Senior Garment Technologist

At Debenhams Group, we are a diverse portfolio of five core brands (boohoo, boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Karen Millen, and Debenhams) alongside a dynamic marketplace model and a growing financial services division, it keeps us pretty busy!

We don’t stand still, we lead, evolve, and redefine online fashion. With bold ambitions and big energy, we’re on a mission to be the best, delivering the strongest propositions to our customers in the most engaging, innovative, and efficient ways possible.

We thrive on change, innovation, and pace. Every challenge is an opportunity, and every day is a chance to push boundaries. If you’re someone who embraces the unknown, thrives in a fast-moving, high-growth environment, and is ready to shape the future of retail, you’ll love it here. We want visionaries, disruptors, and doers, people who bring fresh thinking, relentless energy, and the drive to make an impact. 

Be brave. Be creative. Be a community.

THE ROLE 
Our technical team are looking for a strong and confident individual to join the team as a Senior Garment Technologist to work alongside our buying team and QA managers to improve fit and work with suppliers and the technical team to improve quality. This role will be Manchester based, supporting our PLT, boohoo, Misspap, Nastygal and Warehouse teams.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING  

• Conduct fit sessions for own product area(s) in-house and at source, balancing speed and quality; making commercial decisions with confidence; owning the fitting process and inspiring trust and confidence from QA manager, to colleagues and suppliers
• Supporting the Technical team and QA manager in managing fit sessions and product areas
• Sending clear, concise and accurate comments to suppliers; processing samples in a timely and agile manner, in line with KPI’s
• Liaising with design, buying and suppliers to offer technical guidance on new product development with the aim of reducing costs and improving quality
• Working directly with the suppliers and Technical team to improve on areas of weakness, including in house training and development of the Technical team
• Ensuring compliance with product safety and reach legislation; assessing risk, advising on relevant testing; recording and resolving non-compliance effectively and efficiently
• Contributing to initiatives to reduce customer returns
• Promoting quality at all times, whilst maintaining a strong commercial attitude
• Identifying and managing new projects, feeding back to QA manager
• Feeding back to QA Manager, peers and Technologists with recommendations for improvements to procedures and practices.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Previous experience in a senior role essential in a similar senior role and fast paced environment
• A technically-oriented qualification, preferably at degree level, is essential
• Able to work both individually and part of a team essential, with ability to inspire and motivate team members
• Multi-product experience including fringe areas; ability to move between product areas
• Confident and strong individual, with ability to manage the team, expectations as well as their own fit sessions
• Comprehensive understanding of fitting and fit issues is essential
• Pattern cutting knowledge and practise is very desirable alongside knowledge of grading and grade rules
• Knowledge and experience of Gerber and/or similar Pattern system essential
• Experience of working directly with factories, and thorough understanding of factory production, including work-flow and production control
• First class communication skills to both the QA manager and wider team essential
• Keen interest in overseas travel essential
• Able to meet new challenges with a positive attitude
• Strong time-management skills; able to prioritise tasks and change direction with agility
• Confident using Outlook, Excel and Word. Keen to expand skill set as the role demands.

 WHY JOIN US 

We’re making bold moves, delivering real results, and driving forward with unstoppable momentum. If that excites you, then you belong at Debenhams Group.

Let’s lead the change together. 🚀 

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