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SalaryGarment Technologist
Altrincham
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 nightwear, supplying mainly character merchandise to major High Street retailers and on-line companies in the UK. A vacancy has arisen for a Garment Technologist in their vibrant design 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 manufactures. 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 and 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
- Well organised and flexible with a logical and analytical mind
- Excellent admin skills
- Works well under pressure, with the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Full UK driving licence
- Knowledge of 3D software, i.e. Optitex/Browzwear/CLO would be advantageous
- Graduate or up to 2 years relevant experience
- Knowledge of Excel would be advantageous
A competitive salary and some hybrid working is on offer to the perfect candidate. If this sounds like it could be you, we’d love to hear more.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Altrincham
