Freelance Technical Developer Denim

About Tommy Hilfiger:

Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 16,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than 1,400 retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of the Tommy Hilfiger brand were $9.2 billion in 2019.

Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide with a brand portfolio that includes TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS.

Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s most recognized premium designer lifestyle groups and is recognized for celebrating the essence of classic American cool style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.

Its focus is designing and marketing high-quality men’s tailored clothing and sportswear, women’s collection apparel and sportswear, kidswear, denim collections, underwear (including robes, sleepwear and loungewear), footwear and accessories. Through select licensees, Tommy Hilfiger offers complementary lifestyle products such as eyewear, watches, fragrance, swimwear, socks, small leather goods, home goods and luggage.

The Team:

The Tommy Hilfiger Womenswear division is one of the main business drivers within Tommy Hilfiger Europe. Based in the Amsterdam European HQ, the team is split into 4 sub teams: Design, Production, Product Development, Buying & Planning and Merchandising & Sales.

These 4 teams work together in an informal setting to create superbly styled and high-end quality products for a global consumer base. Tommy Hilfiger Womenswear presents 4 collections per year (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter).

The Position:

As a Technical Developer working in the Womenswear Division, you will be part of the technical team creating and executing seasonal collections for the product category ‘Denim’. You will work closely with the designers in the team, the Product Developers and the merchandise team for the planning and development of each seasonal collection.

Key Responsibilities:

• Must be accurate, skilled and knowledgeable within technical development of Denim.

• Control and maintain a consistent block library and driving any seasonal block refresh amendments across the supply base.

• Responsible for creating and controlling sample specs from initial concept sketch to bulk production.

• Communicate and work closely with designer and product developer to interpret sketches & styling, collection overview and achieve shared deadlines and margins.

• Working closely with Merchandising to understand the market needs and how best to interpret and implement these requested within the collection.

• Liaising with European and Asian vendors and PVH overseas buying offices.

• Sample tracking and in-house sample management.

• Handling of daily issues in end to end technical development process; including spec development, fitting, vendor support & maintaining quality standards.

• Adhere to critical path, both internally and externally to support the development and production of the collection achieving on time for delivery at all stages of the process.

• Cross functional partnership to ensure correct product is delivered in accordance to design, merchandising, technical and quality requirements.

• Drive fit meetings including capturing comments, changes & communicating these internally and externally.

• Work closely with product managers & internal teams to capture, troubleshoot & resolve any product related risks during the development process.

• Work within our PLM system to ensure data integrity.

• Maintain tracking spreadsheets & departmental spreadsheets.

• Analyse markets and competitors.

The Ideal Candidate:

• 4+ years of experience in technical development of denim product

• Business English fluency (both written and verbal)

• An understanding of pattern making

• Excellent Microsoft Office computer skills

• Eye for silhouette, denim technical fit and construction.

• Is able to work in a highly productive, demanding environment with a practical and proactive mentality

• Embodies PVH values of individuality, passion, accountability, partnership & integrity

• Must have strong organization and communication skills

PVH Europe and our brands, TOMMY HILFIGER and CALVIN KLEIN, are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. We believe we are bettered by all forms of diversity, and take pride in working with top talent from every walk of life and corner of the world. In the spirit of inclusivity, qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, ability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.