Tesco UK • Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire • Apply by 06-Aug-2025
About the role
A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Assistant Fabric Technologist to join our F&F Team here at Tesco.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the development, testing, and approval of fabrics across our collections. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a passion for textiles, a keen eye for detail, and a desire to grow within a fast-paced fashion environment.
You’ll work in our raw materials team on all aspects of fabric quality and compliance. Taking a leading role in projects on data to ensure transparency and preparation for incoming legislation, in addition to supporting designers, buyers, and suppliers to ensure fabric quality, performance, and compliance meet our brand standards.
This role would suit someone who has a degree in textiles, with minimum 2years industry experience; an understanding of fibre, yarns and fabric construction, fabric dyeing, printing and finishing processes. A passion for product, sustainability and circularity is essential.
What is in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work.

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

You will be responsible for

• Supporting my Technical Manager and category to ensure that products not only meet customer expectations but are legal, safe, responsibly, and sustainably sourced to meet our policies and commitments.
• Working with raw material teams and suppliers on upstream transparency and mill management through fabric key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Raw Material Management on KPI System, reporting analysis and actioning follow up on compliance gaps.
• Supporting fabric team to maintain Core fabrics and base approval process, including management of Physical library.
• Involvement in product benchmarking to analysis raw material quality against competitor and collate details for presenting to the wider team.
• Escalating and gathering data to support Incident management and quality performance issues. Creating Case Studies from Incidents.
• Conducting spot checks across suppliers and systems to ensure data compliance, and propose actions on gaps identified
• Working with internal and external teams to proactively support colour empowerment program, and ways of working. Coordinating and monitoring use of Tesco Core colour standards and ensuring consistency in product across suppliers.
• Assisting fabric team to ensure suppliers have completed relevant training, maintaining certification program requirements.
• Developing my expertise in all areas of textiles and mill process.
• Supporting my team and category in researching and presenting innovation in fibre, fabric, and finishes.
• Adhoc management of purchase orders, supplier updates and communication, fabric team events etc.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

You will need

• Degree in textiles, with minimum 2years industry experience.
• Understanding of fibre, yarns and fabric construction, fabric dyeing, printing and finishing processes.
• Passion for product, sustainability and circularity.

Useful but not essential:

• Quality control / assurance experience
• Testing / laboratory experience
• Understanding of retail and customer needs

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About us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you’re just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we’re here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
We’re proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application

• Supporting my Technical Manager and category to ensure that products not only meet customer expectations but are legal, safe, responsibly, and sustainably sourced to meet our policies and commitments.
• Working with raw material teams and suppliers on upstream transparency and mill management through fabric key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Raw Material Management on KPI System, reporting analysis and actioning follow up on compliance gaps.
• Supporting fabric team to maintain Core fabrics and base approval process, including management of Physical library.
• Involvement in product benchmarking to analysis raw material quality against competitor and collate details for presenting to the wider team.
• Escalating and gathering data to support Incident management and quality performance issues. Creating Case Studies from Incidents.
• Conducting spot checks across suppliers and systems to ensure data compliance, and propose actions on gaps identified
• Working with internal and external teams to proactively support colour empowerment program, and ways of working. Coordinating and monitoring use of Tesco Core colour standards and ensuring consistency in product across suppliers.
• Assisting fabric team to ensure suppliers have completed relevant training, maintaining certification program requirements.
• Developing my expertise in all areas of textiles and mill process.
• Supporting my team and category in researching and presenting innovation in fibre, fabric, and finishes.
• Adhoc management of purchase orders, supplier updates and communication, fabric team events etc.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligenc