Garment Technologist

**Garment Technologist**

**Multi Product**

**West Midlands**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Garment Technologist to be a key player within this clients Product & Design team. This is a thrilling time to join the brand on the journey into new markets, with the opportunity to become part of a vibrant team, offering scope for development of yourself and your role.

As the Garment Technologist, you will be reporting to Design Manager and will hold responsibility for the end-to-end quality, fit and construction of garments, accessories, and footwear. You will be tasked with helping to develop the brand to be the go-to apparel company by creating world beating quality within every garment that we release.

Key responsibilities:

- Sample processing: including garment measuring, assessment and compiling technical reports
- Sample management
- Tech pack creation
- Collating & confirming bill of materials for each garment
- Fit session management
- Manage the day-to-day communications with factories on product development
- Working with our Technical Product Advisor, manage the fabric and product testing function, ensuring all required compliance is in place, including CE and all regional, national & international laws in all countries we export and sell our products
- Ensuring all CE manuals are up to date
- Product cost engineering
- Work with the Purchasing Department to manage the critical path
- Ensure suppliers have all packaging artworks and instructions once PO’s have been placed
- Help with production knowledge sharing and providing cross-function communication to marketing and customer services
- Assisting the marketing teams on photoshoots
- Work with the QC team to trouble-shoot, problem solve and identify the correct action
- plans
- Manage Supplier assessments and development plans
- Sizing & grading research and analysis
- Block development
- Researching new fabrics and construction techniques
- Product research and creating comparison reports
- Presenting to stakeholders and taking meeting minutes
- Create and manage an approved and passed fabric library
- Review and improve processes and operations

Key Skills
- 5 years+ experience as a Garment Technologist within a large apparel brand
- Extensive practical experience of product construction, fit development, fabrications, production processes and minimum make standards
- Show passion for the product through a proactive and motivated approach to your work
- Proven fabric/têxtile testing management
- Experience of working with international suppliers
- Have excellent relationship and communication management skills
- Can diversify experience to benefit a small team, whilst being hands on and championing positive change
- Experienced in a broad range of product types across both mens and womenswear including outerwear.

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person