Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
We’ll never launch a product unless we consider it perfect. Our product operations teams create every shirt, every shoe and every piece of equipment for thousands of athletes and fashion lovers as if it was one of a kind. And it truly is, as they weave their passion into every single product. But translating designs, drawings and renderings into real products requires a lot of decision making.
As Specialist Sample Sewing Apparel you will produce high quality mock-ups, prototypes and small series for product development processes or athletes. You will also provide guidance and give advice to pattern engineers, product developers and design partners on processing options and product-specific solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
General
- Compliance with all operating instructions and work safety regulations in the general handling and operation of all available machines.
- Compliance with adidas internal standards and processes.
- Ensure the measurement accuracy of all samples for the Sample Studio within provided production tolerances
- Ensure close collaboration and communication with the respective interface regarding sample creation and execution.
Sewing and gluing techniques
- Creation/ Crafting of prototypes and small series to support the development process taking into account the production execution.
- Production of prototypes etc. according to the specifications of the interface and project management team with the help of processing specifications / article description.
- Production of made-to-measure samples for athletes.
- Testing new garment constructions to ensure high quality, such as sewing strength and bond stability.
Consulting and training
- Advising and supporting development teams with optimized construction solutions in terms of quality, and production feasibility.
- Implementation, operation and handling of in-house sewing and gluing techniques.
- Advise and provide guidance to pattern engineers, product developers and design partners on processing variations and product-specific solutions during the development process.
- Support creative workshops
- Guidance and support of new colleagues.
Key Relationships:
- Project Management Team - Sample Studio APP
- Cross-functional Teams (Pattern Maker, Product Development, Design)
- Innovation Teams (Futures, Advanced Concepts, Creative Direction)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Manual dexterity and a quick grasp of things
- Knowledge in the field of sewn sample creation
- Understanding the construction of materials and clothing
- Team and communication skills
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to work with diverse groups.
- Support translation of innovative ideas and proven ability to solve problems.
- Very good knowledge of German and good knowledge of written and spoken English.
- Basic IT skills (Illustrator, MS Office)
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- Technical training required (training as a textile and fashion sewer, fashion tailor or in the industrial field of clothing production)
- Minimum of 1 year professional experience as a tailor (2-3 years as fashion sewer)