Senior Garment Technologist

Mitsui Company; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in fashion is seeking a Senior Garment Technologist to join their team in Leeds. In this role, you will ensure the exceptional fit and quality of event wear products while collaborating closely with Design and Buying departments. Your technical expertise and detail-oriented approach will be pivotal in maintaining high standards across the collection.

Benefits

70% Phase Eight Employee Discount

Up to 28 days holiday entitlement

Financial and Wellbeing assistance

Enhanced Maternity package

Unlimited access to Virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of garment construction within event wear.
• Technical expertise in pattern cutting and grading.
• Confident communicator, building relationships with teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design and Buying teams to optimize size ranges.
• Lead fit sessions and provide feedback on sample fits.
• Oversee sealing process to ensure timely submission of samples.
• Review bulk size specifications based on fabric testing.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Garment Construction Knowledge

Pattern Cutting

Grading

Testing

Job description

Are you a detail-oriented and quality-focused Senior Garment Technologist looking for your next step? Join our collaborative team, where you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the exceptional fit and quality of our event wear product.

As the Senior Garment Technologist, you'll be an integral partner to our Design and Buying departments, working hand-in-hand from the initial sample stage through to final delivery. You'll be instrumental in upholding the technical integrity of our event wear garments, ensuring they meet our high standards of fit, quality, and performance.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate closely with Design and Buying: You'll work together to understand the creative vision for each season and optimise our size ranges to maximise sales potential.
• Lead Fit Sessions: You'll be at the forefront of our fit process, attending sessions to evaluate samples, providing clear and constructive feedback on fit, and promptly communicating specifications to our suppliers.
• Manage the Sealing Process: You'll oversee the critical sealing process, championing a "right first time" approach to ensure the timely and accurate submission of samples.
• Partner with the Senior Technical Manager: You'll collaborate to proactively address any challenges or delays, ensuring samples are prioritised according to our critical path.
• Analyse Fabric Test Reports: You'll review and approve bulk size specifications based on the insights gained from fabric testing.
• Ensure Consistent Fit: You'll be responsible for maintaining a consistent and excellent fit across our Phase Eight event wear collection across wedding, bridesmaid, wedding guest and occasion.

Who you’ll be:

As the Senior Garment Technologist in the event wear department, you'll be someone who brings a strong understanding of garment construction within the event wear space, pattern cutting, grading, and testing to a diverse range of event apparel. Your technical expertise in will be crucial to your success, and you'll be known for your sharp attention to detail. You'll also be a confident communicator, effectively building and managing relationships with our Design and Buying teams, as well as our suppliers.

What's in it for you?

Across the TFG Brands, we pride ourselves on having our people at the heart of everything we do. We will give you the tools and the time to develop your career in the direction you want to go. Alongside that, we have some great benefits which include:

• Phase Eight Employee Discount of 70%, and 50% discount with Whistles and Hobbs, as per the TFG Brands Discount Policy
• Up to 28 days holiday entitlement per annum in addition to the usual public and bank holidays
• Financial and Wellbeing assistance
• Enhanced Maternity package
• Virtual GP service – unlimited access 24/7
• Plus much more!

About Us

At TFG Brands We Care, We Connect, We Collaborate and We Create. We have four brands in our portfolio: our iconic fashion brands Phase Eight, Whistles and Hobbs as well as our luxury Homewares brand Inside Story. We aren’t stopping there though, we have plans to grow beyond this in multiple retail sectors.

TFG London Inclusion and Diversity statement of commitment:

At TFG London and across all our brands we are committed to creating an inclusive culture thatwelcomes, develops and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, cultural references and ideas and opinions within our business.

We are working together to ensure our environment is one where difference is not only respected but encouraged and celebrated and people can bring their authentic, unique selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated.