Garment Technologist
Greater Manchester
This is a unique opportunity to join a thriving company, offering excellent potential to drive your career forwards. My client is the UK’s market leading supplier of adult and children’s apparel, supplying mainly character merchandise to major High Street retailers and on-line companies in the UK. We are currently looking for an Experienced Garment Technologist to join our clients' busy head office team.
The Role:
- Responsibility of working with a number of retailers – aiming for a right first time approach.
- Creating workbooks/ specs for costings and buying samples
- Requesting of sealing samples and initial patterns, from offshore manufacturers. Measuring and checking of garments, internal approvals where necessary samples fitted with retailers in person or over VC, and sending comments out to the factories.
- Working closely with the factories to ensure that the product meets Retailer & Legal requirements, and necessary risk assessments are carried out.
- Administration of the critical path
- Submission of final production samples and relevant documentation.
- Creating print patterns on Optitex for the design team to set up print packs
- Working on Optitex 3D to create patterns for design and development
About you:
- We are looking for someone who can work as part of a team, with a positive attitude.
- Confident and clear communication skills, both verbal and written, with manufacturers, retailers and within the office environment.
- Someone who is well organised and flexible, with a logical and analytical mind, and excellent administration skills
- Someone who works well under pressure, with the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Full driving licence is essential.
- Knowledge of 3D software, ie Optitex/ Browzwear/ CLO, would be advantageous.
- 2 - 5 years experience in a related area
- Knowledge of Excel would be advantageous