Junior Garment Technologist
Altrincham, WA14 5GZ
Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Competitive Salary
Who are Cotton Traders?
Cotton Traders is a British clothing retailer established in 1987 by England rugby captain and legends Fran Cotton and Steve Smith. Supported by a growing online and offline (catalogue) presence, we have 80 stores nationwide in England, Scotland and Wales and employ 800 people across the country. We have an ambitious plan to grow the business across all touch points and we can only do this with the best people around us.
Our vision and our values are what make us unique, and they are deeply ingrained in everything we do here at Cotton Traders. Our people are part of the fabric that makes us what we are, and when you’re as passionate about your people as we are, job satisfaction and career progression come hand in hand.
What’s in the role and what are we looking for?
We are recruiting for a Junior Garment Technologist to join our Technology team. You will work in our Ladieswear department, to ensure that all products produced for Cotton Traders accurately matches our Company specification in terms of sizing and quality and provide a consistent quality and fit to our customer base.
You will have bundles of passion and energy to work within our Garment technology department to contribute to successfully driving our ranges.
Some of the key responsibilities include:
1. Creating a fully graded size specification and sketch of product with key details
2. Manage the intake of samples and prepare samples for the fit meetings
3. Fitting on live models with Technologist and the Buyers, providing concise comments to the suppliers
4. Taking all products through the sealing process from initial fit to production and post production.
5. Specifying care label information and all packaging details
6. Instigating/analysing test reports with recommendations
7. Regular liaison with our warehouse Q/C team
8. Analysing returns information on products
9. Advising Customer services/Retail stores with any technical queries
The Successful Candidate will:
10. Work experience in the industry and at least one year’s experience within a Garment Technology role
11. Enthusiasm and determination, with a passion for garment technology
12. Team spirit and a positive attitude
13. Confidence in communicating, in order to maintain a strong working relationship with all departments and suppliers
14. Strong MS Office Excel skills
15. A Self Starter approach to the role with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
16. Attention to detail
17. Coral Draw/Adobe illustrator skills (desirable but not essential)
What’s on offer?
We are protective and proud in equal measure of our culture and suggest you take a look at our values on our web-site to gain a better understanding of life at Cotton Traders. Once you’re part of the team, you’ll be rewarded with, alongside other things:-
18. Flexible working culture, adopting a hybrid working approach
19. 25 days holiday rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays
20. Holiday purchase scheme
21. 50% staff discount
22. Employee Assistant Program
23. Health cash plan
24. Long service awards