DHL Supply Chain
Design and Technical Assistant
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Pay Rate: £24,869.63
Grade: RCS N
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Shift patterns: Mon - Fri ( 9:00 -17:00)
Location: Northampton
What You'll Be Doing
Reporting to the Design & Technical Manager and supporting the Tailoring Room Coordinator, you'll play a key role in ensuring our value-added services are delivered to the highest standards.
A Typical Day May Involve
- Organising and supporting the daily activities of the tailoring room
- Creating and sewing personalised name badges
- Operating heat press equipment and carrying out garment personalisation
- Performing garment alterations and quality control checks
- Managing stock counts, inventory accuracy, and product re-packing
- Working with specialist design software such as CorelDRAW
- Assisting with garment measurements and new product launches
- Supporting photography studio activities and product set-ups
- Ensuring daily productivity targets and quality standards are consistently achieved
- Following all health and safety procedures to maintain a safe working environment
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- Graduate, preferably in design or technical / fashion.
- Confident knowledge of garment construction and manufacturing methods
- Knowledge of technical drawing
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) ability to liaise with people at all levels.
- Ability to work well within a team and also be self motivated.
- Experience of clothing Alterations.
- You are versed in using adobe photo shop
- You are ok to travel within the UK
Why Join Us?
- 33 days annual leave
- We're happy to talk about flexible working – just ask about alternative patterns at interview
- Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
- Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
- Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
- Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
- Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more
Who We Are
We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.
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Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 12th October. Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date. To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.
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