QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION
GARMENT TECHNOLOGIST
George is a great British brand that has become truly global, with over 3,000 stores worldwide. Back in 1990 we changed the clothing business forever when we launched George in the UK as the first Supermarket clothing brand, offering fantastic fashion with unbelievable quality, style and value.
Our Sourcing Office in Istanbul is part of our continuing worldwide growth and we’re seeking for people with the drive and dedication to really go places. We work in an environment that encourages fresh thinking and new ideas. In return, we promise high quality training and development to give you the best skills in the business. And because we’re part of the global Walmart family.
We are now hiring an GARMENT TECHNOLOGIST.
Key Attributes:
- Strong interpersonal, organizational and management skills.
- Customer focused with strong product skills and commercial understanding
- Engaging in tough and honest conversations with the team, providing timely feedback
- Inspiring and promoting a coaching culture within the function.
- Empowers and develops others to achieve through leadership & coaching.
- Responsible to deliver block developments and garment innovations adding value to product and reducing costs by product engineering.
- Internal and external measures such as returns rates, sample hit rates and competitor benchmarking..
- Responsible to drive a right product – right supplier – right 1st time approach in line with the George technical manual.
- Deliver improvements by influencing and communicating with the supplier and UK technologists.
- Works and contributes to operating model owned by Garment Technical Manager.
- Set SMART objectives for direct reports.
- Support the up skilling & coaching of the supplier base through George Supplier Academy
- Supporting all supplier visits promoting the George Ways of working
Knowledge / Skills / Qualifications
- Fluency in English – written and verbal
- Ability to use Microsoft office applications
- Ability to use and embrace new communication technology
