Assistant Technologist - F and F

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the F&F Clothing team at Tesco as an Assistant Technologist, focusing on delivering safe, high-quality products. You will work closely with the Technical Manager to support product development and ensure compliance with Tesco's standards while contributing to sustainability initiatives. With a passion for fashion and relevant experience, you'll thrive in a hybrid work environment that champions balance and flexibility.

Qualifications

• Experience required: 1 - 2 years in a relevant field.
• Passion for fashion and understanding of the retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Technical Manager in ensuring product quality and compliance.
• Monitor supplier and product performance while communicating trends.
• Implement action plans based on quality and customer feedback.

Skills

Understanding of pattern construction

Understanding of fabric performance

Retail and customer needs

Passion for fashion

Education

Relevant qualification(s) in a related area

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Technologist to join the F&F Clothing team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering safe, legal, responsibly sourced, quality products for my area always focusing on our customers and demonstrating value-led behaviour.

This role would suit someone who has an understanding of pattern construction and fabric performance.

• Supporting my Technical Manager and commercial category to ensure that products meet the product brief/specification, Tesco rules & policies and customer expectations
• Supporting my Technical manager in developing consistent construction methods.
• Working with my Technical Manager to minimize cost to the supply chain and product range, ensuring appropriate controls are in place for consistent quality of products and signing off products where appropriate
• Monitoring all quality and customer feedback and implementing action plans to resolve issues raised and prevent them happening again
• Escalating and gathering data to support Incident management and enforcement challenges in my product area
• Inputting product, benchmarking, process and improvement ideas into the New Product Development plan
• Input into Category Teams Strategy focusing on the customer, supplying data to identify the best suppliers and sources from a product , sustainability and ethical first initiative .
• Aware of technology to drive the business forward, reducing lead time, cost & improving sustainability, 3D, Digi-eye
• Assisting to ensure my suppliers meet our audit requirements, ensuring they have action plans to drive improvement
• Supporting my TM and category to monitor supplier and product performance, communicating trends to the team
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

• Relevant experience 1 - 2 years
• Relevant qualification(s) in a related area
• Understanding of pattern construction
• Understanding of fabric performance.
• Understanding of retail and customer needs
• Passion for fashion

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