Senior Garment Technologist

FRED PERRY; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global apparel brand in Greater London is seeking a Quality (Technical) Manager to ensure compliance across menswear and womenswear. The role involves managing quality standards, guiding the team on best practices, and liaising with suppliers. Candidates should have technical expertise in apparel construction and be adept at meeting production deadlines. This position offers flexibility with core shift hours and competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme and performance bonuses.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus

Generous staff discount

Pension scheme with 8.5% contribution

Option to buy extra holiday

Enhanced maternity and paternity packages

Private healthcare

Cycle to work scheme

Social Events

Qualifications

• Extensive technical knowledge of apparel fitting, grading, and construction.
• Thorough knowledge of lab testing and managing laboratory partnerships.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage FP Better Cotton membership and liaise with suppliers.
• Research and prepare Restricted Substance Standards for compliance.
• Maintain Quality Manuals and guide team members.

Skills

Technical knowledge of fitting and grading

Lab testing knowledge

Responsible sourcing knowledge

Analytical thinking

Microsoft Office skills

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Triple Wimbledon champion Fred Perry founded his brand in 1952. He was the son of a cotton spinner, who played and fought his way through, always with style - and despite the establishment. Today, Fred Perry is a global community of over 370 employees, all inspired by the Laurel Wreath and what it represents

Purpose

This position is within the Quality (Technical) Department reporting into the Head of Quality & Sustainability, working across all product categories and sustainability for both menswear and womenswear.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of FP Better Cotton Membership. Annual target setting reflecting production projections, liaising with suppliers and monitoring BCCU collection.
• Researching and preparing the Restricted Substance Standards for both product and product packaging, ensuring legal compliance with the relevant global requirements.
• Ensuring the Product Testing Handbook remains accurate and viable with Industry and Manufacturing standards.
• Set up and maintaining all Quality Manuals including Grading, Production Tolerances, Product Presentation.
• Guiding members of the team, and supporting their queries relating to the Manuals.
• Updating all manuals to reflect changes in the law and addition of new products to the range.
• Maintaining the block library in collaboration with the team, researching and adapting as needs arise.
• Researching incoming European packaging legislation.
• Management of our 3 nominated Polybag suppliers across the product range.
• Reviewing, consolidating and monitoring polybag sizes across all product types.
• Facilitating regular updates with external partners including Intertek, Better Cotton & Mainetti.
• Giving guidance to the team on recycling audit trails and certifications.
• Assisting Head of with the annual Modern Slavery statement, and business policies.
• Supporting the mapping of the Supply chain beyond Tier 1.

The Person

• Extensive Technical knowledge of fitting, grading and construction and manufacture across a wide range of Apparel, Accessories and Footwear.
• Thorough knowledge of lab testing, commercial impact of results and the ability to manage external Laboratory partnerships.
• Responsible sourcing: Knowledge of certifications, standards and production.
• The ability to work under pressure to meet the required deadlines.
• Motivated in striving for the highest achievable quality through implementation of the most effective process.
• Self-Driven and able to work on own initiative.
• Analytical thinking.
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint & Adobe creative suite.

Hours

We actively encourage our teams to have a good work/life balance and so we are pleased to offer flexible working shifts at Fred Perry HQ. Our core shift hours are from 10am - 4.30pm and so employees can choose to start and finish early, or start and finish late. (i.e. work 8:00am-4:30pm, or 10:00am-6:30pm etc). We also have 30-minute early finish on Fridays.

As we continue to work in a more flexible way, the Head Office acts a brand hub, where we can all connect and collaborate with one another. This role is a mix of office based (London) and remote working. We will expect the employee to come into the office regularly for face-to-face meetings and to work alongside their team on collaborative projects.

Benefits

• Annual performance-related bonus
• Competitive salary
• Generous staff discount and regular sample sales
• Generous pension scheme with 8.5% company contribution
• Option to buy an extra 5 days holiday annually
• Enhanced maternity and paternity packages
• Life insurance
• Private healthcare
• Cycle to work scheme
• Early finish Fridays
• Season ticket loan
• Additional benefits with long service
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Annual Birthday vouchers
• EAP
• Social Events

We actively welcome applications from people of all different backgrounds. Your CV will be submitted to hiring managers with all personal details hidden to ensure anonymity.