Garment Technician

**Company Overview**
- Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform to ignite and harness the passions of fans and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds of partners globally. Optimizing these long-standing partnerships, a database of more than 80 million global consumers and a trusted, recognizable brand name, Fanatics is expanding beyond its position as a global leader for licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports platform, featuring an array of offerings for fans across the sports ecosystem.
- The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Candy Digital, a digital collectibles company that is partnering with prominent sports properties, including MLB and MLBPA, to build an official NFT ecosystem; Fanatics Collectibles, through Topps as a cornerstone of the business, building a new model for the collectibles and trading cards hobby with top leagues and players association partners; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform. Fanatics’ partners include all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA) and hundreds of collegiate and professional teams, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs.
- As a market leader with more than 9,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
- At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support. We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.

The Garment Technician actively leads all aspects pertaining to core block pattern adherence, construction, quality, fit, measuring, grading, and decoration placement, including training the vendors technical product team. The Garment Technician will be the key liaison between the US office, regional office and vendors to implement and ensure adherence to brand product technical standards in development to production ready status.

**Responsibilities**:

- ** Product Standards / Process / Manuals**:

- Oversee vendor adherence to block pattern library established by each brand
- Support development and updates of block pattern library
- Train active vendor base garment technicians on fit, product construction, how to measure and standards manuals and implement certified factory garment technician program
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Salesmen Sample to Production Buy Ready**:

- Final production ready fit and measurement tech pack: Maintain and update comments to meet production ready deadlines in conjunction w/Product Development and Materials teams. Ensure all tech packs are accurate and complete, following standard protocol as established by guidelines
- Review sales samples, jump-size-sets, pre-production samples to ensure product execution aligns with tech pack, fit block, product construction and quality standards and addresses any issues from prior comment sheets
- Troubleshoot potential production issues that may affect aesthetic and or execution
- Ensure final tech pack and approved samples are available to Quality team in preparation for pre-production and production protocols
- Support resourcing from original factory to new factory with transfer of pattern and samples to ensure consistency in product fit and construction
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Daily Activities**:

- Maintain tracking and related record keeping, data input and in/out package coordination with product development
- Monitor production work in progress (WIP) and manage all reports / working files with vendors for technical development
- Facilitate timely communication with internal and external partners between US office, suppliers and manufacturers
- Perform other ad hoc duties as assigned

**Requirements**:

- BS degree in Product Development / Fit Engineer / Technical Design / Pattern Making, or equivalent experience, with mínimally 6 years of hands-on experience
- Experience working for a US global company with international offices working with factories throughout Asia
- Experience managing proce