Intern Quality Assurance & Production Operations

G-star; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 6,700 - 8,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

€600 monthly internship allowance

Clothing budget €400

Lunch at HQ in Amsterdam

One day work from home per week

Travel expenses covered

Two paid days of leave per month

Job summary

G-Star RAW is seeking an Intern Quality & Production Support to join our team in Amsterdam. You will assist in building and administering our quality and production management system, coordinating with design, fabric and production teams, evaluating samples, and ensuring smooth cross-department communication from material development to final goods on the market.

You are an enthusiastic, fashion-focused student, with a proactive mindset, strong English skills, and basic MS Office experience.

Qualifications

• Passion for fashion and denim.
• Out-of-the-box thinker with eagerness to learn.
• Basic MS Office knowledge required.
• Adobe Illustrator is a plus.
• Well organized with a can-do attitude.
• Strong English communication and presentation skills.
• Available full-time (40h/wk) for 6 months starting Jan/Feb 2027.
• Enrolled at a Dutch university/college for whole internship length.

Responsibilities

• Support R&D, Fabric/Trim Development, QA and Production Operations teams.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining Fabric/Trim development and QA processes.
• Liaise with fabric mills, trim suppliers and garment vendors.
• Review material samples and assist in approvals for upcoming collections.
• Maintain fabric and trim catalogs and material archives.
• Support pre-production approvals, sampling and supplier interactions.
• Assist with wear tests and quality issue investigations.
• Contribute to sustainability tasks and reporting.
• Handle administrative tasks related to quality & production management.

Skills

MS Office

Adobe Illustrator

well organized

analytical skills

presentation skills

proactive attitude

Education

Bachelor/Master in Textile and Research

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

We love denim. Live and breathe it. It’s in our DNA.

At G-STAR, we see no limit to what denim can do. We believe it can be force of progress and innovation for both people and planet. How? By hiring the most creative, curious and caring minds. People who think beyond fashion. Bringing big ideas to big challenges. Driven by possibility. Those who work hard, make mistakes, but always continue to grow. Denim is in our DNA, our people are our stitching.

Join the denim heads making raw denim!

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background, identity, or experience.

HERE’S WHAT WE WILL DO TOGETHER:

Is your passion for denim as high as ours? In this internship, you will learn quality consciousness to help provide the best product to the end consumers with the right quality and high durability. Are you an enthusiastic person to think out of the box to explore the possibilities to improve the quality standard of G-STAR? Then you are the right person to apply for this intern position.
Just imagine–
As our new Intern Quality & Production Support, you’ll help with creating / administrate our quality & production management system, distribute / evaluate samples and contact other relevant department whenever improvement needed. You will act as a ‘Quality & Production’ bridge between departments for challenges faced from material development until final goods on the marketplace.

YOUR TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

You will be supporting the R&D, Fabric/Trim Developer & Quality Assurance and Production Operations team. These different teams and task are closely connected within the product department.

For the Fabric/Trim Development part, you will assist in the following tasks:

• Support with setting up new fabric, trim and wash developments together with our designers.
• Support on keeping close contact with - and liaising between - the fabric mills, trim suppliers and garment vendors throughout the whole development process.
• Receive material samples and support in reviewing if they are ready to approve for the upcoming collection.
• You will be responsible to keep our trim catalogue and material archives up to date.

For the Quality Assurance and Production tasks:

• Support with fabric and garment risk assessments, this to prevent potential failures in production.
• Assess fabric performance by handing out, evaluating & performing wear tests. 
• Support with pre-production approval stages, approvals & samples. 
• Support suppliers during pre-production/production.
• Maintain the denim wash archive to control consistency throughout production process & denim collection.
• Support and investigate online and offline returns and work on corrective action plans.
• Support with quality issues & investigations. 
• Support & monitor sustainability tasks. 
• Handle administrative tasks (reporting, report uploads etc.).

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:

• Fashion? You live and breathe it.
• You are an enthusiastic, out of the box thinker.
• You have basic knowledge in MS office.
• Basic knowledge in Adobe Illustrator is a plus!
• You are well organized, versatile with a can-do attitude.
• You are self-confident, proactive, with strong analytical and presentation skills.
• You are available full-time (40hrs per week) for a period of 6 months starting in January/February 2027.
• It is preferred that you are pursuing a Bachelor/Master in Textile and Research. However, having other academic background is also fine if you are enthusiastic and eager to learn.
• You are enrolled at a university or college in the Netherlands during the whole length of the internship.
• If you are a non-EU student in The Netherlands, you are in possession of a mandatory internship assignment.
• You are already living in the Netherlands and are in the possession of a BSN.
• Finally, if you have a strong personality and excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, we’d love to meet you!

HERE'S WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE:

In addition to €600 monthly allowance for your internship, working at G-STAR brings so many perks and exciting opportunities, we don’t know where to begin… How about:

• An awesome and diverse team that collaborates to inspire,
• A work environment that offers room for fun, inspiration and innovation,
• A clothing budget of €400 to buy the latest G-STAR items!
• To keep up the greatness we also offer you a healthy, fresh, and delicious lunch in our HQ in Amsterdam,
• You will have the possibility to work from home one day per week,
• If you don’t have an OV student travel card, we will cover your travel expenses,
• You will also enjoy two paid days of leave per month!

HERE’S WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT:

• We will thoroughly review your CV and cover letter.
• We have an international community at G-STAR, so please apply in English.
• When we hopefully find what we are looking for, we’ll plan our first interview online.
• If this goes well, we’ll invite you to a second in-person interview.