Garment Technologist - Men's Sportswear

Our Client is a leading manufacturer of sports and entertainment merchandise, with a product line that includes apparel, accessories, toys, collectibles, novelty items, and more. With major sports and entertainment licenses at their disposal along with a powerful infrastructure, a dedicated team, and a broad variety of products, the company is reaching new heights every day. 

Our Client’s success is directly related to their ability to bring new and exciting designs, ideas, and manufacturing techniques to categories in need of innovation.

We have a vacancy for a Menswear Garment Technologist to join their team and to become part of a rapidly growing apparel department and ensure the objectives of the team are met at every level.

The Menswear Garment Technologist will report into the Senior Garment Technologist and be part of a rapidly growing apparel department and ensure the objectives of the team are met at every level.  

Key responsibilities:

• Work closely with suppliers, designers and build strong working relationships with customer's own technical team.

• Assist design and product team to manage all stages of product development from proto sample to production.

• Assist with approval processes of lab dips, trims, fabric, strike offs and measuring.

• Work with Senior Garment Tech to create new specs for initial samples, standardized blocks and graded specs.

• Maintain style workbook with technical drawings at all stages of PLM process.

• Liaise with suppliers to keep production critical path and trackers up to date.

• Check construction and quality of garments.

• Assist compliance and QC team to ensure products meet required standards in production.

• Work close with Senior Garment tech to interpret test reports and issuing wash care information.

• Request AQL reports from your suppliers and manage the production seal process.

• Overseas and UK Travel as required.

Specification & Experience:

• Relevant and recent experience working as a Garment Technologist

• Knowledge of garment construction, fit, quality assurance, wash/care instructions and an understanding of patterns.

• Knowledge and experience of testing parameters and processes.

• Knowledge of critical path management.

• Must be willing to travel to China and other countries depending on current and potential new supplier base.

• Organized and efficient – ability to multi-task, prioritise and work to deadlines

• Proficient in all Microsoft Packages and Adobe Illustrator.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships at all levels.

• Must be able to drive due to location of the office and lack of public transport links.