Garment Technologist

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2023?

If you enjoy working with luxury brands and within a company where your input and ideas can affect the success of the department, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

The role is permanent and is based in our Main Office working 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday inclusive.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Work collaboratively with our product development team to create new tech packs in line with departmental timelines, quality standards and commercial requirements.
- To support the product development department by managing the technical aspects of all styles from development of first prototypes, though to final samples. Ensure creative interpretation of Design Briefs and RIGHT-FIRST-TIME sample development
- Measure and iron all samples prior to a development fit meeting, carry out full preparation for fit sessions and writing notes. Assess the sample to review garment construction/quality and ensure samples are to agreed specifications as per ‘Design Brief’ and updates spec sheets accordingly.
- Take full responsibility for checking samples, providing fit comments, preparing production graded specs, approving wash care labels and barcodes.
- Set up and monitor a full Quality Control solution throughout the supply chain and in the warehouse from the beginning of the process to the production deliveries in order to ensure the quality standard is achieved consistently.
- Promote, publish and use standards, sales and key block shapes to maintain consistency of fit and quality levels.
- Support Buying, Design and Suppliers by proactively offering focused solutions to technical problems encountered during development and production; drive and promote opportunities for product improvement.
- Provide clear and direct technical instructions to factories/suppliers with verbal and written communication, being comprehensive, appropriately timed and accurate for each styles and developments.
- Use business tools and internal/external relationships to ensure that sample and production critical path dates are understood and met; proactively and regularly consulting the critical path to meet deadlines; escalate effectively.
- Take full responsibility for managing own time effectively. Ensure the sampling/fit process is completed within the target dates and any amendments do not impact “on time” delivery.
- Attend and contribute to weekly departmental tracking meetings with buying or production departments.
- Carry out regular scheduled shop visits to evaluate product quality to higher standards and compare it within the market level.
- Assess and approve supplier fabric/garment test reports and care labels in line with required standards and delivery schedules.
- Contribute to monthly reporting of warehouse quality performance and product faults, analyse customer returns; contribute to weekly assessment of returns reports and demonstrate actions taken to reduce faulty returns and liaising with supplier to improve quality.

**What we are looking for**:

- Previous experience working in a technical position in the fashion industry.
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and Word).
- Computer literacy in QA related software.
- Full understanding of critical path management as applied in a retail environment.
- Sound knowledge of garment fit, garment construction, patternmaking, grading and spec development.
- Full understanding of the fit and sealing process as applied in a retail environment.
- Sound understanding of the commercial production process as applied in a retail environment.
- Full understanding of the commercial têxtile testing process, quality standards and legal labelling requirements.

**Rewards**:

- Competitive salary.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Career progression and learning and development opportunities.
- Work life balance.
- Being a part of a company whose values will give you a standard to aspire to and underpin who we are as a company and a community.
- Temporary accommodation.

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