Temporary contract - Junior Technical Development Assistant (M/W) Northampton, England
Job description
Eléments de contexte
The Technical Development Assistant will work with the Technical Development Manager, Product Industrialization team and Product Development Team to translate product designs from concept through to samples and then bulk production. Through some knowledge of design principles and pattern making techniques, the Assistant will support the organisation in bringing new designs to completion and in product re-engineering to enhance quality, reduce cost and the development of skills in production.
Principales activités
- Assistant to the Technical Development Manager, supporting with seasonal welted collections across men’s and women’s ready to wear, plus any new product developments.
- Producing prototypes by getting pieces cut from leather, working with the machinists to close the uppers, then get them lasted.
- Work ticket creation
- Create specification to produce the style in the factory
- Work with factory production team to complete samples correctly and smoothly.
- Technical assistant for creating production documents such as:
- Closing preparation routing
- Skiving routing
- Edge stain routing
- Closing routing
- Quality documents
- Closing samples
- Assistant for any additional ad hoc development projects
Profil du candidat
- Experience in a similar role would be ideal
- Excellent written and verbal English communication
- Basic shoe making/design knowledge
- Passionate about shoemaking with an interest in producing high quality, beautifully created products
- Good IT skills (Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Adobe Illustrator would be ideal)
- Team player, whilst being self-motivated
About the Hermès Group
For more than 150 years, John Lobb has prided itself in upholding the highest standards and levels of craftsmanship and design in the creation of hand-made shoes and boots for men.
A company of the Hermes group since 1976, the bespoke footwear is still hand-crafted in our workshop in Paris while the ready to wear collections are manufactured in our Northampton factory.
John Lobb owns a global distribution network that includes twenty stores established in eight countries, and works with a highly selective network of partners and authorized retailers around the world.
