Location: Manchester
Type: Permanent
Industry: Childrenswear
Job Ref: TGN5135
The Company:
A fantastic opportunity for Senior Children’s Garment Technologist to join a leading, established clothing company who supply the High Street and Supermarket accounts.
We are looking for people with experience in apparel, preferably in children’s and babies clothing. And grading knowledge.
Knowledge & experience working with the Far East, mainly China, India, Pakistan & Bangladesh.
Excel proficiency is required.
The Role:
- Reporting to the Technical Manager.
- Responsible for checking and fitting children’s wear samples from development right through to production and recording information on excel.
- Working closely with the merchandising team and with design department and liaising with factories.
- Checking care labels and test reports.
- Ensuring that garments are being produced to the required quality standard and that manufacturing is measured within tolerance.
- Discussing new designs with the design department and Merchandisers and helping to decide on the best way to manufacture them.
- Working out size specifications and planning how new garments will be made up by producing initial and graded size charts.
- Monitoring the production of sample garments and initiating any changes to the designs to fit manufacturing requirements.
- Grading, Pattern review & Fitting, Lab report and Shipment samples approval
Skills Required:
- Fashion Degree
- Ideally have worked for a supplier with similar Retailers.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
- Team player with the ability to also work on own initiative.
- Ability to travel as and when required to meet with Buyers and suppliers.
- Ideally you will be able to drive to attend fit meetings.