Q&t Technologist

5 months ago


Cheltenham, United Kingdom Superdry Full time

The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Quality & Technical team as a Garment Technologist. Within this role, you will work within a team of technologists to create the best expression of each style, collaborating with Design to ensure the highest technical, quality, and fit standards from initial sample through to production.

This role requires strong presentation and communication skills (both written and verbal) and a creative and solutions-focussed approach.
You Will

Review products and send comments advising suppliers of next steps.

Advise on fit and grading for new shape & fit development

Complete risk assessments for construction & performance

Develop and advise on print techniques, washes, and trims.

Manage re-sourcing and dual sourcing

Complete handovers to the Regional Offices & act as point of contact for production

Review new key fabrics (in conjunction with Fabric Team)

Optimise garment construction & pattern engineering for production

Support and deliver projects, as required

Contribute to training for the Regional Offices, collaborating with the QA Team

Support with the QA Team on styles/suppliers with quality failure

Complete comp shops, store visits and reports, as required

Manage and deliver to the critical path

You Are

A graduate with a relevant degree

An experienced Technologist, with 3 to 5 years in a similar role

Responsible for your own performance and development

Continuously seeking to gain knowledge and expertise on the latest innovations, developments, and technology

Adept at building effective relationships, communicating & engaging with colleagues and suppliers at all levels

Confident, commercial, and well-founded in your approach to making decisions quickly and effectively

Experienced in fit development and working with a varied offshore supply base

Able to embrace change in a busy environment

Available to travel if required, to support business needs, even if this is at short notice.

Working for Superdry has never been so rewarding

25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, we also offer a holiday buying scheme

An additional day off to celebrate your Birthday

Family is massively important to us, so we have a broad range of family-friendly working policies in place, including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Company Pension scheme

All employees are covered by our Life Assurance policy whilst working at Superdry. We feel it’s important to offer protection for your family and loved ones in such a situation and to support this we offer life assurance cover which pays a lump sum equivalent either twice or four times your annual salary

A big staff discount - naturally. Because we know that you love to wear Superdry, you’ll benefit from a 50% discount in store and online

Our Head Office is home to our very own store for staff only where you can treat yourself to heavily discounted sample stock

A health cash plan is open to all employees.

Flexible working and core working hours between 10am - 4pm to help you achieve that all-important work-life balance

Access to onsite parking and as part of our sustainable development goals, we have a selection of electrical car parking points freely available to staff.

A range of learning and development materials to help you in your career and grow with us

We like to give back, so we allow our employees time off for volunteering work

A global employee assistance plan in place that you can access anytime you want - it’s free and confidential

You’ll also have access to a Cycle To Work Scheme and an excellent Car contract hire/purchase scheme

A range of local discounts with businesses across Gloucestershire

At Superdry, everyone has a voice and we want to hear it. We create environments where individuality can flourish and is celebrated as part of who we are as a brand. We’re incredibly proud that over 90% of our people feel strongly that they can be themselves at work.

We want to meet people with varied backgrounds because we understand that diversity of thought encourages new ideas to thrive, fuelling creativity and enabling us to do better work. We want to build a team which represents a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, and skills; we hire people based on their merit and potential.

We also welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Superdry and will always accommodate it where possible.

About Us
Superdry is a British, founder-led brand with a truly global presence. We’ve been proudly creating world-class product for almost two decades, offering genuine choice to our customers with our curated style collections.

Our mission is to be the No. 1 sustainable style destination, delivering product that is authentic with unmatched quality and true integrity, much like our people.

We are on an ambitious, style-obsessed journey and need talented people to join us on the adventure. Are you ready for everything?