Junior Garment Technologist

Frasers Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Frasers Champion

Retail Reconnect

Fearless 1200

Employee Welfare

Frasers Fit

Retail Trust

Job summary

Frasers Group is seeking a motivated Junior Garment Technologist to support fit, quality and performance from development through production. You will work across men’s and womenswear brands, leading fit sessions and communicating with factories to ensure consistent product quality.

The role offers exposure to innovative fabrics and evolving tech while supporting multiple brands within a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Fitting experience.
• Experience working in a retail / similar industry.
• A high level of self-motivation, commitment, and dedication.
• Organisational and time management skills.
• Communication skills, both written and oral.

Responsibilities

• Attend weekly fit sessions across both men’s and womenswear (including accessories).
• Independently lead the fit session for your own brands / categories, and work closely with the design team to ensure excellent and consistent fit of the product.
• Record all fit comments and clearly relay to the factories, ensuring amendments are accurately reflected in future samples or production.
• Ensure all garments are sealed in line with the CP
• Analysis of test reports and oversee the care label approvals for your own brand / product category.
• Maintain grading / sizing rules for each garment type and for each individual brand.
• Help techs to create a block library for each brand, ensure this is updated each season.
• Work with QC team on supplier audits / production checks
• Report on quality, faults and production each season detailing each factory performance against target.
• Help to establish new innovation technologies e.g. 3D fitting, testing new performance fabric’s

Skills

Fitting experience

Retail industry experience

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Job description

At Frasers Groupwe’rerethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences,we’reserving our consumers with the world’s best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry,we’reelevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.

Ourvision-we are building theplanet’smost admired and compelling brand ecosystem

Our purpose-we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world’s best brands and experiences

At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven tooperateoutside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

Own itand back yourself- Own the basics, own yourroleand own the result

Thinkwithout limits-Think, think fast, think fearlessly

Be relevant-Relevantto our people, ourpartnersand the planet

Are you ready to join the Fearless?

Job Description

The Role:

We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Garment Technologist to join the Frasers Group team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your technical expertise while working alongside experienced garment technologists across a fast-paced, dynamic retail environment. Supporting the fit, quality and performance of our products from development through to production, you'll play a key role in ensuring our garments meet the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Attend weekly fit sessions across both men’s and womenswear (including accessories).
• Independently lead the fit session for your own brands / categories, and work closely with the design team to ensure excellent and consistent fit of the product.
• Record all fit comments and clearly relay to the factories, ensuring amendments are accurately reflected in future samples or production.
• Ensure all garments are sealed in line with the CP
• Analysis of test reports and oversee the care label approvals for your own brand / product category.
• Maintain grading / sizing rules for each garment type and for each individual brand.
• Help techs to create a block library for each brand, ensure this is updated each season.
• Work with QC team on supplier audits / production checks
• Report on quality, faults and production each season detailing each factory performance against target.
• Help to establish new innovation technologies e.g. 3D fitting, testing new performance fabric’s

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Fitting experience
• Experience working in a retail / similar industry
• A high level of self-motivation, commitment, and dedication
• Organisational and time management skills
• Communication skills, both written and oral

Additional Information

Along with your benefits package we also offer a wide range ofperksfor our colleagues:

Frasers Champion-Our employees are at the heart of ourbusinessand we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they havelived the Frasers Group values.

Retail Reconnect-In order tobuild the planets most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business,productand customers. Eachfinancial year,headoffice employees will gain insights by spendingone totwo days in one of our stores or thewarehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you doimpactsour teams on the frontline, and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work.

Fearless 1200-Fearless 1200 is our way of recognising our growth.It’sbold, ambitious, and designed to reward colleagues across the business for living our values and delivering impact. Fearless 1200 links how we perform to howwe'rerewarded – check out the video link to find out more- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0qmvJofMew

Employee Welfare

Frasers Fit-Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training,nutritionand lifestyle advice- all completely free.

Retail Trust-We know thatitsnot just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important which is whyall ofour employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a24 hourwellbeing helpline, wellness hub,counsellingand financial/legal support.

What’snext?

Our Recruitment Team will be reviewingapplicationsand all candidates will receive a response, whether you are successful or unsuccessful. Shortlisted applicants may be asked to confirm a few key details before being booked in for a first stage interview with the Recruiter-this will be behaviourally focussed and centred around how you align with our Culture and Values. If successful weanticipateone or twofurther interview stages with the Hiring Manager/wider team which will be more technically focussed and could include a presentation/task so we can see your skills in action.