Product Developer / Designer

Our leading European organization is recruiting for an exciting position at our HQ, in the heart of Dhaka. This role includes a variety of responsibilities and multi-tasking, giving you the opportunity to gain exposure and an understanding into a leading multi-national company. The incumbent will have opportunities to expand his/her skill set within the company and reach other positions and aspirations through successful demonstration of performance, ability and the desire to learn and grow.

Job Responsibilities

  • With a creative eye and strong design sensibility, execute design of the products
  • Design collections in directions, denim, twills, knits and items requiring washing processes
  • Manage new fabric developments depending of the market trends
  • Analyze trends, sales history of the garment to create new products
  • Create concepts, mood boards, and presentation through trend research
  • Work with fabrics to create new washes, look and shapes
  • Develop washing ideas and mocks
  • Choose right fabrics, trims, finishes, washes for getting the right result
  • Prepare design tech sheets, design artworks in CAD
  • Develop prototypes from the design sheets to actual garments
  • Understand Fits and analyze comments with the technical team
  • Maintaining design & Fabric library
  • Entire follow-up on developments and sampling up to SMS 
  • Coordinate with factories & Laundries for any new developments and sampling  
  • Continuous sourcing of new fabrics / Technology, Washing techniques & trims for new developments and samples
  • Prior to customer visit, study customer background , trends , quality requirements , price point etc. and accordingly prepare the presentation during customer visit 
  • During sample development, maintain all sort of technical data so that Design and Merchandising team get all info prior to costing 
  • Properly handover the styles to merchandiser along with all the product details and technical information after any order is confirmed 
  • Analyzing the fabrics, trims and stitching parameters, threads, wash in detail
  • Maintains fabric date sheet, wash recipe, trim sheet etc.
  • Develop prints, embroideries, and washes from the suppliers
  • Regular factory visits for market research

Experience and Educational Requirements

  • Textile or fashion graduate from a reputed university (BUFT, NIFT, DIFT, BUTEX, SMUCT, Pearl Fashion Institute)
  • Minimum 5 years of work experience as designer specially with a factory or buying agency
  • In-depth knowledge and work experience on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
  • Must have extensive experience of product development, accessories, costing and execution of orders independently

Additional Job Requirements

  • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to interact and build relationships work as a team
  • Should be well-groomed, smart and energetic
  • Strong presentation and delivery skills
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy, aiming for perfection
  • Excellent written and verbal communication both in Bangla and English
  • IT proficiency - advance level skill is a MUST in MS Office package (Specially, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook)
  • Should be proactive and dynamic, ability to work hard efficiently
  • Ability to multi task and remain organized, meet deadlines

Remuneration & Benefits

  • Attractive remuneration is being offered for the position
  • Group life & Hospitalization insurance
  • Contributory Provident Fund
  • Pick & Drop facility where applicable
  • Corporate mobile ceiling
  • Subsidized lunch facility at corporate Canteen
  • State of the art Passion Café
  • World class work environment

If you are selected for interviews, we shall contact you

Application Deadline: 21st June, 2018

ZXY INTERNATIONAL