Assistant Technologist - F and F
An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Technologist to join the F&F Clothing team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering safe, legal, responsibly sourced, quality products for my area always focusing on our customers and demonstrating value-led behaviour.
This role would suit someone who has an understanding of pattern construction and fabric performance.
You will be responsible for:
Supporting my Technical Manager and commercial category to ensure that products meet the product brief/specification, Tesco rules & policies and customer expectations
Supporting my Technical manager in developing consistent construction methods.
Working with my Technical Manager to minimize cost to the supply chain and product range, ensuring appropriate controls are in place for consistent quality of products and signing off products where appropriate
Monitoring all quality and customer feedback and implementing action plans to resolve issues raised and prevent them happening again
Escalating and gathering data to support Incident management and enforcement challenges in my product area
Inputting product, benchmarking, process and improvement ideas into the New Product Development plan
Input into Category Teams Strategy focusing on the customer, supplying data to identify the best suppliers and sources from a product , sustainability and ethical first initiative .
Aware of technology to drive the business forward, reducing lead time, cost & improving sustainability, 3D, Digi-eye
Assisting to ensure my suppliers meet our audit requirements, ensuring they have action plans to drive improvement
Supporting my TM and category to monitor supplier and product performance, communicating trends to the team
Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need:
Relevant experience 1 - 2 years
Relevant qualification(s) in a related area
Understanding of pattern construction
Understanding of fabric performance.
Understanding of retail and customer needs
Passion for fashion
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What's in it for you:
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Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us:
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.
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NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.
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