Garment Technologist £38-42,000 depending on experience
This is an amazing opportunity to join a successful fashion retail business as a Garment Technologist. The role is with desirable brand offering premium quality fashion pieces for every occasion. If you would like the opportunity to bring your technical expertise to a place where you can make your mark and develop your career, then this could be the right opportunity for you.
This is a perfect role for a Junior Garment Technologist who is looking for their next step-up in their career. Likewise, it would also suit an existing Garment Technologist who is seeking a new challenge.
This is what you'll do:
- Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure they understand and adhere to technical specifications in a timely manner
- Work with the Design team to ensure first proto's come back as close to original requests.
- Resolve technical issues that may arise during the production process, finding innovative solutions to maintain product quality.
- Work with the buying team to optimise manufacturing processes while maintaining quality standards, effectively managing production costs.
- Maintain detailed records of technical specifications, patterns, and quality control reports, ensuring accurate and organised documentation.
- Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the customer base and brand handwriting, as well as in depth product and competitor knowledge.
- Lead fit sessions (twice a week), working with buying and design to ensure excellent and consistent fit of product, together with the best construction methods.
- Conduct risk assessments of all products from the earliest point of product development, raising and resolving any identified issues.
- Regularly visit the stores and review online platform as well as competition.
- Work with the Technical Manager to standardise key blocks with the support of buying and design to increase speed and accuracy when fitting and increase product performance.
- Liaise with external teams, including the warehouse to understand and respond to any quality issues and to advise further actions.
- Achievement of fit returns target for product areas.
- Work alongside buying to manage the critical path for own product areas.
- Responsible for wash care, fabric composition communication for the website.
Who we're looking for:
- You'll have experience as either a Junior Garment Technologist or a Garment Technologist.
- Womenswear experience is a must.
- Ideally, you'll have experience of working with a premium clothing brand.
- Knowledge of garment construction, fabrics, and manufacturing processes.
- Your collaborative and clear communication skills will enable you to work with the wider product team such as Buying and Design, building successful working relationships.
- You will be enthusiastic about product and constantly seeking to make improvements for the brand and customer.
If this opportunity sounds like it's the right one for you, then apply today.
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