Footwear & Accessories Garment Technologist

5 months ago

Altrincham, United Kingdom Cotton Traders Ltd Full time

**Footwear & Accessories Technologist**

**Altrincham, WA14 5GZ**

**Full time - 37.5 hours per week**

**Competitive Salary**

**Who are Cotton Traders?**

Cotton Traders is a British clothing retailer established in 1987 by England rugby captain and legends Fran Cotton and Steve Smith. Supported by a growing online and offline (catalogue) presence, we have 80 stores nationwide in England, Scotland and Wales and employee 800 people across the country. We have an ambitious plan to grow the business across all touch points and we can only do this with the best people around us.

Our vision and our values are what make us unique, and they are deeply ingrained in everything we do here at Cotton Traders. Our people are part of the fabric that makes us what we are, and when you’re as passionate about your people as we are, job satisfaction and career progression come hand in hand.

**What’s in the role and what are we looking for?**
- To ensure that all Footwear and Accessories produced for Cotton Traders accurately meets our Company specification in terms of sizing, fit, quality and performance.

**The key accountabilities of the role will be to**:

- Understanding grading of UK/European lasts, product construction and materials
- Fitting footwear and accessories with Buyers/Suppliers and relaying comments back showing initiative and creative thinking where necessary to solve problems
- Completing workbooks and monitoring last measurements & sole units across designs
- Drawing up product specifications for accessories
- Managing all products through the Red/Gold seal sampling process
- Specifying label/packaging details/Pictograms
- Instigating/analysing test reports with recommendations
- Undertaking supplier visits to improve quality standards and increase personal knowledge of manufacturing capabilities/developments
- Regular liaison with our Distribution Centre Quality Control team
- Analysing and reporting on returns information on products
- Advising Customer Services and Retail stores with any queries
- Significant experience within a Technology department
- A Qualification in Footwear/Clothing Technology
- Experience of fitting products, understanding patterns & footwear lasts
- Keen attention to detail
- Highly organised
- Enthusiasm and determination, with a passion for Footwear Technology
- Team spirit and a positive attitude
- Confidence in communicating, in order to maintain a strong working relationship with all departments and suppliers
- Strong MS Office Excel skills
- A Self-Starter approach to the role with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Highly organised
- Coral Draw/Adobe illustrator skills (desirable but not essential for Accessories)

**What’s on offer?**

We are protective and proud in equal measure of our culture and suggest you take a look at our values on our web-site to gain a better understanding of life at CT. Once you’re part of the team, you’ll be rewarded with, alongside other things:

- Flexible working culture, adopting a hybrid working approach
- 25 days holiday rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays
- Your CT, benefits, rewards and recognition platform
- Holiday purchase scheme
- 50% staff discount
- Employee Assistant Programme
- Health cash plan
- Long service awards

**Next steps**

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