Senior Garment Technologist

Triple Wimbledon champion Fred Perry founded his brand in 1952. He was the son of a cotton spinner, who played and fought his way through, always with style – and despite the establishment. Today, Fred Perry is a global community of over 370 employees, all inspired by the Laurel Wreath and what it represents

PURPOSE:

This position is within the Quality (Technical) Department reporting into the Head of Quality & Sustainability, working across all product categories and sustainability for both menswear and womenswear.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Management of FP Better Cotton Membership. Annual target setting reflecting production projections, liaising with suppliers and monitoring BCCU collection.

• Researching and preparing the Restricted Substance Standards for both product and product packaging, ensuring legal compliance with the relevant global requirements.
• Ensuring the Product Testing Handbook remains accurate and viable with Industry and Manufacturing standards.

• Set up and maintaining all Quality Manuals including Grading, Production Tolerances, Product Presentation.
• Guiding members of the team, and supporting their queries relating to the Manuals.
• Updating all manuals to reflect changes in the law and addition of new products to the range.
• Maintaining the block library in collaboration with the team, researching and adapting as needs arise.
• Researching incoming European packaging legislation.
• Management of our 3 nominated Polybag suppliers across the product range.
• Reviewing, consolidating and monitoring polybag sizes across all product types.
• Facilitating regular updates with external partners including Intertek, Better Cotton & Mainetti.
• Giving guidance to the team on recycling audit trails and certifications.
• Assisting Head of with the annual Modern Slavery statement, and business policies.
• Supporting the mapping of the Supply chain beyond Tier 1.

THE PERSON:

• Extensive Technical knowledge of fitting, grading and construction and manufacture across a wide range of Apparel, Accessories and Footwear.
• Thorough knowledge of lab testing, commercial impact of results and the ability to manage external Laboratory partnerships.
• Responsible sourcing: Knowledge of certifications, standards and production.
• The ability to work under pressure to meet the required deadlines.
• Motivated in striving for the highest achievable quality through implementation of the most effective process.
• Self-Driven and able to work on own initiative.
• Analytical thinking.
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint & Adobe creative suite.

HOURS:

We actively encourage our teams to have a good work/life balance and so we are pleased to offer flexible working shifts at Fred Perry HQ. Our core shift hours are from 10am – 4.30pm and so employees can choose to start and finish early, or start and finish late. (i.e. work 8:00am-4:30pm, or 10:00am-6:30pm etc). We also have 30-minute early finish on Fridays.

As we continue to work in a more flexible way, the Head Office acts a brand hub, where we can all connect and collaborate with one another. This role is a mix of office based (London) and remote working. We will expect the employee to come into the office regularly for face-to-face meetings and to work alongside their team on collaborative projects.

BENEFITS:

We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits to all our staff, and continue to reassess what our community needs from us to thrive. We don’t want to be a good company to work for, we want to be a great one. Here are some things we currently offer:

• Annual performance-related bonus
• Competitive salary
• Generous staff discount and regular sample sales
• Generous pension scheme with 8.5% company contribution
• Option to buy an extra 5 days holiday annually
• Enhanced maternity and paternity packages
• Life insurance
• Private healthcare
• Cycle to work scheme
• Early finish Fridays
• Season ticket loan
• Additional benefits with long service
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Annual Birthday vouchers
• EAP
• Social Events

We actively welcome applications from people of all different backgrounds. Your CV will be submitted to hiring managers with all personal details hidden to ensure anonymity.