Job Description
Delivering Inspired Solutions through Inspired People
brandix
At Brandix, a pioneer in Sri Lanka's Apparel industry, we develop, manufacture and market end to end apparel solutions for world renowned brands. With a purpose to deliver Inspired Solutions through Inspired People, we have a team of over 50,000 employees across nine countries including India, Bangladesh, Haiti and the United Kingdom. On a journey to be the most sustainable apparel manufacturer in the region, Brandix embeds real change across every point of our operations as we care for our planet and the communities in which we serve.
Senior Product Technologist (RM innovation)
Brandix Apparel (Private) Limited - Knit - Welisara
SCOPE
The Senior Product Technologist is responsible for coordinating and providing technical support & follow-up with relevant stakeholders & supplier sources for the assigned RM & products development/ technology translation to ensure final garment development to meet the customer's inspiration This includes an understanding of customer requirements, product research new market trends/ consumer needs, evaluation & mitigation of the development risk, customer testing protocols, consumption & costing, and coordination for sample development with third-party supplier sources facilities as well as within the Group facilities. Moreover, it covers RM/chemical innovation in collaboration with strategic suppliers, R&D institutes, customers, and internal /Group cross-functional teams, supply chain teams while focusing on optimum product cost in line with each customer/stakeholder's satisfaction & operating model
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Understanding of customer requirements with research on customer competition, consumer needs & trends while brainstorming the most appropriate product solution right time in the right quality
• Work with internal and external teams to identify new opportunities and provide a complete solution by integrating RM innovation, garment dye innovation, embellishment innovation or value-added subprocess and garment construction
• Work with marketing leads, cross-functional teams & the Supply chain teams in the CBU & Group to update on customer insights while funnel out the best reliable Supplier sources to develop product solutions at optimizing profit/minimal cost in commercially viable realization
- Liaise with Technology Entrepreneur Leads, Process Entrepreneur Leads in other product categories to provide and extract customized solutions based on product category (apparel, bra, and underwear
- translation)
- Identify possible risk & established necessary mitigation plans on product development while facilitating target customer quality parameters & testing in the agreed critical path
• Liaise with Design Entrepreneur Lead for the brainstorming, and concept finalization process from end to end while providing the solution for product realization with the consumption & cost validation processes in bulk operation
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or Diploma (3 year) in Textile/Clothing/ Fabric technology or any other relevant stream in raw material over 3 academic strength
- 3 years of relevant experience with team /process handling in textile technology & research both the front end & backend operation for product creation and execution including textile lab work
Fast moving on own status quo with forward-thinking with excellent Team skills will be considered for priority Product lifecycle management experience
We are an Equal Opportunity Company
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