Apparel Color Compliance Specialist – Private Label
Los Angeles, CA | Full-Time, On-Site | $80K+ DOE
Ideal Candidate: A technically strong private-label apparel professional who understands color, fabric, testing, and pre-production and can work directly with mills and factories to solve problems—not simply manage timelines.
Established private-label apparel and swimwear company with 20+ years of industry experience is seeking a Color Compliance Specialist to support growing Mass Market/private-label programs. Swimwear and/or activewear experience strongly preferred, with men’s apparel/swimwear experience a plus.
This is a hands-on role managing pre-production, color approvals, fabric and garment testing, compliance, and production readiness while working closely with overseas mills, vendors, factories, testing facilities, and retail partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage pre-production timelines, approvals, and critical path milestones.
- Coordinate fabric, color, lab dip, strike-off, trim, packaging, and sample approvals.
- Manage color approval processes and ensure colors meet retailer specifications.
- Coordinate fabric and garment testing; identify root causes of failures and develop corrective actions with suppliers.
- Work directly with overseas mills, vendors, and factories to troubleshoot technical issues and keep programs on schedule.
- Review fabric construction, trims, labeling, packaging, testing, and quality requirements.
- Maintain retailer systems, compliance documentation, sustainability certifications, and approval records.
- Track development and production samples and communicate risks, issues, and solutions to internal and external partners.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of apparel pre-production, product development, production, or related experience.
- Current or recent Mass Market/private-label experience required.
- Strong technical knowledge of fabrics, trims, color, testing, labeling, and garment construction.
- Experience with color management systems such as Coloro/ColorFlow, X-Rite iQC10, or similar.
- Hands-on experience with fabric and garment testing and color approval.
- Experience working with overseas mills, factories, vendors, and testing facilities.
- Swimwear and/or activewear experience strongly preferred.
- Men’s apparel/swimwear experience is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to determine the root cause of technical or testing issues and develop solutions.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple programs and deadlines.
- Bonus: Spectrophotometer/color measurement experience and familiarity with Walmart color management processes.
Work Environment
Full-time, 5 days per week on-site in the Downtown Los Angeles area. This role requires hands-on management of physical fabric, color, trim, and product-development packages.
Compensation: $80K+ DOE, with potential for higher compensation for exceptional candidates with highly relevant Walmart, private-label, swim/activewear, and technical pre-production experience. Benefits, PTO, and 401(k).