Product Technologist- Garments

**Company Description**

H&M is a design driven global interior brand, offering contemporary décor and home accessories for every style and room. Made to inspire, the collections merge modern design and quality with affordable prices - enabling interior lovers across the world to create a personal home. Learn more about H&M here

As a Product Technologist you are responsible for educating and developing our suppliers in product quality, fit and technical risk assessment on our products.

esponsibilities:

- Working on site with suppliers you are responsible for educating and developing our suppliers towards self-reliance in the product flow in connection to your assortment needs.
- Working closing with the necessary stakeholders your role is to ensure we deliver the best product aligned with our business idea.
- You play a key role in contributing towards securing best product from a customer perspective. Working with the global/regional teams you are responsible for co executing the market development plans and supplier / product strategy on your product categories.
- Working with our suppliers and hand in hand with other relevant internal stakeholders you are responsible for driving/developing product development and production capability within quality, fit and consumption optimization.

Skill Set Required:

- Ability to transform design sketches or artwork into actual products.
- Expertise in creating and modifying patterns, with a specialization in various fits for womenswear, as well as menswear and kids wear.
- Measurement Grading: Proficiency in grading measurements for different age groups and size groups to ensure accurate sizing.
- Product Specification Sheets: Capability to create detailed product specification sheets that guide the manufacturing process.
- Knowledge of Woven and Knits: Understanding of both woven and knit fabrics and their respective properties and uses.

**Qualifications**
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Experience with CAD Software**: Familiarity with computer-aided design (CAD) software for pattern making and grading.
- ** Quality Control Skills**: Ability to assess and ensure the quality of the final product.
- ** Communication Skills**: Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with designers, manufacturers, and other stakeholders.

**Additional Information** Benefits**

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program - HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

**Inclusion & Diversity**

H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplaces throughout our organization. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience, and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.