We’re looking for an experienced Womenswear Garment Technologist to join a busy and dynamic Technical Team. You’ll work across multiple product categories for a mix of high‑street and volume retailers, ensuring the quality, fit and technical integrity of all samples produced through both owned and third‑party manufacturing.
A competitive salary and attractive benefits package are available.
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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