Description About the Role: Working Pattern: Typically 5 days in the office with core hours flexible, between 8am-6pm. Let’s talk trend led fabric sourcing… When it comes to UK retail, it’s hard to find a company with a bigger focus on quality and trends within design. We sell thousands of items an hour and our repeat customer base comes back to us time and time again for our renowned trend led, quality products. For anyone in the Womenswear field - this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive. A keen eye for spotting fabric trends is essential to this role as well as a true passion for bringing these trends to life, developing and sourcing fabrics globally. Enthusiastic to drive constant fabric newness in the Womenswear division, ensuring fabrics are relevant to Next’s customer base striving to set us apart from competition. A creative role that involves researching catwalk themes and identifying fabric trends when visiting fabric fairs. An effective communicator, presenting this information back to the Womenswear teams and senior managers, being able to convey the macro themes of the season. Skilled at producing directional fabric boards and trend reports is key to the role. Great at building relations, working closely with multiple buying & design departments to show sourced fabrics, discuss requirements and ensure they are commercially viable. A good understanding of different fabric types and an established mill network is ideal, having experience of different regions and mills to source from. Visiting fabric mills in country and attending trade fairs, i.e. Paris, Shanghai, London Textile fair etc is integral to the role, continuously gathering inspiration and sourcing commercial fabrics throughout each season. About You: We would love you to have previous experience working within a UK brand or high street retailer or garment supplier for the UK market. A real love of trends, fabric and travel would be a must for this role. It is essential to have a strong understanding of garments, fabric and fashion A clear communicator whose main aim is to create great relationships across the teams as well as within the fabric supply base. A team player who is both creative & passionate about fabric trends. Sponsorship: Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa. We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.