Production Gerber Pattern Cutter

Production Gerber Pattern Cutter

You will work across multiple product categories and seasons throughout the calendar year, developing, finalising, and checking patterns to go into bulk production.

You will work closely with designers, garment technologists, and machinists, communicating clearly and efficiently, ensuring all patterns have the desired fit, finishing, and specification requested.

Ability to work from spec sheet comments and follow through each action point to finalised patterns for grading and bulk production. Seal patterns in line with the approved amendments after seasonal production fittings.

You will need experience of working within a fast-paced environment, closely following the production critical paths, ensuring deadlines are met to transfer patterns to be graded for pre-production and manufacture for bulk production.

Key areas of responsibility:

1. Working confidently with our EW blocks to ensure consistency of sizing and fit across all product categories.
2. Ensuring all sealed patterns are produced and finalised to the required fit and measurement standards.
3. Creative pattern cutting starting from block to rework show patterns according to production requirements.
4. Participate in weekly size 12 PPS fittings and seasonal production fittings.
5. Undertake necessary final pattern amendments before sealing the pattern to bulk production.
6. Ensure all pattern measurements are taken accurately and updated in the spec sheet.
7. Complete and approve grade charts for production.
8. Work closely with our external grader to pass over key information relevant to each style and assist the grader with support where needed.
9. Liaise with our Production and QC Teams to resolve any pattern-related production issues.

The Ideal Candidate:

1. Gerber trained with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in womenswear multi-product pattern making, ideally in a RTW studio at a luxury label.
2. Excellent understanding of fit and garment construction from a development and factory perspective.
3. Accustomed to working to tight deadlines and able to multitask across changing priorities.
4. Flexibility required at peak times to manage workload.
5. A team player with great interpersonal skills.
6. Clear and concise communicator.
7. Experience of working within Microsoft Office programs and Adobe Creative Suite.
8. Proficiency in grading knowledge and grading increments.

Please reply with a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role, your salary expectations, and confirming your right to work in the UK without restriction.

NB: We anticipate a large response to this vacancy. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, unfortunately, you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.