The Warehouse Group is moving into an exciting phase as we transform our way of working. The retail world is changing and the need to be responsive is more important than ever when it comes to sourcing quality products, at the right price, that our customers love.

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join The Warehouse Group's Quality team as a Garment Technologist looking after our Soft Goods category.

About the Job:

As part of our growing Sourcing function this role will see you working alongside our talented Quality team, ensuring that Best Practice is always front of mind. 

We are looking for a strong Technician ideally from a textile or accessory background. You'll like the idea of working in a highly-motivated and busy team within a fast-paced and ever changing retail environment.

Reporting to the QA Team Leader and working with core stakeholders: Coordinators, Planners, Buyers, Operations, Suppliers and our Sourcing offices your key responsibilities will include:

• Delivering growth in the percentage of in-house inspections across soft goods. 
• Compiling Spec/Tech Packs, advising Buyers & Designers on construction and evaluate new styles. 
• Evaluating incoming approval samples - against garment specs, fit, wash & wear and fabric testing.
• Assisting monthly in-store quality Audits & collating results
• Identifying opportunities to change or improve QA strategy.
• Managing and resolving customer complaints, return rate trends and where appropriate instigating reworks and withdraws from sale.

About You:

This is a fantastic opportunity for a strong QA Technician looking to step into a role where you'll be able to influence and have an impact on what Best Practice looks like and have ways to improve QA strategy. You will be a stickler for details with top notch written and verbal communications skills as you will be expected to collaborate effectively across multiple countries and time zones. 

You'll be someone who will have proven testing experience and strong fabric knowledge and ideally you'll be from a Patternmaking or Garment Tech background. Experience within the Textile or Apparel industry would be ideal as would experience using Corel Draw. 
 

The world of retail is not for the faint hearted, it is extremely fast-paced and demanding with many tight deadlines and risk factors, but we love it! This is a great career opportunity for a candidate who wants to join NZ's largest retailer and can thrive in a high performing, fast-paced but professional environment.

If this sounds like the right challenge for you, then apply now to join this fantastic team.