Clothing Technologist - Womenswear (Woven) - 12m FTC

Job description

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as a Clothing Technologist means becoming part of a collaborative and innovative team dedicated to delivering high-quality products that meet the expectations of our customers while upholding safety, legality, and brand reputation. As a crucial member of our Technical & Ethical division, you will have the opportunity to work alongside diverse stakeholders, including suppliers and retail teams, to drive product innovation, resolve technical issues, and contribute to our sustainability initiatives. With a focus on continuous improvement, customer feedback analysis, and professional development, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our Clothing product range and enhancing the overall customer experience.

What you'll do

In the role of Clothing Technologist working in our Womenswear team, you will be accountable for managing the product development and delivery of Sainsbury's Clothing product plans, ensuring quality, safety, and legality in line with customer expectations. Collaborating with various stakeholders such as suppliers, designers, buyers, merchandisers, and retail teams, you will oversee innovative product development, risk assessment, technical approvals, and adherence to critical timelines. Additionally, you will be responsible for resolving issues, managing stock, and continuously improving product quality and customer experience, while also supporting the implementation of corporate sustainability plans and upholding company values.

Who you are

You are a seasoned professional with a strong background in technical environments within the retail or manufacturing industry. Your commercial acumen, attention to detail, and ability to deliver under pressure in a fast-paced retail setting set you apart. With effective communication skills, a commitment to continuous improvement, and a customer-centric approach, you play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, safety, and legality of Sainsbury's Clothing products, while driving innovation and product development to meet customer expectations and enhance the overall customer experience.

Essential Criteria:

• Experiencecoordinatingandmanagingfitsessions, ensuring effective planning, execution, and follow-up actions throughout the product development process.
• Demonstrableexperiencemanagingthefitapprovalprocess, ensuring products meet agreed fit, quality, and customer requirements.
• Experienceconductingriskassessments, identifying potential issues and implementing appropriate mitigation actions.
• Technicalknowledgeofproductconstruction, with experience approving fit and build quality within a relevant product category.
• Abilitytoanalysereturnsdataandcustomerfeedback, identifying trends and translating insights into product improvements.
• Strongattentiontodetail, ensuring accuracy and consistency throughout product development, fit, and approval processes.

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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).