Senior Technologist Womenswear

MARKS&SPENCER; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is looking for a Product Technologist to join their Womenswear team focusing on Tailoring and Autograph. This role involves collaborating across various departments to deliver quality, customer-focused products. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in patternmaking and fit, with strong communication skills to manage data and develop excellent products. Enjoy a diverse range of benefits including a 20% discount, discretionary bonuses, and support for wellbeing.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus schemes

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance

Wide range of training programmes

Wellbeing support including Virtual GP

Charity volunteer day

Qualifications

• Expert in technology related to fabric and raw materials.
• Experience in creating Tech Packs with buying and design teams.
• Ability to manage and report departmental data.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality products in collaboration with buying and design teams.
• Ensure adherence to product safety and compliance standards.
• Work with fit specialists on seasonal trends and customer feedback.

Skills

Patternmaking

Fit and manufacturing expertise

Customer data interpretation

Technical communication

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Product Technologist to join our Womenswear team, with responsibility for Tailoring and Autograph. Working cross-functionally across Merchandising, Marketing, Product Development and Design, through to Supply Chain and Space Planning, our shared mission is to deliver stylish wardrobe, home, and beauty essentials through an easy, inspiring shopping experience—both online and in store—that delights our customers every time. As we continue to transform our business to meet the evolving needs of our customer, we're looking for results-driven colleagues who bring a genuine passion for product, a collaborative team ethos, creative thinking, and a strong commercial mindset to help drive our journey forward. This is an exciting opportunity for a Product Development Technologist to play a key role within our Womenswear function, contributing to the development of high-quality, customer-focused product across our Tailoring and Autograph ranges.

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...

• 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.

Responsibilities

Your key accountabilities will include

• Technically accountable for department/departments and representing M&S technology externally and across the business. Develop great quality product in collaboration with buying and design teams. Developing junior members of the technical team.
• Work with the Fit Development Studio, fit specialists, buying and design to deliver relevant blocks and seasonal trends incorporating customer feedback in the development. Including Sourcing Offices and suppliers where relevant
• 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
• Risk assess new materials are appropriate for end use.
• Manage adherence to product safety, compliance, and ethical standards in line with legislation and corporate policy

Qualifications

Your skills and experience will include

• Expert in the field of technology including patternmaking / fit and manufacturing of fabric / raw materials and promotional claims
• 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
• Ability to manage departmental data and leverage M&S systems to enable strategic reporting
• Excellent communication skills within C&H Technical Function, Design and Buying, Supply Base and Global Sourcing Offices

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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