People Marketing Fashion Recruitment
Garment Technologist
Job Location
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are recruiting for an experienced Garment Technologist (Womenswear) to join a busy supplier to various high street retailers. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality and fit for one of the UK’s largest garment manufacturers. Product categories include multi-category formal and casualwear.
Garment Technologist - The Role
- Attend regular meetings with sales, design & product development and customers to understand development needs and effectively put into work any new samples required.
- Attend and manage fit meetings, relay comments to customers & factories.
- Handle all submissions and approvals, lap dips, test reports.
- Produce clear and detailed technical specifications, and prepare technical packs for factories, problem solve and handle production issues.
- Ensure all technical information is kept up to date & any necessary alterations are made following sample reviews internally or by customers.
- Monitor samples through the making process using the critical path to ensure that they meet deadline dates, are to a high quality standard and meet all required specifications.
- Manage fit meetings with the customer and report fit comments back to the factories.
- Occasional travel to the offshore factories to assess products at Pre production and Production AQL stages and also customer visits.
Garment Technologist - Candidate Requirements
- Minimum of 3-5 years experience gained within a similar garment technician role for an apparel supplier.
- Strong understanding of garment construction and technical knowledge.
- Experience in maintaining quality and fit standards with factories.
- Excellent hands on experience of the fit process through to final production sample.
- A confident, enthusiastic, proactive individual with strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- Fully computer literate.
- Self motivated, someone who thrives on responsibility. A problem solver who can work on own initiative but also a team player with a good sense of humour!
- Ability to travel both in the UK and offshore as required, covering customer meetings and factory visits.
Location: London, GB
Posted Date: 10/10/2024
Contact Information
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