Premium Footwear Technologist (Sourcing & QC)

Kurt Geiger; Farringdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension & life cover

Employee discounts

Gym discounts

Summer hours

Payday Friday

Job summary

Kurt Geiger is seeking an experienced Footwear Technologist to support sourcing and quality across premium women’s footwear and leather goods. The role focuses on footwear development, supplier data, testing, and production coordination to ensure quality and efficiency.

You will work with UK, Europe and US teams, travel to suppliers as needed, and contribute to cost negotiations while maintaining compliance and traceability across the supply chain.

Qualifications

• Technically trained in footwear fitting and grading.
• Experience in footwear production or sourcing.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Strong communicator with cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in women’s premium fashion footwear.
• Research and summarise information for ad-hoc projects.
• Project management across multiple areas and deadlines.
• Attention to detail; understand legislation.
• Good understanding of leather.
• MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain data on supplier quality issues for the sourcing team.
• Coordinate raw material and sample testing and share results with stakeholders.
• Collate leather sourcing data for Leather Working Group.
• Ensure processes and documentation are compliant and traceable.
• Advise Head of Sourcing on shipment schedules with Asia factories.
• Coordinate with UK, Europe and US DCs on samples.
• Support cost negotiations with brand partners to meet margins.
• Collaborate with UK and Asia teams on production schedules and material approvals.
• Send samples for testing and follow up on quality issues.
• Communicate supply chain issues across cross-functional teams.

Skills

Footwear fitting and grading

Footwear production or sourcing

Tight deadlines

Strong communicator

Women’s premium fashion footwear

Research & ad-hoc projects

Project management

Attention to detail & legislation

Understanding leather

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Kurt Geiger is seeking an experienced Footwear Technologist to support sourcing and quality across premium women’s footwear and leather goods. The role focuses on footwear development, supplier data, testing, and production coordination to ensure quality and efficiency.

You will work with UK, Europe and US teams, travel to suppliers as needed, and contribute to cost negotiations while maintaining compliance and traceability across the supply chain.