Senior Garment Quality Manager - Workwear

Kingfisher; Hampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher is hiring a Product Quality Manager for the Workwear category based in Southampton. The role focuses on technical development, ensuring safety, fit-for-purpose sizing, and ongoing quality across Own Exclusive Brand workwear products.

You will lead garment tech expertise, liaise with product, design and sourcing teams, and implement the quality strategy in daily activities while coaching colleagues and maintaining critical paths.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in garment technology or workwear development.
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, pattern cutting, grading and sizing.
• Experience creating and reviewing technical packs, measurement specs and product approvals.
• Good understanding of fabrics, trims, finishes and garment failure modes.
• Practical understanding of garment performance testing, safety and UK/EU compliance.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior garment technical expert for the category; guide product, design, sourcing and supplier teams.
• Apply the group quality strategy in daily activities.
• Manage relationships with stakeholders to achieve customer, quality and commercial outcomes.
• Coach and support colleagues with consistent technical practices.
• Create, review and maintain technical specs, measurement charts, BOMs and risk assessments.
• Lead fit reviews and sample evaluations, addressing pattern, grading and sizing issues.
• Ensure development, approval and sealing requirements align with the critical path.
• Assess materials and components for performance and production viability.
• Collaborate with global buyers and suppliers to ensure repeatable quality in bulk production.
• Develop product labelling, care information and packaging warnings.
• Monitor post-sale performance; lead root-cause analysis with suppliers.
• Support safety, regulatory, recall investigations when required.
• Embed lessons learned into future specifications and sourcing decisions.

Skills

Garment technology

Workwear development

Technical quality

Supplier quality

Pattern cutting

Grading

Quality assurance

Analytical skills

Job description

Kingfisher is hiring a Product Quality Manager for the Workwear category based in Southampton. The role focuses on technical development, ensuring safety, fit-for-purpose sizing, and ongoing quality across Own Exclusive Brand workwear products.

You will lead garment tech expertise, liaise with product, design and sourcing teams, and implement the quality strategy in daily activities while coaching colleagues and maintaining critical paths.