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Garment Technologist
Based Manchester City Centre
£30,000 - £32,000 plus benefits
Menswear
The Role:
I am working with a rapidly expanding fashion supplier based in City Centre Manchester who have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Garment Technologist to join their menswear team.
Main Duties:
- Working closely with merchandiser/ design teams, as well as our Product development manager on the menswear Department.
- Creating development specs at the beginning of each season from original samples or CADS
- Measuring samples at first fit / PP / production sample stages
- Conducting, lead and own, live in house fit session
- Sending comprehensive clear fit comments and amended specs to the factories, supported with clear diagrams if needed. Liaising with them on a daily basis.
- Prioritise & balance workload to ensure shipment dates of product are met in a timely order.
- Responsible for your own fit comments / pattern solutions and advice to factories to maintain a good quality/ standard.
- Advise factory of basic test requirements per style ie Base / bulk / zip tests.
- Progression and training on chemical testing requirements
- Checking & approving Care label layouts , reading test reports
- Action in house wash tests if necessary
- Assessing bulk inspection reports from the China office which come through on a weekly basis. Assisting the merch team with checking factory’s final packing lists, packaging and barcode details
- Giving commercial decisions on bulk quality issues
Skills required:
- Experienced in a Garment Tech role.
- Menswear experience would be preferred but isn’t essential.
- Microsoft office experience
- Organized
- Accurate with their work
- Enthusiastic to learn,
- Must be able to work well within a team environment
This is a fully office based role, although there is some flexibility surrounding actual working hours.
Apply online or for further information contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference number: NJR15621
