Kidswear Garment Technologist

Silk Route Recruitment; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Silk Route Recruitment is assisting a Leicester-based, multi-product supplier with appointing a Kidswear Garment Technologist on a part-time basis (3 days per week). The role offers hybrid working and a strong emphasis on managing fit sessions and producing tech packs for high street clients.

You will liaise with customers, suppliers and internal teams to deliver accurate comments, timely sample processing, and clear communication.

Qualifications

• Experience as garment technologist, preferably in kidswear/childrenswear.
• Experience in managing fit sessions and producing amendments/tech packs.
• Customer-facing role experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fit sessions with high street customers and make commercial decisions; own the fitting process.
• Send clear, concise comments to suppliers and process samples in KPI timelines.
• Support the Design team on garment design across multi-products.

Skills

Garment technologist

Kidswear

Garment design

Fit session management

Fitting issues

Communication skills

Time management

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Kidswear Garment Technologist

Garment Technologist

Our client is multi-product supplier to the high street. They are now seeking an experienced garment technologist to join their team in Leicester on a part time basis (3 days a week). The business offers hybrid working.

The ideal candidate MUST have experience in managing fit sessions, putting together tech packs and amendments. This is a customer facing role.

The Role

• Conduct fit sessions with high street customers such as NEXT, Tesco, George/ASDA etc; making commercial decisions with confidence; owning the fitting process and inspiring trust and confidence from customers and vendors.
• Sending clear, concise and accurate comments to suppliers; processing samples in a timely and agile manner, in line with KPI’s.
• Support the Design team on garment design - multi-products.

Skills And Experience

• Previous experience as a garment technologist ideally within kidswear/childrenswear
• Background in garment design
• Confident and assertive individual, with ability to manage their own fit sessions.
• Comprehensive understanding of fitting and fit issues is essential.
• First class communication skills.
• Strong time-management skills; able to prioritise tasks and change direction with agility.
• Confident using Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Keen to expand skill set as the role demands.