Fashion Design Specialist

GARMENT TECHNOLOGIST (m/f/x)

London, UK | fulltime (40h/week)

We are Women's Best, an e-commerce company that has been internationally successful since 2015, delighting millions of women with high-quality sports nutrition and clothing. Become part of our movement and support our E-Com team in making Women's Best even more successful!

We are recruiting for the London office a full-time Garment Technologist (m/f/x)

Your Mission With Us

As a Garment Tech / Fashion Design Specialist with Women’s Best sportswear team it is essential that you have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role within a product development team within women’s sportswear, cut & sew and seamless. You will have the ability to think both creatively and logically, able to process information with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail from a range of sources. You’ll be a great communicator, who takes a collaborative approach – focusing on building strong relationships. You will be brilliantly organised and good with measurements, numbers and data.

Your Main Tasks

• Ensuring measurements systems and grading rules are kept consistent and reflective of our core customer.
• Helping to develop and maintain core block libraries across fabrics and shapes and providing useful specs to design teams for their tech packs.
• Conducting fitting sessions for new products in development on a 2-3 time per week basis.
• Assisting the product team in elevating the fit and finish of our companies garments.
• Providing post fit technical notes to our factories and the wider product team.
• Supporting the factories & buying team on any technical construction queries, including problem-solving mass production issues.
• Conducting returns analysis fit sessions with supporting commentary to factories, marketing and warehouse teams to help drive down returns.

YOUR PROFILE:

• A technically-oriented qualification, preferably at degree level.
• The ability to manage technical specifications and blocks for both seamless and cut and sew gym wear is a necessity to qualify for an Interview.
• Ideally 3+ years experience within ladies gym wear / active wear, including seamless garments and shapewear
• Multi-product experience; able to move between product areas with assurance.
• Experience of working directly with factories, and thorough understanding of factory production, including workflow, production control, machinery, and equipment.
• Pattern-cutting knowledge and practice are very desirable, knowledge of grading and grade rules. Thorough understanding of garment construction, fabric technology & testing.
• Proactive and committed to meeting new challenges with a positive attitude.
• Strong time-management skills; able to prioritise tasks & change direction with agility.
• First-class communication skills: experience of working with different cultures and the challenges this can bring.
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team, as the role requires.
• Confident using Outlook, Excel, Word – keen to expand skill-set as the role demands.
• Passion for Women’s Best brand and the areas of fitness/ sports/ fashion.

What We Offer

We believe in creating a supportive and dynamic workplace where you can thrive both personally and professionally. Here's what you can expect when you join our team:

• Financial Security: Enjoy a company pension, OMP and private medical care scheme.
• Work-Life Balance: Benefit from 25 days of paid annual leave and flexible working hours with work-from-home days.
• Employee Perks: Take advantage of fantastic employee discounts across all our products and a gym partnership.Opportunity to travel to Austria.
• Career Growth: Work with an international, dynamic team with opportunities for professional development.
• Team and Culture: Join a passionate, fast-growing brand that supports women around the globe.

Join Us Now

If you're excited to take on this challenge, apply now by sending your resume and cover letter to

jobs@womensbest.com

Please note that while we have created uniformity across the Group, work benefits may vary by office/country. Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location. Women's Best is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, age, disability, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or are otherwise disadvantaged by conditions or requirements not essential to the role.