Assistant Fabric Technologist

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Assistant Fabric Technologist, where you'll provide essential technical support to various teams in a dynamic environment. This role offers opportunities for innovation and collaboration, ensuring product quality meets business goals. You'll engage with customers and suppliers, contributing to the development of non-food items across multiple brands. Enjoy a supportive workplace that values inclusivity and offers a range of benefits, including colleague discounts and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Colleague Discount

Pensions Scheme

Life Cover

Performance-related Bonus

Annual Holiday Allowance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Health Cash Plans

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Provide technical support to Design, Buying, and Garment Technology teams.
• Review and approve test reports and fabric specifications.
• Involved in development meetings with Clothing Teams.

Responsibilities

• Support product development and risk assessment.
• Source products and meet Fabric Mills.
• Participate in UK Trade shows and supplier visits.

Skills

Technical Support

Team Collaboration

Proactivity

Education

Degree in Fabric or Textile Discipline

Job description

Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Sainsbury's Store Support Centre Draken Drive Ansty Park, Coventry West Midlands, CV7 9RD

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. From fragrance to car care, clothing and pots and pans, our General Merchandise team delivers all the non-food items for Sainsbury’s, Habitat and Argos customers. This multi-brand environment means you get to work across most areas. You can also be a pioneer, because the team believes in being brave, iterating and learning as they go. They also develop deep connections to other departments, which opens up a lot of different career opportunities for you. What’s certain is that you’ll spend time on the shop floor to get closer to customers, and bring a broad perspective and the full support of your manager with you wherever you decide to develop next.

Assistant Fabric Technologist for Tu Clothing. Working within an international team you will provide technical support to Design, Buying and Garment Technology teams. You will have a Degree level or equivalent qualification in fabric or other textile discipline, or have industry/retail experience in this area. The role includes review and approval of test reports, fabric, specifications and certifications. You will be involved in development meetings with Clothing Teams and will help risk assess and develop product. This will involve new innovations and also promotion of product meeting the business Plan for Better initiatives. You will source product and there will be opportunities to meet Fabric Mills, visit UK Trade shows and suppliers. Looking for an enthusiastic, pro-active, self motivated team member willing to learn and take on new challenges.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

 

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.

 

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

 

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

 

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).

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Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Non Food
Closing date: 19 May 2025
Requisition ID: 304965

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. From fragrance to car care, clothing and pots and pans, our General Merchandise team delivers all the non-food items for Sainsbury’s, Habitat and Argos customers. This multi-brand environment means you get to work across most areas. You can also be a pioneer, because the team believes in being brave, iterating and learning as they go. They also develop deep connections to other departments, which opens up a lot of different career opportunities for you. What’s certain is that you’ll spend time on the shop floor to get closer to customers, and bring a broad perspective and the full support of your manager with you wherever you decide to develop next.

Assistant Fabric Technologist for Tu Clothing. Working within an international team you will provide technical support to Design, Buying and Garment Technology teams. You will have a Degree level or equivalent qualification in fabric or other textile discipline, or have industry/retail experience in this area. The role includes review and approval of test reports, fabric, specifications and certifications. You will be involved in development meetings with Clothing Teams and will help risk assess and develop product. This will involve new innovations and also promotion of product meeting the business Plan for Better initiatives. You will source product and there will be opportunities to meet Fabric Mills, visit UK Trade shows and suppliers. Looking for an enthusiastic, pro-active, self motivated team member willing to learn and take on new challenges.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).