We're recruiting for an experienced Womenswear Garment Technologist to join a busy Technical Team working across multi-category for a mix of high street & volume retailers. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality and fit of samples with access to owned and 3rd party manufacturing.
Salary and attractive benefits package is on offer.
Garment Technologist – Job Outline
- Attend regular meetings with sales, design & product development and customers to understand development needs and effectively put into work any new samples required.
- Attend and manage fit meetings, relay comments to customers & factories.
- Handle all submissions and approvals, lap dips, test reports.
- Produce clear and detailed technical specifications, and prepare technical packs for factories, problem solve and handle production issues.
- Ensure all technical information is kept up to date & any necessary alterations are made following sample reviews internally or by customers.
- Monitor samples through the making process using the critical path to ensure that they meet deadline dates, are to a high quality standard and meet all required specifications.
- Manage fit meetings with the customer and report fit comments back to the factories.
- Occasional travel to the offshore factories to assess products at Pre production and Production AQL stages and also customer visits.
Garment Technologist – Skills & Qualifications
- Proven experience within a similar garment technologist position (min. 5 years). Background in supplier environment is preferred.
- Experience of multicategory womenswear apparel; woven & jersey.
- Track record in establishing and maintaining quality and fit standards with factories.
- Excellent hands on experience of the fit process through to final production sample. A confident, enthusiastic, proactive individual with strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to interact effectively at all levels from factory workers to senior management.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload. Self motivated, someone who thrives on responsibility.
- An effective problem solver who can work on own initiative and as a valued team player.
- Ability to travel in the UK and Offshore to attending customer meetings and factory visits (as and when required).
- Proficient in MS Office.
- Applicants must have full Right to Work in the UK and be based within reasonable commute of London office.
To apply please send your CV to c.turner@peoplemarketing.co.uk
We regret that due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our vacancies, if you do not hear from one of our consultants within 5 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.
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