At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop innovative fabrics and collaborate with teams to create world-class products.
- Company: Join Gymshark, a leading brand in fitness apparel focused on quality and sustainability.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, healthcare, flexible benefits, and 25 days holiday plus your birthday off.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the fitness community by shaping sustainable materials for top-notch products.
- Qualifications: Strong knowledge of fabric technology and experience in material development required.
The predicted salary is between 29700 - 36300 £ per year.
Help shape the future of Gymshark materials At Gymshark, great products start with great materials.
We're looking for a knowledgeable and detail-oriented Fabric Technologist to support the end-to-end development of woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, and trims/components, from initial concept through to bulk production.
This role is critical in ensuring our materials meet the highest standards of performance, quality, innovation, and sustainability while supporting the successful delivery of our seasonal product collections.
You'll work closely with Product Development, Design, Colour, and Sourcing teams, as well as external mills and suppliers, to develop materials that help bring world-class products to lif WHAT YOU'LL DO.
As a Fabric Technologist, you'll play a key role in delivering materials that meet both technical and commercial requirements, ensuring development milestones are achieved on time and to the highest standard.
Ensuring material development activities are completed in line with seasonal calendar deadlines.
Collaborating closely with Product Development, Design, Colour, and Sourcing teams to align on performance, aesthetic, and production requirements.
Partnering with mills and suppliers to develop innovative, high-performance, and sustainable fabrics, trims, and components from concept through to industrialisation.
Supporting material quality and performance validation through laboratory testing and compliance assessments.
Contributing to supplier performance reviews and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
Integrating sustainability considerations into material development to help reduce environmental impact and enhance product sustainability.
Managing and updating physical and digital material and trim libraries.
Identifying opportunities to improve quality, performance, sustainability, and cost efficiency throughout the development process.
Strong technical knowledge of fabric and material technology, including spinning, knitting, weaving, dyeing, finishing, washing, and trim/component development processes.
Strong knowledge of laboratory testing and commercial material testing standards.
This ensures we can work closely together to innovate, problem-solve, and deliver world-class products for our community.
We're committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally.
If you'd like to request a reasonable adjustment please email talent@gymshark.
We're here to unite the conditioning community.
It's what we want for our community, and our team.
Performance-based Bonus opportunity Funded Healthcare benefit25 days holiday, additional day for your birthday & Bank Holidays Contributory Employer pension scheme Flexible benefits programme – including salary sacrifice EV scheme, dental insurance, cycle to work, tech scheme, holiday trading Gymshark Employee Discount & long service awards Access to High Street cashback and discounts Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Enhanced Family Leave package Life Assurance Office location specific benefits include (HQ/IQ): Gym Membership to The Lifting Club (LC)Onsite lunch provision & coffee bars EV charge points available
Note: The bonus program and benefits have certain eligibility requirements.
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