborate looks for the magazine section in our new e-commerce website.

·To monitor online & retail sales to identify & report on the best selling products in the designer collection.

·To follow up sample developments with manufacturers in Brazil, India and Italy.

·To take responsibility for the imports from Brazil, India and Italy regarding collection bulk productions.

·To liaise with photographers and to assist photo shoots for the styling of the collections to keep the Brazilian lifestyle concept of the collections.

·To follow up press requirements in the United Kingdom or abroad.

·To make presentations of the collections to high-end clients in Brazil, USA, United Kingdom and Europe about the Brazilian concept core of the collection.

Deadline for submissions: 12 January 2012