Job Description
Join a successful and well-established supplier to the UK high street as a Men's Garment Technologist, specialising in Tailoring and Outerwear. Based in Central London, this exciting role offers the chance to work with leading UK retailers, ensuring the highest standards of fit, quality, and technical innovation. If you're passionate about menswear and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity to elevate your career.
Main responsibilities will include:
- Responsible for taking the product, from development through all the stages to product delivery
- Clear understanding on maintaining fit consistency. Monitor and maintain Grade rules
- Manage and run fit sessions
- Ensure the designs that are created are engineered within cost structure and make up capabilities
- Design pack development handover and critical path: Ensure the correct block ref size spec and technical data are completed working to the critical path dates
- Identify new developments that require technical support
- Risk assess to identify high risk product for production
- Critical Path: Ensure that all seals process/tests are achieved at each stage to critical path dates
- Wearer Trials: Identify new and ongoing product for wearer trials. Identifying any potential issues on key lines
- Liaise with factories overseas in China and Bangladesh with at least 2 trips to the factory in China
- Attend meetings with Buyers when required
Person Specification:
- Must have experience and knowledge of garment construction in Menswear Outerwear and Tailoring
- A proven track record in a similar Technologist role from either a retailer or a supplier
- Far East and Bangladesh production experience would be beneficial
- Excellent team player with good communication skills
- Flexibility and show initiative
- Attention to detail and deadline management
