We have three openings for Assistant Garment Technologists, permanent and 12 month fixed term contracts. The positions are with a leading High street Retailer and have excellent prospects.
Salary is flexible depending on the candidate's experience but some previous experience working as a Garment Technologist is required. The permanent vacancy is in Menswear and the FTCs are covering Women's and Childrenswear.
Job function
To provide technical support to deliver quality, innovation, safety, compliance, and ethics that differentiate the Client from the High Street
Responsibilities:
Where appropriate take full technical responsibility for a range as well as providing support to the Technology team across the Department acting on behalf of the Technologist to represent the Client externally and the Department internally
Work alongside the technologist to support delivery of the buying department innovation strategy driving commercial customer focused benefit.
Support the co-ordination of day-to-day activities (e.g., risk analysis, wearer trials,) to protect the department from product safety, compliance, and ethical issues in line with legislation and policy.
Support the Technologist and work independently as appropriate to deliver clear specifications on Design Tech packs to include fit, fabric quality, construction & components in adherence with Environmental Policy.
Support the Technologist in managing blocks approval and contract seal processes, working in collaboration with technical counterparts in Sourcing Offices as part of a global team.
Maintain the business raw material and fabric sourcing strategy and ensure they are appropriate for end use.
Support the delivery of business sustainability requirements into the department in conjunction with buying teams, managing the collation of information, and producing reports where appropriate.
Perform product benchmarking on behalf of the Technologist and keep informed of key trends and industry developments to build expertise.
Maintain the integrity of product data within the department on the Client’s systems, working with sourcing offices to ensure suppliers are compliant in providing complete and accurate information as required to enable reporting.
Build strong relationships within the UK Buying Departments and globally with counterparts in Sourcing
Offices and adhering to agreed ways of working and helping to develop global best practice within the product area.
Support technologist to drive digital process throughout the product development working with central and design teams.
Compiling and analysing quality data to feed into departmental strategy.
Key Skills required:
Ability to learn new technical skills, absorb information and manage own personal development.
Excellent communication skills within the technical function, design and buying, supply base and global Sourcing Offices.
Multi tasked orientated working to tight deadlines, understanding when to take decisions and when to seek guidance.
To be able to analyse data and drive insights to support strategic thinking.
Knowledge and experience of creating product specifications.
Ability to manage departmental data and leverage the Client’s systems to enable strategic reporting.
Ability to work across multiple sourcing models