Assistant Garment Technologist

The Applicant: This is an excellent opportunity to join a small and successful Corporate Clothing Company and gain a wide knowledge of the clothing manufacturing sector. The role will provide support to the Product Manager and Brand Management teams

Client Details

A successful clothing brand

Description

• Assisting the Product Manager daily across all areas of product development and current production.
• Filing of all samples received including lab dips, fabrics, trims and full garment samples.
• Reviewing customer faulty returns to identify issues and possible causes.
• Assisting in AQL review of products; either on new product development shipments or where an issue has been identified with current stock.
• Participating in fit sessions and record fit changes required.
• Building and maintaining technical packs.
• Reviewing lab dips, fabrics, trims and components for both colour and quality.
• Measuring and inspecting samples received from our factories including development samples, size set samples and pre-production samples.
• • Arranging fabrics for testing via third party testing facilities.
  • Corresponding with our overseas agents and suppliers via email as well as telephone/video conference calls.
  • Managing our sourcing teams to ensure timely delivery of necessary samples.
  • Maintaining the critical path to ensure production deadlines are met.
  • Updating technical documents at the request of the Product Manager where required.
  • Maintaining accurate factory certification records.
  • Liaising with our distributors and providing technical documentation and information upon request.
  • • General office tasks when required, the role will also include generating mailings, filing and general tidying.
    • Communication with our distributors and customers.
    • Dealing with customer enquiries and processing garment returns.
    • Updating computer records in excel and word documents.

Profile

Qualifications : Educated to HND level or above or have relevant experience. A clothing technology or fashion qualification is desirable.

Essential Skills:

• Clothing construction experience.

• Confident and clear communication skills; both verbally and written.

• Excellent attention to detail with high levels of accuracy.
• Proficiency in standard Microsoft applications with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

• Ability to plan and organize both familiar and new tasks in an office environment, within a specified deadline.
• Highly organised with good prioritisation skills.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Adobe software including Photoshop, Illustrator.

Job Offer

• Hours of work: 9.00am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday. 1 hour for lunch.
• Holiday entitlement is 21 days per year plus English statutory days.
• Stakeholder pension scheme.
• Position may require overseas travel to our manufacturing countries.