Designer/Product Head - Ethnic Wear - Women - High End Fashion Brand

We are hiring Designer/Product Head -Ethnic Wear (Women) for a high end fashion brand in Navi Mumbai.

Mandate: Candidate should have extensively worked on Ethnic Wear for Women

a) Brand Philosophy & Conceptualization

- A visionary who can take complete charge of Designing aspect of Sub brands. To conceptualise Look of the Season or next season basis on the of Brand philosophy, Global or local Market trends, Innovative creative ideas etc with complete focus on being market leaders in Design Category.

- To Analyze the market and monitor current fashion trends, collections, customer preferences and competitor activities for fashion forecasting and to give broad direction to individual brands

- To ensure whole Design team is aligned with Design ideology right from team of designers to sampling, production team and external stakeholders.

- To Lead and provide overall creative direction to the brand by conceptualizing and developing range for different seasons.

b) Product Design

- Manage and supervise the activities of the team ensuring that the brand philosophy is reflected in the final product

- Set clearly defined guidelines and plan the design range as per sales budget

- Monitor and ensure precise designs are offered in order to maintain high design success rate and achieve targets

- Ensure desirable level of design approval ratio and give regular feedback in order to make clear decisions on the design range.

c) Fashion Forecasting

- Identify target markets for designs, looking at factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status.

- Forecast fashion for the season and give guidelines to the design team

- Analyze the market and monitor current fashion trends, collections, customer preferences and competitor activities at Local and Global Level.

d) Apparel Design

- Plan and create new designs by directing and co-ordinating with the design team.

- Set clearly defined guidelines and plan the design range as per sales budget.

- Ensure designs are at par with the current market trends.

- Ensure precise designs are offered in order to maintain high design success rate and achieve targets.

- Ensure desirable level of design approval ratio and give regular feedback in order to make clear decisions on the design range.

e) Innovation

- Ensure seasonal freshness of the collections in tune with international benchmarks and trends to drive brand as an innovative fashion leader.

- Lead, guide, develop, and motivate design team to create innovative and successful design concepts and merchandise

- Monitor the activities of the design team to ensure delivery of designs as per design calendar.

f) People Management

- Handle a team of designers and co-ordinate with production team.

- Identify high potential team members for talent development and chart out a career plan for their future growth

- Engage team members and motivate them to demonstrate enthusiasm, innovation and team work.

Desired Skills & Experience:

- Qualification: Graduate/ post graduate degree

- Experience: 10+ years of industry experience with hands on experience in product design, conceptualization and development

- Industry Preference: Retail/Textile

- Key Skills Needed: Fabric Knowledge, Thorough understanding of product, Production Process Knowledge, Knowledge of traditional Indian textile arts and the various techniques involved