Job Title: Sample Maker
Department: Manufacturing/Operations
Reports To: Cutting Room Supervisor
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Prepared By: Human Resources Director
Approved By: V.P. of Human Services
Summary:
Receives and reviews order information from various production contracts, generates required production schedules, and creates order tickets and markers using the Gerber Accumark System.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of pattern making.
- Prepare and create production Markers using the Gerber Accumark System.
- Set up storage areas and parameter tables.
- Know pattern alteration.
- Prepare Bundle Ticket requests, Cut tickets, and print markers from the plotter.
- Prepare production schedules, re-cut requests, and unique order generation.
- Assists in data entry of the inventory system. May work on special projects assigned by the Cutting Manager, Pattern Maker, and Cutting Supervisor.
Qualifications:
I have 3 years of Gerber Accumark Marker Making experience, an excellent ability to organize, manage time, and multitask, and experience in Word, Excel, and Data entry.
Education and/or Experience:
High School Diploma or College degree (A.A. + degree helpful). Gerber Accumark training and experience within the garment industry. Schooling in MS Office. The background should include word processing, data entry, document control, and spreadsheet preparation.
Language Skills:
Effectively communicate, read, and write in English. Spanish is a plus.
Mathematical Skills:
Basic Arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and fractions.
Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Appearance/Personality - Dependable and takes pride in work.
Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
Diversity - Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences.
Ethics - Treats people with respect, keeps commitments, inspires the trust of others, works with integrity and ethics, and upholds organizational values.
Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; seeks ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to enhance performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
Quantity - Meets productivity standards; completes work promptly; strives to increase productivity; works efficiently and effectively.
Safety and Security—Observe safety and security procedures; determine appropriate action beyond guidelines; report potentially unsafe conditions; use equipment and materials properly.
Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently punctual and at work on time.
Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions, keeps commitments, commits to long work hours when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies the appropriate person with an alternate plan.
Initiative - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Asks for and offers help when needed.
Reasoning Ability - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk most of the day, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands, and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Also, the employee must be able to lift and carry at least 15 lbs.
Work Environment:
Should be prepared to work in a noisy manufacturing area with heavy traffic and floor vibrations.
