Senior Garment Technician
5 days ago
Hammersmith
Role Overview: Senior Garment Technician working within RTW on Knit, Jersey & Shirts Reporting to: Head of Industrialisation Location: Hammersmith, London Responsibilities: • Serve as a primary category contact for suppliers across China & Europe, • Ensure that Victoria Beckham quality and performance standards are met, • Create technical and measurement specifications, maintain grading and sizing rules for each garment type, • Measure and review all samples from handover to production, • Organize fit meetings and document sample comments with pattern cutter, • Coordinate all fittings from first handover through to final pre-production sample, • Maintain consistency of quality and fit across suppliers and throughout the product range, • Communicate fit, quality and construction requirements to suppliers through sample comments, • From time-to-time review test reports submitted, • Work closely with the design, development and supply chain teams to ensure products are risk assessed in a timely manner, • Support with the admin of the department. Keeping all departmental trackers up to date, • Team player who collaborates and directs with ease, motivating and developing others within your team, • Being aware of department/seasonal budgets for technical department, • Lead product reviews in line with competitors fit and quality standards, • Support the team and contribute with developing technical team ways of working, supporting the business in more efficient processes, • Work closely with pattern cutter & department student intern Essential Skills & Requirements • Minimum of 5 years of Garment Technology experience, • Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Garment Technology / Pattern cutting or the equivalent combination of education and experience, • Good knowledge of garment construction methods, draping and manufacturing sewing operations, including pattern making, grading and marking processes, • A working knowledge of materials, technical fabrics and functional aspects of garments, • Strong organizational skills to provide well documented products, thorough specifications and meet deadlines, • Experience working with factories overseas and an understanding of constraints and timescales, • Ability to communicate effectively with suppliers and agents, • Ability to anticipate technical problems, and to plan and implement corrective action plan, • Enthusiasm to grow and adapt within a fast-growing business, • Knows how to work under pressure to meet key deadlines, • Attention to detail essential, • An understanding and appreciation for luxury apparel, • IT skills: MS Office mandatory, Zedonk & Gerber (optional), • Fluent in English, second language desirable