Apparel Color Compliance Specialist - LA

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).