Garment Technologist

ASOS.com; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Garment Technologist to join their dynamic Technical team. This role involves collaborating with Buying, Merchandising, Design, and Fabric teams to ensure product quality and fit. You will take ownership of the fit and sealing process, utilizing cutting-edge technology like Optitex to enhance efficiency. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, possess strong organizational skills, and be passionate about maintaining high standards. Join a vibrant environment where your creativity and expertise can thrive, contributing to a brand that empowers individuality and confidence.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Pension matching

Life insurance

Free private medical care

Cycle to work scheme

Flexible benefits scheme

Learning & Development schemes

25 days holiday

Free onsite gym

Qualifications

• Experience in pattern cutting and grading required.
• Strong communication skills to build relationships across teams.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with various teams to ensure product quality.
• Analyze quality issues and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Pattern Cutting

Grading

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree in Fashion Technology or related field

Tools

MS Office

Optitex

Job description

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Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

Job Description

About the Role

As a Garment Technologist, you’ll work within the ASOS Technical team, reporting to the Senior Technologist. This is a highly collaborative role, where you’ll work closely with the Buying, Merchandising, Design, Digital and Fabric teams, 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, organisational and analytical skills are essential, as are good time management and the ability to prioritise a busy workload.

The Technical team at ASOS are all about achieving the right product quality that not only looks great but fits well and is fantastic value for money. They work closely with the buying and merchandising teams and are a key support to our design and ethical depts. They are constantly striving to find ways to make sure all our products reach the customers looking the best they can. A desire to improve quality and fit, and the ability to work within a diverse team, build relationships at business and supplier level, and be able to think on your feet in such a fast-paced environment, are all essential to being a member of the ASOS Technical team.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Working closely with Buying, Merchandising, Design, Digital, Fabric 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 ASOS 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, embedding virtual fitting on Optitex as the new norm and ensure that suppliers and buyers are fully engaged in the Optitex fit process.
• Ensuring that all core fabrics are scanned into the Optitex fabric library and selected during Design brief stage
• Ensuring technologists stay up to date with Optitex software upgrades and take ownership of virtual fit process
• Risk assessing product quality standards and production issues including safety, wearer trials, performance, minimum make standards and potential production issues.
• Using lessons learnt, benchmarking through comparative shopping, working collaboratively with digital teams, Fabric and suppliers to make sure ASOS Quality Standards are maintained.
• Analysing quality issues and customer returns within your department, putting corrective action plans and workable timeframes in place.
• Ensuring that Technical data on the supplier Extranet is up to date and accurate.
• Ensuring that the correct block and fabric reference is selected during Design Brief stage prior to being sent to supplier.
• Delivering Supplier Self Gold Seal status to ensure suppliers meet criteria for Self-Approval.
• Supporting the Offshore Asos QC auditors regarding technical queries to ensure shipments are not delayed due to incorrect technical packs provided with the Gold Seal.
• Responding to Customer complaints and queries.
• Keeping up to date with industry innovations, networking internally and externally to identify opportunities.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Who We’d Like to Meet

• Experience in pattern cutting and grading
• Experience of working within a high street retailer
• Self-motivation and the ability to take the initiative and respond quickly to change.
• Strong communication and networking skills across all levels
• Good working knowledge of MS Office
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across the business and with suppliers
• Reliable, flexible, and good at working within a fast-paced team
• Strong organisational skills
• Passionate about the role and maintaining high standards of quality and fit within your department(s)
  
  
  

Additional Information

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary, bonus, and pension matching
• Life insurance, free private medical care, cycle to work scheme + more
• A bespoke flexible benefits scheme catered to you
• Best in class Learning & Development schemes and career development programmes
• 25 days holiday + a celebration day
• Free modern onsite gym, plus personal training, and wellness rooms
• Huge staff discounts and sample sales

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Science

• Industries

  Retail

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