Job Abstract

Bring Your Amazing Self to Work

At Macy's, Inc. we're on a mission to create a brighter future with bold representation for all. This is our Mission Every One. We know that each person here is unique. So we respect and invest in each individual to create growth, pride, and satisfaction. If we are able to bring our whole selves to work, it translates into a more abundant and wider array of ideas and energy for all to benefit from. Our success will be built on amazing colleagues, working together.

Job Overview

The Senior, Fabric, utilizes their fabric knowledge, strategic thinking, and collaborative skills to deliver cost-effective elevated fabrics to Macy’s Private Brands Materials team. This role partners with Design and Product Development to source and develop core and seasonal fabric palettes, focusing on price, aesthetics, and quality. It requires a strong development and technical background, a high taste level in various fabric types, and an understanding of garment application.

The Senior, Fabric is responsible for fabric from initial concept through bulk delivery, including researching, sourcing, allocating, and developing fabric based on seasonal design concepts, trends, and requests. They report to the Senior Fabric Manager to support partners within Private Brands, collaborating with Design, Product Development, Sustainability, and PIQA. Effective work within the Materials Team ensures a thoughtful approach to developing new and elevated fabrics, building a fabric library, and establishing a preferred supplier matrix.

What You Will Do

• Drive the end-to-end fabric development process across multiple seasons to enhance innovation, productivity, efficiency, quality, and profitability while ensuring commercial viability.
• Lead the sourcing and development of core and seasonal materials for multiple brands within the fabric team, encompassing knits, wovens, and sweaters. Requires strong technical proficiency in textiles and a solid understanding of the global source base.
• Translate design concepts into commercialized materials at the appropriate price point.
• Work within a cost framework that satisfies internal stakeholder needs while maximizing cost of goods savings.
• Support the Raw Material Sourcing Strategy to mitigate risk, improve efficiencies, and optimize materials and suppliers.
• Collaborate with fabric suppliers and garment vendors to deliver innovative fabrics and provide technical assistance.
• Create fabric boards, core toolboxes, and maintain seasonal development libraries for collaboration. Also, maintain a seasonal fabric tracking tool.
• Assess current fabrics and identify areas for improvement to align with brand product roadmaps from allocation and cost perspectives.
• Clarify quality, performance attributes, and usage expectations to cross-functional teams through thorough review of fabric specs and testing requirements.
• Utilize established relationships in a global source base to source and develop fabric worldwide.
• Understand cost components to support negotiation efforts.
• Attend material exhibitions to research trends and explore potential new suppliers.

Operations & Results:

• Collaborate with Product Development to ensure quality execution and assist in cost negotiations to achieve margin goals.
• Establish and maintain a Fabric library with new collections and development reference cards.
• Proficiently utilize PLM, Microsoft Suite, and Design tools such as Canva and Adobe XD.
• Skillfully manage PLM data entry, create material records and seasonal libraries, and ensure accurate and transparent data input.
• Optimize core fabric utilization within and across brands to maximize savings and minimize overdevelopment.
• Adhere to seasonal milestone dates.
• Maintain accurate information and toolsets, including physical library, PLM, mill matrix, and other fabric team tools.

Relationship Management:

• Effectively communicate and follow up with internal and external partners globally, including internal stakeholders, material suppliers, and garment vendors.
• Coordinate supplier meetings for seasonal development and trend research, ensuring fabrics are presented with associated costs.
• Support PD and Design through proto and bulk development to maintain alignment on cost and quality.

Skills You Will Need

Project Management: Ability to prioritize, manage, and execute multiple processes, projects, and deliverables independently while fostering collaboration and engagement across cross-functional teams.

Change Management: Implement process improvements effectively, managing change and identifying risks while influencing teams to adopt new standards and practices or develop contingency plans.

Problem-Solving Initiative: Demonstrate problem-solving skills and initiative in emerging or ambiguous situations, engaging team members as necessary to maintain progress.

Continuous Improvement Mindset: Cultivate a mindset of curiosity and drive to address complex issues and seek resolution, developing tools to measure KPIs and interpreting, analyzing, and acting upon them to drive continual improvement.

Independence and Creativity: Work independently with minimal supervision, demonstrating a creative approach to problem-solving and the ability to untangle difficult tasks.

Collaborative Communication: Highly collaborative individual with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of working across numerous internal and external teams and levels.

Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail and a flexible approach to handling complex tasks.

Proficiency in Tools and Software: Exceptional proficiency in PLM and Microsoft Suite, with experience in complex data analysis and data integrity management. Knowledge of tools such as Power BI and Smartsheets is advantageous.

Who You Are

• Dedicated to fulfilling ideals of diversity, inclusion, and respect that Macy’s aspires to achieve every day in every way.
• Candidates with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field are encouraged to apply. 5+ years of experience in a materials, sourcing, or product development capacity with a focus on data analysis.
• Regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands/fingers to touch, handle, and feel.
• Occasionally required to move about the workplace and reach with hands and arms.
• Requires close vision.
• Able to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.

What We Can Offer You

• An inclusive, challenging, and refreshingly fun work environment
• Competitive pay and benefits rooted in principles of equity
• Performance incentives and annual merit review
• Merchandise discounts
• Health and Wellness Benefits across medical, dental, vision, and additional insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan with 401k match opportunity
• Employee Assistance Program (mental health counseling and legal/financial advice)
• Resources for continuous learning, career growth, and leadership development
• 8 paid holidays
• Paid Time Off (first year prorated depending on start date)
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Guild education benefit funds 100% of tuition, books, and fees in designated programs
• Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) and give-back/volunteer opportunities
• Empowerment and autonomy to perform impactful work with tangible results

About Macy’s

Now is an exciting time for a Macy's career as we continue to focus on creating exciting and memorable experiences for every Macy's customer, whether their journey starts online or in the store. Our opportunities in Sales, Merchandise, Operations, Customer Service, Warehouse, Marketing, and other areas let you express your creativity and commitment to excellence, grow your career and make a difference to your Macy's colleagues and customers.

Bring your creativity, energy, and ideas to the Macy's team – Apply Today!

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