Senior Technical Leader – Garment & Product Quality

HUNKEMOLLER; Hilversum; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days Annual Leave

Hybrid Work Model

Work From Abroad

International Work Environment

Partial Travel Allowance

Hunkemöller Academy

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Hunkemöller seeks a Head of Technical to lead the technical function across product development, sourcing and delivery. You will embed governance, drive fit, construction and materials excellence, and partner with Buying, Design and CSR to optimize speed to market and margins.

You'll champion supplier readiness, digital tools, and sustainability-driven standards, shaping a future-ready product platform while aligning cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, international environment.

Qualifications

• Significant senior technical leadership experience in fashion retail.
• Deep expertise in garment construction, fit, grading, materials and testing.
• Experience with supplier onboarding, technical governance and go-to-market execution.
• Strong commercial mindset linking technical decisions to speed, margin and customer outcomes.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the end-to-end Technical function with clear standards and governance.
• Embed technical excellence across fit, grading, construction, materials, testing and quality.
• Ensure technical involvement from concept to supplier briefing and go-to-market.
• Govern the Technical Toolbox as the single source of truth for development.
• Drive on-time delivery aligning milestones with critical path and readiness.
• Use customer insights and quality data to continually raise product standards.
• Collaborate with Buying and Design on cost optimization and supplier flexibility.
• Strengthen supplier capability through clear standards and onboarding requirements.
• Lead technical readiness for supplier onboarding and transitions.
• Drive innovation through digital tools and new technologies within sustainability.

Skills

Senior leadership

Garment construction

Fit & grading

Materials & testing

Quality management

Product development

Lifecycle management

Supplier onboarding

Technical governance

Critical path

Go-to-market

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

English fluency

Job description

Hunkemöller seeks a Head of Technical to lead the technical function across product development, sourcing and delivery. You will embed governance, drive fit, construction and materials excellence, and partner with Buying, Design and CSR to optimize speed to market and margins.

You'll champion supplier readiness, digital tools, and sustainability-driven standards, shaping a future-ready product platform while aligning cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, international environment.