Assistant Product Developer & Garment Technologist (Tgn5557) - Excellent Salary Doe

TAGGED RESOURCES; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

TAGGED RESOURCES in Manchester is seeking an Assistant Product Developer / Garment Technologist to join our growing team for a leading streetwear brand. You'll help maintain the critical path, coordinate seal samples, chase factories for costs and samples, and run fit sessions with the team.

You will communicate technical feedback to suppliers, test fabrics and garments, and ensure regulatory compliance and QC throughout development.

Qualifications

• Experience in garment product development and technical roles.
• Strong attention to detail with a commercial focus.
• Experience working with overseas suppliers and coordinating fit sessions.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the critical path and ensuring ex-factory dates are met.
• Controlling seal sample stages and keeping within timeline.
• Chasing factories for costs, samples and information.
• Conducing fit sessions and communicating comments to factories.
• Sending clear technical and structural feedback to suppliers.
• Testing and analysing fabric or garment quality and QC.
• Ensuring compliance with regulations and product safety.

Skills

Garment technology

Materials testing

Supplier liaison

Job description

Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Ladieswear

Job Ref: TGN5557

We have an exciting opportunity available for an Assistant Product developer / garment technologist to join our growing team for a leading streetwear brand. Due to the rapid growth of the business and the desire to stay ahead of competition, we are looking to enhance the overall technical aspects of our product.

Main roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring all aspects of the critical path are maintained and that the product development process is smooth, ensuring ex-factory dates are kept to
• Controlling all seal samples stages and ensuring they are all done within the critical path timeframe
• Chasing factories for anything needed, cost prices, samples etc.
• Conducting fit session on all samples with the wider team. Ensuring everything is measured and all comments made are communicated with factories
• Sending clear and concise technical and structural comments to suppliers, again keeping to critical path timelines
• Testing and analysing all product, whether its fabric or garment testing and QC
• Ensuring compliance with regulations, product safety and legislations

Requirements, skills and experience:

• Ability to work across men’s, women’s and junior’s
• Confidently work and support the wider team
• Work directly with overseas suppliers and travel to view production when needed. This can include weekends and bank holidays
• Work with the wider team to offer technical guidance and innovation for new product
• Assist with bulk QC checks when needed
• Ability to react quickly to changing demands and priorities.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Highly commercial.
• Positive can-do attitude.