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For Companies A strong Sales and Design studio based in Central London experiencing expansion and are looking to recruit a Garment Technologist to join the team.
The position plays an instrumental role within the business communicating across Design & Production teams ensuring the accurate and efficient production of garments.
Full ownership for garment specifications and critical path management from development through to production sealers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working on the fit of garments in all product ranges from the 1st proto through to production
- Working with the Designer and Account Manager on fits and assessing factory capabilities for first Samples.
- Organising and attending fit meetings with the Production team and relaying clear & concise fit comments to all factories
- Measuring all samples, creating, amending and updating fully graded specs and providing technical drawings/diagrams where necessary
- Attending regular Design meetings with Clients in order to update the team on sampling progress
- Liaising with the factory to ensure patterns are amended accordingly, track in-house patterns and ensure that graded patterns are checked prior to production
- Liaising with the Design team & Account Manager ensure that styles/patterns are prioritised according to the Critical Path and updating tracking tools accordingly.
- Working with the factories to assess fabrics in order to determine suitable vendors
- Working across departments to ensure that all necessary people are updated on any QA issues or changes in product
- Working closely alongside factories to ensure product meets the required quality standards
- Checking bulk fabrics and gold seal samples are fit for production and ensure factories have all necessary information to deliver a first class product
- Assisting the Design team with transferring sketches to Illustrator and using Excel to create accurate specs
- Being a point of contact for factories for any technical issues or queries they may have throughout the sampling and production period
- Spot-checking production by making store and warehouse visits to ensure finishing is of a first-class standard
Key Attributes:
- Perfectionist, passionate and commercial
- Strong communicator with Internal and External Stakeholders
- Practical and good attention to detail
- Team player and able to work under pressure calmly and closely with factories
- Experienced in working within a fast fashion environment
- Understanding a workroom environment
Contact Detail:
V&C Recruiting Team
