Fabric Engineering Manager, Cotton Bedding

📋 Description

• Define what "premium luxury" means for Quince bedding: consistent hand-feel, uniform dye
• Develop sensory quality standards: hand-feel benchmarks, visual tolerances, and smell.
• Partner with mills to refine finishing processes that enhance perceived value.
• Benchmark Quince bedding against heritage luxury brands to ensure equal or better hand-feel and
• Lead blind hand-feel panels with design, merchandising, and customer focus groups to validate
• Lead development of exclusive bedding materials including long-staple cottons, European linens

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Textile Engineering, Material Science, Fashion Merchandising, Supply Chain, or related
• 10+ years in bedding/textile sourcing, development, or merchandising for home goods, apparel, or
• Deep knowledge of textile manufacturing processes (weaving, knitting, dyeing, finishing), fiber
• Strong cost analysis skills: yield %, waste %, thread count optimization, and landed cost modeling.
• Experience working with design, production, and sourcing teams in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining material libraries, including SKU rationalization