Product Technologist

**Product Technologist - Textiles. Flexibility around working from home with a requirement to be based at the Glossop office 2-3 days per week. Salary: £27-32k dependant on skills / experience + Excellent benefits and career progression opportunities.**

**Product Technologist - the role**:

- Management of supplier audits from onboarding to ongoing across suppliers based in China, India, and EU
- Follow up corrective action plan to ensure all sites have acceptable audits Ethical trade membership management
- Developing and reviewing policies
- Advising relevant parties on compliance with regulation
- Evaluating new product designs to support the buying team throughout the new product development and existing product reviews
- Identify the relevant safety, testing, and certification requirements for products
- Product sealing process from initiating the sample production to gold seals
- Product specification management
- Critical Path and tracker management
- Responsible for updating the trackers and Critical Path, managing any issues with the relevant teams and ensuring all deadlines are met.
- Due diligence and non-compliance product inspections
- Investigate and manage customer complaints
- Analyse product returns to highlight and address quality issues
- Vendor Management
- communication with vendors is key to achieving results and ensuring deadlines are met. Strong communication and Negotiation skills required
- Product Technologist role within a relevant sector e.g. têxtiles, clothing, homewares
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- A meticulous eye for detail, good organizational and time management skills
- Knowledge and understanding of product manufacturing, testing, and sealing
- Experience in Ethical Audits (SMETA and BSCI)
- Familiar use of SEDEX and ETI Base code