Seasonal Tailor

Tailored Brands is a leading omnichannel specialty retailer of menswear, including suits, formalwear and a broad selection of business casual offerings. The company aims to help its customers love the way they look and feel for their most important moments by delivering personalized products and services through a convenient network of stores and e-commerce sites. The company’s brands include Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank, Moores and K&G Fashion. At Tailored Brands, we value differences and know they make us better. We are always working to make our Company a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place to work.

About the Job

Seasonal Tailor/Alterations Staff are responsible for performing and completing tailor/alterations from made-to-measure and ready-to-wear garments. This includes organizing work load; carry out all tailoring/alterations according to the fitter’s specifications.

What You’ll Do | Key Accountabilities

• Follows required tailoring/alteration processes and instructions based on picking ticket comments
• Measures and marks tailoring/alteration lines
• Pins altering folds or marks on cloth at seams, darts, or necklines to indicate tailoring/alterations to be made
• Shortens or lengthens garment parts, such as sleeves or legs is required
• Expands or narrows garment parts, such as waist or chest as needed
• Raises or lowers garment parts, such as collars or lapels as needed
• Relocate or replace buttons on coats, vests and shirts
• Re-sews garment, using needle and thread or sewing machine
• Trims excess material, using scissors
• Removes stitches from garment, using ripper or razor blade
• Presses garment, using hand iron or pressing machine as needed
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment
• Maintain sewing machines in good working order
• Performs work as assigned by department supervisor

Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in tailoring/alterations
• Good hand/eye coordination and manual dexterity
• Good physical and mental stamina to perform tasks for a long period of time
• Working knowledge of industrial Blind Stitch and Sleeve feller sewing machines. Ability to sew by hand as required
• Working knowledge of operating a utility press & spotting board table
• The ability to read and understand picking tickets
• Working knowledge of radio frequency (RF) scanner is a plus
• Basic math, counting, and problem solving skills
• Good communication skills and good command of the English language (speak, read, write, and understand English for purposes of performing necessary job duties)
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency to meet customer time commitments
• Ability to take initiative and work independently or with team members to accomplish defined goals in a fast-paced distribution warehouse environment
• Ability to learn new skills and take on additional job responsibilities as needed
• Flexibility to work in all areas of production and able to work any shift during peak season is required
• Hours of operation and schedules are subject to change and may require early morning, evenings, weekends, holidays, or late night shifts
• All staff employees are expected to be available to work in all areas of production as required

Reporting – Working Relationships

Reports directly to Tuxedo Outbound Management.

• Work Environment, Physical & Mental Demands

Continuously standing, walking, sitting, reaching and working overhead, climbing, balancing, stooping, bending, kneeling, squatting, stretching, crouching, and crawling

• Frequent use of hands and fingers for grasping, reaching, pulling, and pushing
• Frequent use of ladders and/or lift equipment
• Frequently lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds or more

ENVIRONMENTWORKING CONDITIONS

This position is in a warehouse setting environment and physical requirements include but may not be limited to good hand/eye coordination, continuous walking, standing, stooping, bending, reaching overhead and repetitive lifting up to 50 lbs. for long periods of time.