Product Technologist - Home Textiles

Marks and Spencer; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK retail brand is seeking a Product Development Technologist for their Home Textiles team. This 6-month role involves managing product specifications, ensuring quality and compliance, and driving innovation. Ideal candidates will have expertise in textile technology and strong communication skills. The position promotes a collaborative work environment, requiring office presence three days a week.

Benefits

20% colleague discount on products

Competitive holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus schemes

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Wide range of training programs

Wellbeing support including a Virtual GP

Charity volunteer day

Qualifications

• Expert in the field of technology including manufacturing of product and fabric.
• Capacity to meet tight deadlines while managing multiple tasks.
• Excellent communication within technical and design functions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clear specifications on Design Tech packs & relevant tenders.
• Ensure technical deadlines are met in line with BU critical path.
• Manage adherence to product safety, compliance, and standards.

Skills

Expert in technology and manufacturing

Excellent communication skills

Multi-task oriented

Interpreting customer data

Experience with tech packs

Job description

All the details

Bring your technical expertise to one of the UK's most trusted brands. At M&S, we're looking for a Product Development Technologist to join our Home Textiles team on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

In this exciting role, you'll help technically develop market-leading products that not only delight our customers but also set us apart from the competition. You'll manage the delivery of product specifications, innovation, safety, compliance, and ethical standards - ensuring every item reflects the quality and integrity M&S is known for.

If you're passionate about textiles, innovation, and delivering products with purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

What's in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever, and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special

• After completing your probationary period, you'll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption, and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Deliver clear specifications on Design Tech packs & relevant tenders, to include all raw materials, blocks, size chart, construction, components and performance standards.
• Critical path - ensure all technical deadlines are met in line with BU critical path and continually working to optimise Leadtime whilst maintaining product technical standards
• Manage adherence to product safety, compliance and ethical standards in line with legislation and corporate policy
• Ensure all PLM data is accurate at tech pack stage to include material details and components added to BOM, blocks, measurements, colour coding, innovation and Plan A
• Working closely with raw material suppliers and where relevant with the Central fabric technology team, to ensure quality feedback and innovation is embedded into the material strategy and seasonal material workshops

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Expert in the field of technology including manufacturing of product, construction and manufacturing of fabric / raw materials and promotional claims
• Excellent communication skills within C&H Technical Function, Design and Buying, Supply Base and Global Sourcing Offices
• Multi tasked orientated working to tight deadlines while maintaining entrepreneurialism
• Capable of interpreting customer data to shape future product development strategy
• Experience of briefing and specifying direct design sourced product, working with Buying and Design teams to create Tech Packs

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating, and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted, and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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