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Q HQ Limited
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London, Greater London
Garment Technologist
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Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum Up to £50k + excellent package |
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Overview
We have a vacancy for a part time Garment Technologist, 3 day a week maternity cover starting in June for a minimum of 6 months for a leading Retailer. The successful candidate will cover casual skirts, trousers and shorts and must be experienced in these products. Garment Technologist Job Role • Deliver the product innovation strategy driving commercial customer focussed benefit and in line with Design and Innovation Brief priorities • Keep abreast of the latest technology trends in materials, fabric, fibre construction techniques etc. and feed these into the product development process • Manage adherence to product safety, compliance and ethical standards in line with legislation and corporate policy · Deliver clear specifications on Design Tech packs to include fit, fabric quality, made well standards, construction & components • Approve fits and contract seals (where relevant) ensuring construction and consistency is achieved in line with standards • Working with the Fit Development Studio and Design to ensure that relevant blocks and patterns are in place • Carry out ongoing cost engineering at development stage to ensure all products are optimised commercially whilst still meeting Client’s quality, fit and aesthetic standards • Manage fabric / raw material approval requirements and ensure quality and innovation is embedded into the fabric / raw material strategy • Accountability for signing off the Bill of Materials and ensuring that all relevant product technical documentation (legal, testing, safety) is present on system at contract seal · • Manage the delivery of business sustainability requirements into the department alongside buying team colleagues and the Sourcing offices • Benchmark Client’s product against high street competitors ensuring a market leading position and feeding into the Product development strategy • Monitor the voice of the customer around Quality and Fit and build into ongoing product development strategy • Maintain integrity of product data within the department on Client’s systems, working with sourcing offices to ensure suppliers are compliant in providing complete and accurate information as required to enable reporting • Act as a business ambassador internally and externally protecting all sustainability, safety, ethical and environmental requirements • In the event of quality failure in the UK manage and co-ordinate with UK Offices, Supply Base and Sourcing Office colleagues to resolve • Manage knowledge to share and product / fit training of store colleagues to enable more informed selling and service Garment Technologist requirements: • Expert in the field of technology including manufacturing of fabric / raw materials • An excellent knowledge of Women’s casual wear and previous experience working as a Garment Technologist • Excellent communication skills with Technical Function, Design and Buying, Supply Base and Global Sourcing Offices • Able to manage Blue Sky thinking for newness and project delivery of innovation • Multi tasked orientated working to tight deadlines while maintaining entrepreneurialism • Capable of interpreting customer data to shape future product development strategy • Experience of briefing and specifying direct design sourced product, working with Buying and Design teams to create Tech Packs • Ability to manage departmental data and leverage Client’s systems to enable strategic reporting • Ability to work across multiple sourcing models Ref:101186 This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89776191