Fabric Production Assistant
River Island
Fabric Production Assistant
DescriptionThe Fabric Production Assistant at River Island plays a key role in managing the critical path process for RI Production fabric, managing cloth orders from order raising, production and to receipt. The role is integral to the RI Production team managing the fabric critical path and ensuring fabrics are fit for purpose, maintaining compliance and quality standards across fabrics.
Responsibilities:\n\nManage fabric ordering process; Collate & review fabric spec & base test reports from mill, action lab-dips & strike off’s on new fabric bases. Highlight technical fabric risks with end product in mind \nEfficiently and accurately raise, amend and manage bulk orders, reviewing order confirmations. \nManage bulk leadtimes and critical path through production process including testing and approvals. Liaise across multiple internal stakeholders such as shipping, supply chain, distribution centre, buying etc to ensure fabric requirements are met on time, and issues resolved. \nManage the testing process on the River Island testing platform, creating materials and top sheets, liaising with the BI Garment Technologist to achieve approval of testing and confirmation of care instructions \nManage & confidently negotiate solutions to bulk fabric issues such as: \nDelays & shortages Quality & fabric faults Colour rejections Fabric contamination \nMaintain monthly reporting on cloth finance and roll adhoc reporting on order numbers, meterage & fabric stock/ liability \nMonitor mill performance to highlight opportunities or flag risk in partner mills, advise CAP \nSkills:\nGood relevant knowledge of fabric/materials/ components \nConfident in reading and interpreting Fabric testing reports – able to apply commercial understanding of testing requirements based on end product \nGood experience of working across multiple sourcing locations Supplier management experience \nCritical path management \nCollaborative and builds good relations with peers/ stakeholders \nAgility and ability to absorb change in line with business priorities \nCommercial awareness and application in day-to-day decision making. \nStrong Excel skills essential \n
About UsWe’re a much-loved brand with an exciting future. Our Islanders are a diverse bunch of bright, talented people who love working together – and are proud of the work they do. Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions. This is what a career at River Island is like. And this is where yours starts.
This role is based at our Head Office in West London.
Department: Home Production
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Head Office, Chelsea House
DescriptionThe Fabric Production Assistant at River Island plays a key role in managing the critical path process for RI Production fabric, managing cloth orders from order raising, production and to receipt. The role is integral to the RI Production team managing the fabric critical path and ensuring fabrics are fit for purpose, maintaining compliance and quality standards across fabrics.
Responsibilities:\n\nManage fabric ordering process; Collate & review fabric spec & base test reports from mill, action lab-dips & strike off’s on new fabric bases. Highlight technical fabric risks with end product in mind \nEfficiently and accurately raise, amend and manage bulk orders, reviewing order confirmations. \nManage bulk leadtimes and critical path through production process including testing and approvals. Liaise across multiple internal stakeholders such as shipping, supply chain, distribution centre, buying etc to ensure fabric requirements are met on time, and issues resolved. \nManage the testing process on the River Island testing platform, creating materials and top sheets, liaising with the BI Garment Technologist to achieve approval of testing and confirmation of care instructions \nManage & confidently negotiate solutions to bulk fabric issues such as: \nDelays & shortages Quality & fabric faults Colour rejections Fabric contamination \nMaintain monthly reporting on cloth finance and roll adhoc reporting on order numbers, meterage & fabric stock/ liability \nMonitor mill performance to highlight opportunities or flag risk in partner mills, advise CAP \nSkills:\nGood relevant knowledge of fabric/materials/ components \nConfident in reading and interpreting Fabric testing reports – able to apply commercial understanding of testing requirements based on end product \nGood experience of working across multiple sourcing locations Supplier management experience \nCritical path management \nCollaborative and builds good relations with peers/ stakeholders \nAgility and ability to absorb change in line with business priorities \nCommercial awareness and application in day-to-day decision making. \nStrong Excel skills essential \n
About UsWe’re a much-loved brand with an exciting future. Our Islanders are a diverse bunch of bright, talented people who love working together – and are proud of the work they do. Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions. This is what a career at River Island is like. And this is where yours starts.
This role is based at our Head Office in West London.
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