Christian Dior Senior Industrialization Officer — Women's Ready-to-Wear
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Apr 26, 2026
About Christian Dior
Christian Dior Couture is a global luxury fashion house renowned for haute couture and ready-to-wear womenswear; the maison operates a network of internal ateliers and external centres of excellence and is part of the LVMH group. As an employer it combines artisanal savoir-faire with high standards of creativity, precision and international production operations.
Christian Dior Couture seeks a Senior Industrialization Officer — Women's RTW in Padua, Italy to lead garment industrialization and quality at external ateliers.
Role & Responsibilities
- Provide technical support and direction to external ateliers and Centres of Excellence, resolving production issues related to women's apparel and textile execution.
- Supervise production fittings to convert patterns into production-ready garments, defining production standards and acceptable tolerances.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of technical documentation (tech packs/spec sheets) and confirm Production Planning has all required technical inputs for manufacturing.
- Oversee production progress and quality control at external suppliers and internal centres, assessing execution quality and adherence to agreed timelines and production plans.
- Monitor product quality across fabric processing and final garment assembly, collaborating with fabric referents to safeguard standards.
- Identify and diagnose production defects, proposing corrective actions and driving suppliers to implement remediation to remove quality non-conformities.
- Liaise continuously with patternmaking, production office, logistics and internal quality control to align technical decisions with delivery schedules and collection milestones.
Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years' experience in luxury apparel production, with proven exposure to womenswear and sportswear segments.
- Deep technical knowledge of the garment production cycle, textiles and fabric behaviour.
- Advanced competence in patternmaking (modellistica) and prototyping, with experience converting designs into production-ready patterns.
- Proven ability to manage and influence external suppliers and ateliers; diplomatic yet assertive interpersonal style to secure compliance and quality.
- Strong problem-solving skills and decisiveness when proposing technical solutions to remove production non-conformities.
Skills
Experience
Minimum 10 years' experience in luxury apparel manufacturing or industrialization, with direct responsibility for production oversight at external ateliers or Centres of Excellence.
Education
Technical diploma in fashion, patternmaking or textiles, or a bachelor's degree in Fashion Technology/Textile Engineering — or equivalent demonstrable professional experience in garment industrialization.
Workplace
The role is situated in Padua, Veneto, Italy.
Culture
Christian Dior Couture blends couture heritage with contemporary ready-to-wear operations; the workplace emphasises artisanal craftsmanship, meticulous quality standards and cross‑functional collaboration. Employees operate in a high-calibre, fast-paced environment that values creativity, technical excellence and respect for traditional savoir-faire within the LVMH ecosystem.
About Cerulean
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