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Garment Technologist- Fashion Jobs in Havant, England, United Kingdom at ecocareers
Title: Garment Technologist- Fashion
Company: ecocareers
Location: Havant, England, United Kingdom
Role: Garment Tech Location: Havant, Hampshire Contract: Full-Time, Permanent Named in The Sunday Times 2023 Best Places to Work now is a great time to join our journey and build your career. For over 30 years, we’ve travelled, we’ve laughed, we’ve grown. Our purpose is to bring style and positivity to our customers lives through the clothes we make, the things we do and the values we have. Trusted quality. Equality and inclusion isn’t an aspiration but the standard. We promote and drive equality within our workforce to ignite an inclusive foundation for us all to build from and truly connect with our customers, colleagues, and communities alike. To ensure the development and production of each product meets our customers’ expectations. Thriving for the best quality, fabrication and manufacturing while maximising launch availability and margin. Ensuring raw materials and garment construction are fit for purpose and are built to last. Risk analyse the range at packs out identifying and implementing wearer trials where applicable. Discuss potential risks with team and supply base and action as appropriate.
Develop the product through the fitting and approval process with the designer and buyer, ensuring that all FatFace standards of fit and performance are met and are consistent.
Review best and worst sellers and returns analysis post season to learn product lessons and implement improvements.
Manage any QC on holds alongside the Quality team to ensure that commercially acceptable product reaches stores without any delays.
Manage supply base to ensure that they are producing product to FatFace quality, sustainability and ethical standards. In depth knowledge of developing product for fit, quality, performance and compliance
Experience of working directly with suppliers to improve manufacture, fit and reducing quality returns
An understanding of sustainable raw materials & manufacture to question & seek the most sustainable solution
Professional qualification in Fashion, Clothing or Textiles
Great planning and organisational skills, able to change plans in line with business needs Ability to risk analyse product
Must have energy, enthusiasm, drive and a ‘can do’ attitude To be competent in fabric testing standards and textile labelling requirements
A great understanding of Garment production systems & factory requirements
Physical – production samples- the role uses these to make improvements/commercial decisions about the product. Brand image – Quality of the product – the role is responsible for ensuring their product meets FatFace standards, the brand is de-valued in the eyes of the customer if this is not achieved
