Garment Technologist

OMNES; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A sustainable women's fashion brand based in London seeks an experienced Garment Tech. This full-time role in Farringdon involves collaboration with Buying, Merchandising, and Design teams to ensure quality standards and improve fitting processes. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience as a Garment Tech, a strong understanding of fitting and manufacturing, and exceptional analytical skills. This position offers the chance to impact on sustainable fashion and work with a dedicated team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Garment Tech or Senior Garment Tech Assistant.
• Experience at a fast-paced retailer.
• Experience working with Buyers and Designers as well as with an international supply base.
• Expert at measuring garment patterns to improve fitting and return rates.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Buying, Merchandising, and Design teams.
• Support the Head of category to achieve KPIs.
• Take ownership of the fit and sealing process.
• Risk assess product quality standards and production issues.
• Analyze quality issues and customer returns.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Time management

Understanding fitting and manufacturing processes

Communication skills

Job description

OMNES is a modern, sustainable, and cost-conscious women’s fashion brand, designing ethically crafted clothing. OMNES means ‘all,’ a reflection of the fact that we all need to work together to change the way we shop, wear, and think about fashion. OMNES focuses on timeless designs with playful pops of print and colour and a considered approach to how their pieces fit bodies of all shapes and sizes. OMNES was founded in London in 2021 to address the gap in access to better wardrobe choices and create a brand that would speak to this unmet need.

The fashion industry is one of the world’s most prolific polluters, with millions of tonnes of textiles ending up in landfill every year, and global supply chain workers being underpaid and exploited. The detrimental impact is vast, and improving the ways it operates could make a truly positive difference to the future of our planet and global community. OMNES strives to act as a responsible global citizen, treating the Earth with respect, and aiming to contribute to its repair.

As part of the Omnes product team, you are integral at ensuring we meet our mission of changing the way we shop. Whether that be through fabric choices in Design, the suppliers we work with on Buying or the patterns we choose in Garment tech each one of us is responsible for ensuring we create the best possible ranges for our customer.

Based full time at our Farringdon office in this highly collaborative role, where you'll work closely with Buying, Merchandising, Design and have the opportunity to get involved in a number of cross-departmental projects.

It’s important that you are self-motivated and can take ownership of the responsibilities on your department. Aside from technical experience, organizational and analytical skills are essential, as are good time management and the ability to prioritise a busy workload.

The role

• Working closely with Buying, Merchandising, Design and our supply base, you'll need to draw on your solid understanding of the various fitting and manufacturing processes and costings
• Supporting the Head of category to achieve OMNES KPIs, including right first-time sealing hit rate
• Working with the Design/ Buying team to get a right first-time sample and improve sealing hit rate
• Taking ownership of the fit and sealing process making improvements where necessary to tech packs and communication
• Risk assessing product quality standards and production issues including safety, wearer trials, performance, minimum standards, and potential production issues.
• Using lessons learnt, benchmarking through comparative shopping, working collaboratively with the rest of the Product team and suppliers to make sure OMNES quality Standards are maintained.
• Analyzing quality issues and customer returns within your department, putting corrective action plans and workable timeframes in place.
• Ensuring that technical data on the supplier SharePoint is up to date and accurate including Audits and Sustainable credentials
• Ensuring that the correct block and fabric reference is selected during Design Brief stage prior to being sent to supplier

Your experience

• 5+ as a Garment Tech or Senior Garment Tech Assistant looking for their next role
• Previous experience at a fast-paced retailer
• Previous experience working with Buyers and Designers as well as an international supply base
• Expert at measuring and garment patterns and using knowledge to improve fitting and return rates