Senior Technologist, Fabric
Designation – Senior Technologist, Fabric
Division – Technical Services
Staff Type – Permanent
Responsibilities
- Liaise with New York teams on all fabric development and be responsible for QA approval of the adopted developments
- Ensure all fabric developments are consistent with the relevant quality and regulatory standards and are production viable
- Research and study new techniques and methods to present to the Product Development team
- Ensure that all colors and artworks are developed and approved in alignment with production timelines
- Manage the end to end process from raw material development through to bulk
- Negotiate prices to provide raw material costing aligned with market value
- Advise fabric and garment vendors on overcoming production issues
- Ensure cross functional teams are appraised of all issues related to raw material development, pre-production, bulk and quality assurance
- Partner with production and sourcing teams on calendar and lead-times to facilitate speed and quick response of raw materials
Qualifications
- Degree in textile technology or appropriate discipline
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience working with fabric and colour development
- Must have garment production knowledge and good understanding of the Intimate Apparel business
- Fluent in English
- Strong and proactive team player
- Attention to detail and deadlines
- Good communication and networking skills