Description About the Role: Based at Head Office in Enderby, Leicestershire. Working Pattern: 5 days a week onsite, with some flexibility once embedded into the role. Core hours between 8am to 6pm. Our Fabric Technology teams work hard to ensure the quality of our Next product is always of the highest standard. Working alongside the Designers, Buyers, Merchandisers and Garment Technologists. The knitwear product area within Menswear is vast and exciting and perfect for the right candidate. Travelling to factories, sourcing fabric & yarns along with developing and elevating quality is key here at Next within the Menswear team. We are looking for someone with great knowledge & proven experience of yarn and fabric technology for this role. Innovation is what we strive for here at Next and this fantastic area offers up some great opportunities for this. Working with suppliers and driving fabric/yarn developments and setting and reviewing standards is a key part of the role. Working as an integral member of the product team,, you will help to guide any decisions in line with the legal requirements and within Next guidelines. About You: As a team player; you will have great people skills and love to work collaboratively but also using your own skill set. Using your extensive technical experience & exceptional eye for technical detail, you will be working on a great department. Utilising your qualifications & extensive experience within fabric technology; you will communicate effectively within a multi functional team. You’ll be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of fabric including performance knowledge. 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.