About you:
As a Product Technologist on our Homeware team, youll work closely with the relevant Buying department in order to develop and update products whilst maintaining quality standards.
* Set quality standards and specifications to ensure Matalan achieves its goal of delivering outstanding value to its customers, contributing to continued growth for the company.
* Educate our supplier base, ensuring product performance requirements are established and maintained through continuous testing and monitoring
* Agree manufacturing methods that are achievable in bulk production, resulting in products that will perform to requirements after purchase.
* Work closely with the Buying department, aiming to build new quality initiatives into products to constantly improve the customer offer
* Undertake supplier visits to improve quality standards, building strong working relationships and increasing personal knowledge of manufacturing capabilities and developments.
* Use your initiative and creative thinking to solve manufacturing and/or supplier issues
About you:
1. Relevant, practical experience within a QA/QC department
2. Experience of working within the Homeware and/or Gifting categories
3. Strong PC skills, prefera...