People Marketing is looking for an experienced Womenswear Garment Technologist to join a busy and dynamic Technical Team.

Working across multiple product categories for a mix of high‑street and volume retailers, the Garment Technologist will ensure the quality, fit and technical integrity of all samples produced through both owned and third‑party manufacturing.

As a Garment Technologist, you will play a key role in driving product quality from development through to production. You’ll work closely with sales, design, product development teams and customers, managing the fit process, technical specifications, sample approvals, and production standards.

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 – The Person:

• A minimum of 5 years' proven experience within a similar garment technologist position
• Experience of multicategory womenswear apparel; woven & jersey.
• Track record in establishing and maintaining quality and fit standards with factories.
• Excellent hands-on experience of the fit process through to the final production sample.
• A confident, enthusiastic, proactive individual with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interact effectively at all levels, from factory workers to senior management.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Self-motivated, someone who thrives on responsibility. 
• An effective problem solver who can work on own initiative and as a valued team player.
• Ability to travel in the UK and Offshore to attend customer meetings and factory visits, as and when required.
• Proficient with Word and Excel.
• A background in a supplier environment is a plus.

We regret that due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our vacancies, if you do not hear from one of our consultants within 5 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.