Senior Pattern Maker - Product Development & Sample Room

Job Description

The Senior Pattern Maker will play a key technical role within our product development and sample room team and will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, fit, construction and technical feasibility of our garments.

Main responsibilities include:

• Work closely with designers, merchandisers and the sample room team throughout the product development process, from first prototype through SMS and PPS.
• Create patterns from tech packs, design sketches, measurement charts, reference garments or customer requirements.
• Modify and perfect existing patterns according to fitting comments and development feedback.
• Ensure high standards of garment fit, balance, proportion, comfort and construction.
• Participate actively in fitting sessions and identify pattern, fit and construction issues.
• Analyse fitting comments and translate them into accurate pattern corrections.
• Check garment measurements and pattern accuracy before samples are sent to customers.
• Work directly with sample makers and provide clear technical and sewing instructions.
• Follow sample development closely and check garments during the making process when necessary, rather than waiting until the sample is completed.
• Identify technical or construction problems at an early stage and propose practical solutions.
• Work with the design team to ensure technical solutions respect the original design intention.
• Advise designers and merchandisers on construction, fit and technical feasibility when required.
• Create and apply grading rules according to approved measurement charts.
• Ensure patterns take into account the characteristics and behaviour of different fabrics, including woven and knitted materials.
• Calculate and validate fabric consumption and support marker optimization when required.
• Support the technical review of samples developed by our partner factories when required.
• Compare factory samples against approved patterns, tech packs, measurements and fit requirements when necessary.
• Proactively communicate with the design, merchandising, sample room and QA/QC teams to resolve technical issues without delaying development.
• Maintain a clear, accurate and well-organized digital pattern library.
• Ensure patterns, grading and technical information are properly identified and stored for future use.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of strong hands-on experience in garment pattern making, preferably within an export garment factory, sample room, buying office or garment development company.
• Strong experience in creating and correcting patterns from first prototype through approved sample.
• Excellent knowledge of garment fit, body measurements, balance, proportions and sizing.
• Strong practical knowledge of garment construction and sewing methods.
• Ability to identify the cause of a fit or construction problem and propose an effective technical solution.
• Strong experience with both woven and knitted garments.
• Experience with jackets, outerwear and technically complex garments is a strong advantage.
• Ability to read and interpret tech packs, spec sheets, measurement charts, design sketches and fitting comments.
• Good knowledge of fabrics and understanding of how different materials, weights, stretch, shrinkage and construction can affect pattern and fit.
• Strong experience in pattern grading and size development.
• Experience with professional CAD pattern-making and grading software such as Gerber or Lectra.
• Ability to calculate and optimize fabric consumption.
• Very strong attention to detail and high quality standards.
• Ability to organize work according to development priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to manage several product developments simultaneously.
• Proactive, practical, hands-on and solution-oriented.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to work closely and constructively with designers, merchandisers, sample makers and QA/QC.
• Good spoken and written English is mandatory.
• Vietnamese language is required for daily communication with the sample room team.

Profile

We are looking for a Senior Pattern Maker who is not only technically strong but also proactive and involved in the complete product development process.

The successful candidate should be able to understand a design, anticipate technical difficulties, work directly with the sample room, identify fit or construction problems and propose solutions.

We value a person who is:

• Detail-oriented and quality-focused
• Organized and reliable
• Hands-on and practical
• Proactive in identifying and solving problems
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced product development environment
• Able to communicate clearly with different departments
• Willing to take responsibility for the technical quality of the products developed

Package Salary and package to be discussed according to experience and technical skills.