Key Accountabilities:

• To establish detailed / accurate design & material specifications for all products
• To prepare and maintain seasonally accurate tech pack documents for every product in the line (Detail design sketches, materials part lists, measurement charts, sewing instructions, care/content details, packaging/hang tag/UPC coding info).
• To develop and maintain seasonally accurate style master file and costing information
• To critique all proto, sales, & pre-production samples against the tech pack specifications for fit, sewing quality, design accuracy, and functionality.
• To eliminate errors and delays by proactively communicating with contractors, Outdoor Research Purchasing department, and raw material suppliers during the entire development process.
• Submit, review, and approve all color lab dips.
• To complete the development of product specifications against the agreed design and development process and timelines on time, in full and accurate.

Critical Partnerships:

• Product Manager:  To execute development of products based on the product brief, and target costing.
• Designer:  To provide technical skill and resource to achieve successful development of the design idea for featuring, fit, fabrication, and sewing construction
• Pattern Maker:  Co-ordinate on development of new patterns, and the fit review of all development samples
• Sample Sewer:  Co-ordinate on review of in-house development samples
• Purchasing:  To supply with relevant product specification, style coding, and costing information according to the corporate product development timeline. 
• Marketing:  Supply technical feature information for use in trade / consumer communication tools.  Proof read for accuracy, for any on-product communication (e.g. hangtags, labels).