Trainee/Junior Creative Pattern Technologist - Swimwear

Trainee or Junior Creative Pattern Technologist

37.5hrs per week, Full Time, permanent contract

Salary 26.5k – 30k depending on experience

About Bravissimo

Owned by Wacoal, Bravissimo is an award-winning multi-channel retailer who provide lingerie, swimwear and nightwear for women who wear a D to L cup. We have 25 shops in the UK, along with a well-established ecommerce operation. Since being founded in 1995 our purpose has remained the same; to inspire our customers to feel confident and uplifted, offering an amazing choice of beautiful styles and colours. We want our customers to feel celebrated, to feel like they belong and that Bravissimo is their place that they want to shout about!

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 onsite parking
• Hybrid working - minimum of 2/3 days per week in the office (including a Tuesday & Thursday)

About the Job

The Creative Pattern Technologist role at Bravissimo is all about the technical development, pattern cutting, grading, fit and quality of Bravissimo brand lingerie and swimwear product. Working collaboratively with Buying, Merchandising, Supply, QA and Supplier teams the techs take full technical ownership of styles progressing the min line with Critical Path and always ensuring excellent fit and quality in line with our brand standards at every stage of the product lifecycle from concept development through fitting and sealing, to bulk production and delivery AQL.

As Trainee or Junior Creative pattern technologist, dependant on experience, you will develop your pattern cutting, grading, fitting and garment technical skills with support to manage and progress your own styles against Critical Path from 1st concept through sealing to production. At Trainee level full training is provided for CAD pattern cutting, grading and all technical skills required to fulfil the role. At Junior level you will be expected to work more independently on your styles, so some lingerie or swimwear pattern and grading work experience is required. You will also support a busy technical team by undertaking a variety of tasks including, inspecting garments for quality, providing specs for the QC team, liaising with suppliers, working with a team of sample machinists to organise concept and development samples, ordering fabrics and component sampling, organising fit lists and taking notes for the weekly meetings plus anything else required.

As part of our commitment to delivering the best experience for our customers you will ensure that you proactively seek feedback through regular time in customer facing areas of the business.

Please note, due to the nature of the role, there is a genuine occupational requirement for post holders to be female. This is covered under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the 2010 Equality Act.

About You

• You will have a passion for pattern cutting and technical development of great fitting and high-quality Lingerie and Swimwear with a strong customer focus
• Experience of a computer-based pattern cutting and grading system, Lectra or Gerber, and knowledge of garment construction for lingerie and swimwear is required for Junior but not essential at Trainee Level
• Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator be beneficial
• You will be a self-starter who enjoys learning and day to day variety, and is organised, positive, self-motivated and able to effectively prioritise your workload to meet deadlines
• Attention to detail and accuracy are essential, as is the ability to work accurately under pressure
• Teamwork drives everything we deliver in Product, and you will be comfortable and confident working collaboratively with colleagues on a day-to-day basis to achieve our goals, and willing to help and support others if needed.
• You will be working very closely with our external suppliers so you will need to be a strong communicator and able to build and maintain strong working relationships
• You are comfortable with and able to undertake occasional international travel to factories when required with your manager or senior team members

Interested?

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. To apply, click the 'Apply Now' button via the link where you will be asked to submit your CV along with a letter which should include why you would love to work for Bravissimo, why this role excites you and your current salary. Applications without a letter will not be considered.

Please note - we may close the vacancy early should we receive enough quality applicants.