Job Description
Garment Technologist / Product Development Assistant
Are you looking for a new challenge in 2023.
If you enjoy working with luxury brands and within a company where your input and ideas can affect the success of the department, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
This is a great opportunity for a candidate who likes variety and a creative environment.
The role is permanent and is based in our main office working 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday inclusive.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work collaboratively with product development team to create new tech packs in line with departmental timelines, quality standards, and commercial requirements.
- To support the PD dept by managing the technical aspects of all styles from development of first proto’s, though to final sample. Ensure creative interpretation of Design Brief and RIGHT-FIRST-TIME sample development
- Measures and Iron all samples prior to a development fit meeting, carry out full preparation for fit sessions and writing notes: assess the sample to review garment construction/ quality and ensure samples are to agree specifications as per ‘Design Brief’ and updates spec sheets accordingly.
- Take full responsibility for checking samples, providing fit comments, preparing production graded spec, approving wash care labels and barcodes.
- Set up and monitor a full Quality Control solution throughout the supply chain and in the warehouse from the beginning of the process to the production deliveries to ensure the quality standard is achieved consistently.
- Promote, publish and use standards, sales and key block shapes to maintain consistency of fit and quality levels.
- Support Buying, Design and Suppliers by proactively offering focused solutions to technical problems encountered during development and production; drive and promote opportunities for product improvement.
- Provide clear and direct technical instructions to factories/suppliers with verbal and written communication, comprehensive, appropriately timed and accurate for each styles and developments.
- Ensure the use of appropriate channel of daily communication e.g. telephone, email, or web cam with internal and external sources to discuss fit or quality issues and sampling/ production schedules.
- Use business tools and internal/external relationships to ensure that sample and production critical path dates are understood and met; proactively and regularly consult the critical path to meet deadlines; escalate effectively.
- Take full responsibility for managing own time effectively. Ensure the sampling / fit process is completed within the target dates and any amendments do not impact “on time” delivery.
- Attend and contribute to weekly departmental tracking meetings with buying or production department.
- Carry out regular scheduled shops visits to evaluate product quality to higher standards and compare it within the market level.
- Assess and approve supplier fabric / garment test reports and care labels in line with required standards and delivery schedule
- Contribute to monthly reporting of warehouse quality performance and product faults, analyse customer’s returns; contribute to weekly assessment of returns report and demonstrate actions taken to reduce faulty returns and liaising with supplier to improve Quality.
What we are looking for:
- Previous experience working in a technical position in the fashion industry
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook and Word)
- Computer literacy in QA related software
- Full understanding of critical path management as applied in a retail environment
- Sound knowledge of garments fit, garment construction, patternmaking, grading and spec development
- Full understanding of the fit and sealing process as applied in a retail environment
- Sound understanding of the commercial production process as applied in a retail environment
- Full understanding of the commercial textile testing process, quality standards and legal labelling requirements
Rewards:
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday allowance
- Career progression and learning and development opportunities
- Work life balance
- Being a part of a company whose values will give you a standard to aspire to and underpin who we are as a company and a community.
- Temporary accommodation
COME AND DO GREAT THINGS WITH US
Please apply by email or in writing to The House of Bruar, By Blair Atholl, Perthshire, PH18 5TW, enclosing a copy of your CV and covering letter.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Pitlochry: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location