Job Description

This multichannel, multi-product ladieswear fashion retailer is looking for a hard working Garment Technologist to join a friendly, close knit team.

Stylish multi-product womenswear, ranging from every day wardrobe staples to gorgeous occassionwear. This is a really varied and hands-on position to work across a broad and exciting range of garments and fabrications.

The successful candidate will become part of a small but perfectly formed technical team within this well-established retailer. They will attend in-house fit sessions with Designers and accurately record comments. They will also ensure that throughout the sampling process all comments are efficiently passed back to the factories in a clear and concise manner; role will involve working directly with offshore offices and suppliers.

Garment Technologist – The Role:

• Working within a small team of garment technologists’, alongside the Designers
• Conducting daily fit sessions with the design team where comments are made ready to send to various factories.
• Produce clear and concise fit comments with supporting images / diagrams for Suppliers to follow
• Produce size specifications at each stage throughout sampling.
• Work with overseas factories keeping a good relationship with the suppliers.
• When required communicate with the onsite warehouse with regards to specific processing requirements.
• Carry out fabric testing for care label approvals.
• Managing the critical path and high-lighting potential issues in a timely way.

Garment Technologist - The Person:

• I am looking for a Garment Technologist, ideally with minimum of 3 years’ experience within a textiles/retail background.
• Looking for someone with solid experience within womenswear fashion.
• Experience in working with offshore factories would be beneficial.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Computer literate including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.

If this opportunity excites you, please email your cv to l.summerson@peoplemarketing.co.uk quoting reference 12361 PP

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