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About the Role

The Fabric Manager, Fabric R&D supports seasonal fabric development and executes divisional fabric strategies across private brands. This role partners closely with Design, Product Development, Sourcing, and our CBSO offices to deliver fabric innovation, quality, cost competitiveness, and speed-to-market aligned to business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Execute seasonal fabric development aligned to divisional fabric and mill strategies.
• Partner with Design and Product Development to develop fabrics that support brand aesthetic, performance requirements, and cost targets.
• Manage fabric development with mills and suppliers, ensuring timely execution of submits, approvals, and commercialization.
• Identify shared fabric opportunities across brands/divisions to leverage scale and improve efficiencies.
• Benchmark pricing for key fabric qualities and support cost savings initiatives through supplier collaboration and market analysis.
• Support core fabric platforms and counter-source opportunities to strengthen competitiveness and mitigate supply risk.
• Maintain development charts, fabric trackers, and master fabric menus, ensuring accurate communication across cross-functional teams.
• Ensure adherence to company quality requirements, including fabric construction standards and testing protocols.
• Troubleshoot fabric construction, testing, and quality issues during development, partnering with mills, CBSO Fabric teams, and Product Development to drive issue resolution.
• Support fabric-related quality issues in bulk production, collaborating with CBSO Fabric and CBSO Merchant teams and Sourcing on investigation and corrective actions.
• Maintain fabric data integrity within PLM, including development submissions and fabric specifications.
• Partner closely with CBSO Fabric and CBSO Merchant teams to ensure alignment on development execution, costing, and sourcing strategies.
• Support sustainability initiatives through the development and adoption of responsible fibers and material solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred (or equivalent relevant experience).
• 5–8 years of experience in fabric sourcing, fabric development, or raw materials management.
• Strong understanding of fabric construction, performance standards, quality requirements, and testing methods.
• Knowledge of global fabric sourcing, raw material markets, and cost drivers.
• Experience working with mills, suppliers, and international sourcing offices.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborative team player with strong communication and cross-functional partnership skills.
• PLM system knowledge preferred.
• Working knowledge of sourcing strategies and trade considerations preferred.
• Excellent time management skills, able to work independently and prioritize.

Skills

• Fabric construction
• Fabric performance standards
• Quality requirements
• Testing methods
• Global fabric sourcing
• Raw material markets
• Cost drivers
• Mill and supplier management
• International sourcing
• Organizational skills
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Communication skills
• Cross-functional partnership
• PLM system knowledge
• Sourcing strategies
• Trade considerations
• Time management

Experience Level

• 5-8 years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

• USD $89,100.00 - USD $162,000.00 /Yr.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance starting on day one
• Term life insurance
• Paid vacation/holidays
• 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
• Associate discount on merchandise across all Catalyst Brands

About the Company

• Catalyst Brands reflects the bringing together the rich heritages of our brands with modern excitement and a new vision for success.
• Five iconic brands came together under a unified powerhouse portfolio to celebrate the essence of American style.
• We will leverage our rich history, resources and best-in-class industry talent to further build the success of our brands.
• At Catalyst we are united in one shared purpose: We exist to ignite America’s most beloved retail brands to make fashion accessible to all.