Garment Technologist

ASOS; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

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Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting-edge technology, but more importantly, we're interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy, we are driving diversity, equity, and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work do their best work.

Job Description

About the Role

As a Garment Technologist, you'll work within the ASOS Technical team, reporting to the Senior Technologist. This is a highly collaborative role, where you'll work closely with the Buying, Merchandising, Design, Digital, and Fabric teams, and have the opportunity to get involved in a number of cross-departmental projects. It's important that you are self-motivated and can take ownership of the responsibilities in your department. Aside from technical experience, organisational and analytical skills are essential, as are good time management and the ability to prioritise a busy workload.

The Technical team at ASOS is all about achieving the right product quality that not only looks great but fits well and is fantastic value for money. They work closely with the buying and merchandising teams and are a key support to our design and ethical departments. They are constantly striving to find ways to ensure all our products reach the customers looking their best. A desire to improve quality and fit, the ability to work within a diverse team, build relationships at business and supplier levels, and think on your feet in a fast-paced environment are all essential to being a member of the ASOS Technical team.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working closely with Buying, Merchandising, Design, Digital, Fabric, and our supply base, drawing on your solid understanding of the various fitting and manufacturing processes and costings.
• Supporting the Head of Category to achieve ASOS KPIs, including right first-time sealing hit rate.
• Working with the Design/Buying team to get a 'right first time' sample and improve sealing hit rate.
• Taking ownership of the fit and sealing process, embedding virtual fitting on Optitex as the new norm and ensuring that suppliers and buyers are fully engaged in the Optitex fit process.
• Ensuring that all core fabrics are scanned into the Optitex fabric library and selected during the Design brief stage.
• Ensuring technologists stay up to date with Optitex software upgrades and take ownership of the virtual fit process.
• Risk assessing product quality standards and production issues, including safety, wearer trials, performance, minimum make standards, and potential production issues.
• Using lessons learnt, benchmarking through comparative shopping, and working collaboratively with digital teams, Fabric, and suppliers to ensure ASOS Quality Standards are maintained.
• Analysing quality issues and customer returns within your department, putting corrective action plans and workable timeframes in place.
• Ensuring that Technical data on the supplier Extranet is up to date and accurate.
• Ensuring that the correct block and fabric reference is selected during Design Brief stage prior to being sent to the supplier.
• Delivering Supplier Self Gold Seal status to ensure suppliers meet criteria for Self-Approval.
• Supporting the Offshore ASOS QC auditors regarding technical queries to ensure shipments are not delayed due to incorrect technical packs provided with the Gold Seal.
• Responding to Customer complaints and queries.
• Keeping up to date with industry innovations, networking internally and externally to identify opportunities.

Qualifications

Who We'd Like to Meet....

• Experience in pattern cutting and grading.
• Experience of working within a high street retailer.
• Self-motivation and the ability to take the initiative and respond quickly to change.
• Strong communication and networking skills across all levels.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across the business and with suppliers.
• Reliable, flexible, and good at working within a fast-paced team.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Passionate about the role and maintaining high standards of quality and fit within your department(s).

Additional Information

BeneFITS:

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!).
• ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business).
• Employee sample sales.
• Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials.
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Private medical care scheme.
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash or use towards other benefits.