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About the team
Join our Global Clothing Technical team at Sainsbury’s, working across UK and Asia to deliver safe, legal, and high‑quality products for our Tu Clothing brand. We are a collaborative, innovative team committed to sustainability and excellence.
More about the role
As Global Technical Manager, you will lead and define the global technical strategy for Tu Clothing. You will manage a team of technologists, ensuring products meet safety, legal, and quality standards. This role involves working cross‑functionally to identify innovation opportunities and deliver sustainability commitments.
You will oversee supplier relationships, manage quality from development to production, and drive improvements in processes and standards to support business growth.
More about you
You will bring extensive knowledge of clothing products, fabrics, and manufacturing processes, alongside strong leadership and communication skills. You can coach and develop global teams, make timely decisions under pressure, and collaborate effectively across departments.
A passion for quality, sustainability, and customer focus is essential, as is the ability to travel internationally and work with diverse suppliers.
Essential criteria
* Extensive clothing product and fabric knowledge
* Experience in technical roles within clothing
* Strong leadership and team management skills
* Ability to travel internationally and manage supplier relationships
* Familiarity with UK legislation and compliance requirements
Benefits
We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits.
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance‑related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well as access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
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