Location: Manchester
Type: Permanent
Industry: Ladieswear
Job Ref: TGN5022
The Company:
An exciting opportunity for a Senior Garment Technologist to join a forward-thinking company who produce luxury ladies fashion ranges for a range of multiple stores and their own branded products.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Working closely with the design, production, and merchandising team throughout the product development process.
- Own and lead live fit sessions, working collaboratively with the design team to achieve the perfect product.
- Creation of comprehensive, logical, and clearly written fit comments complete with supporting imagery and diagrams.
- Communicating daily with a global supply base to ensure all products are manufactured to the required fit and quality standards.
- Ability to prioritise workload to ensure critical business deadlines are achieved.
- Approval of care labels and test reports.
- Approval of production samples and AQL reports.
- Ownership of departmental product returns, investigating high returning styles and bringing solutions to achieve company returns targets.
- Develop junior members of the team to support progression within the department.
- Support and educate suppliers to achieve consistent quality and fit across a global supply base.
- Implement departmental projects to standardise and improve ways of working.
- Work closely with the inbound QC team to improve quality and minimise customer returns.
- Travel as required to visit the supply base and warehouse.
Requirements
- Previous experience as senior technologist is preferred but not essential.
- Preferably a degree or similar within technical textiles.
- Ability to fit accurately and at speed to ensure we are first to market with the latest trends.
- Strong understanding of pattern cutting and garment construction, a pattern cutting background is preferred but not essential.
- Attention to detail is key to maintain the brands quality standards.
- An understanding of testing and compliance is essential.
- Passionate about the product, customer focused attitude and commercial eye.
- Must be organised and able to lead and work efficiently as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Desire to progress and grow within a team, taking on extra responsibilities where relevant.
What’s on offer?
- Annual bonus scheme
- 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Extra day off for your birthday
- Flexible working hours around core hours of 10-4
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Enhanced pension contribution
- Enhanced maternity policy
- 40% staff discount
- Healthcare Cashplan
- Free onsite gym
- Social events