Tailor | Guadalajara

POSITION TITLE: Alterationist

DIVISION / DEPARTEMENT: Fashion / Retail

REPORTING TO: Operation Manager

LOCATION: Andares, Guadalajara

At CHANEL, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity, and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience, and potential you could bring to CHANEL.

To demonstrate Chanel exclusivity and create incremental value to our Ready-to-Wear by having clients experience the Perfect Fit, the Chanel difference, and position Chanel as a Ready-To-Wear leader. The Perfect Fit embodies Chanel’s dedication to tailoring each piece to the client’s unique silhouette, ensuring that every garment becomes a personal expression of the client's allure.

To provide ultimate services in terms of experience, quality and lead time. Consequently, promoting our Alteration savoir-faire.

Job mission:

In constant dialogue with the Fitting Tailor / Alteration Lead, the Tailor works independently on complex tailored or simple flou pieces.

With guidance from the Alteration Lead or the Fitting Tailor, he/she is responsible for producing high quality, CHANEL-standard alterations within established timeframe, in order to provide the ultimate CHANEL service experience.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical missions:

UNDERSTANDING & INTERPRETING THE LANGUAGE OF THE PINS

Knows how to understand and interpret the alteration work to be carried out when the piece is received.

Knows the fundamentals of Chanel Alteration and the original allure / silhouette of the piece to alter

UNDERSTANDING OF THE CREATIVE INTENT IN THE GARMENT

Ensures that the alterations will be made without ever distorting creative bias

ALTERATION & REPAIR OF COMPLEX TAILORED OR FLOU PIECES

Knows how to carry out alterations on complex top and bottom pieces in order to provide a careful, precise and invisible work.

Alters clothing according to customers’ specifications and fit, and applies principles of garment design, construction, and styling:

Carefully reads the alteration form (technical information and clients’ information) and / or receives an oral brief from the Fitting Tailor / Alteration Lead

Checks the pinning on the garment

Organizes own alteration work according to the technical information, the placement of the pins and the construction of the garment.

Dismantles, performs alterations, assembles the garment and finish

Tries the piece on a mannequin to ensure the fit of the garment

Inspects finishes (buttons, pulled threads, trims, lockstitches, label, wrap...) and corrects them if needed

Repairs or replaces defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, cuff links and linings

FITTINGS

Assists the fitting tailor during fittings with clients based on case by case

May be requested to conduct a fitting with clients in the absence of the fitting tailor

Organizations missions:

WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE

Performs alteration within lead time

Complies with paperwork (e.g. alteration form), procedures, schedule, planning and anticipation of requests

Understands retail and basic boutique retail operation and procedures

Respects and works harmoniously with Heart of House operations

Maintains alteration equipment / tools and alerts on the alteration supplies

TRANSMISSION & TEAMWORK

Participation to all the boutique key meetings and trainings especially when related to RTW

Shares his/her knowledge of alterations with the team, coaches and motivates them

Exchanges tips with other Tailors in the team

Actively seeks and accepts feedback with open mind

Collaborate strongly with the Fitting Tailor at every step of the alteration experience or with FAs

Supports other Tailors' workload in case of activity peak

Role Specifications / Profile:

Academic training about clothing and Fashion design or apprenticeship in tailoring or equivalent

At least 5 years’ experience as a tailor with basic to advanced alteration skills

Past experience in an international fashion House is a plus

Strong woven and flou Couture skills: knowledge of sewing, construction of pieces and fabrics / understanding of garment construction and Couture

Strongly aware of Fashion and products / Good knowledge of different materials

Complete knowledge of sewing machines

Excellent relational skills, a team spirit, and a developed sense of service

Organization, rigor, and sense of priorities

Ability to cope well with change

Humility and willingness to learn and apply new technologies at work

Pro-activity