Senior Fabric Technologist – Lingerie and Swimwear

37.5hrs per week, Full Time, Hybrid (minimum 3 days in office, 2 days in Leamington office plus 1 day in Desborough office)
Salary: £40k-£45k

About Bravissimo

Part of Wacoal Europe Group, Bravissimo is an award-winning, multi-channel lingerie retailer on a mission to uplift women. Since 1995, our purpose has stayed the same: to inspire our customers to feel supported, celebrated, and confident every day.

We have 25 shops in the UK alongside a thriving ecommerce community, which offers a wide range of beautiful lingerie, swimwear and nightwear for women who wear a D to L cup, giving them so much choice.

We are on an exciting journey of growth and are loving every minute of it!

Bravissimo Benefits

· Up to 25 days holiday

· The opportunity to buy up to 5 additional days holiday each year

· Access to free and confidential 24/7 employee support from Retail Trust

· 50% discount on full priced items for you, your family & friends, up to a limit

· Healthcare Cash Plan for you and up to 4 children through Medicash

· Employer pension contributions up to 6%

· Life Assurance

· Great training and learning resources

· Long service awards after 5 years’ service

· Access to new and upcoming products, with the opportunity to provide feedback

· Access to discounts at many retailers, day out destinations and gyms through Retail Trust and Medicash

· Free parking at Bra HQ

About the job

As Senior Fabric Technologist, reporting to the Technical Manager, you will combine strategic thinking with a hands-on approach to the ownership and management of the fabric technical function and processes within Bravissimo and our supply chain. As part of a busy product department, you will work closely with the pattern techs and buyers using your expertise and knowledge to ensure that fabric and trims meet quality standards and compliance requirements at every stage of product lifecycle. In addition, within the wider Wacoal EMEA Group a key part of this role is to work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that standards and processes are aligned across the group to deliver strategy in preparation for future regulatory requirements.

You are to ensure that you proactively seek feedback through regular time in customer facing areas of the business, in respect of your area of responsibility as a key part of the governance of your function

Key Responsibilities:

Work with the Technical Manager, wider group colleagues and 3rd Party suppliers to implement and shape raw material quality and compliance strategy and processes ensuring Bravissimo is ready to meet future regulatory compliance requirements such as DPP, EU ESPR

Work with the buying and technical team at development stage on the sourcing, assessment and testing of fabrics and trims ensuring all materials selected are compliant and fit for end purpose, meeting safety, durability and performance standards

Manage base and bulk testing and wash reports in line with own brand performance requirements, supporting techs with day-to-day admin, giving commercial approval and setting standards, working closely with 3^rd party suppliers and internal teams to find solutions in instances of non-compliance

Approval of garment fibre compositions and care labelling requirements so all product is compliant with relevant regulations and legal requirements for all sales regions

Responsible for ensuring product and supplier compliance with physical and chemical legal and regulatory standards such as flammability, REACH, etc

Manage the raw materials database working closely with 3^rd party suppliers to ensure we have traceability and that tech specs, test reports and relevant certification e.g. Oekotex, recycled content, etc is kept up to date

Monitor and manage key critical path dates for raw materials, attending weekly CP meeting and working closely with the internal teams and 3^rd party suppliers to find solutions for issues that may arise

Monitor and manage raw material quality and performance through analysis of returns data and customer feedback working to find solutions and drive improvement of standards and Technical KPI’s

Person Specifications:

• Passion for our culture and delivering the best quality and value for our customers
• Min 4 years’ experience within fabric technology ideally lingerie and/or swimwear experience within retail or supply chain
• Good understanding of raw materials compliance requirements
• Proactive and positive mindset with a ‘can do’ approach
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills and the ability to engage effectively with internal teams and 3^rd party suppliers
• Comfortable with working in a dynamic and fast paced environment and able to flex into changing priorities

Interested?

If this role sounds like a perfect fit for you, we’d absolutely love to hear from you! Just click the ‘Apply Now’ button below and you’ll be taken to a new page where you can send us your application.

Please include your CV and a cover letter telling us why you’d love to join Bravissimo and what you’d bring to the role. We really do read every single one - honestly! and we can’t move forward without it, so take this as your moment to tell us your story (as we love getting to know you) and your why!

If this opportunity makes you feel excited (we hope it does!), don’t wait too long to apply as we may close the advert early if we receive lots of applications.