Fabric Coordinator

As part of our continued growth, we are looking for a Fabric Coordinator to join our design department at Whistles. This opportunity will see you focus on maintaining our high standards of quality and sustainability throughout the fabric lifecycle and build long-term working relationships with mills.

In this role you will be working in close collaboration with the Head of Fabric and the Fabric Admin Assistant to ensure timely development and management of fabrics for our seasonal collections. Key accountabilities include:

• Contacting fabric mills for sample availability, pricing and lead times and building a working relationship with key supplier mills


• Collaborating across departments to manage fabric sample orders for main range, limited, press and fabric trials


• Setting up and maintaining our in-house fabric library, establishing monthly fabric folders, filing sample fabrics by department and mill and cataloguing into relevant folders


• Attending weekly fabric meetings with the wider business, leading the conversation in the absence of the Head of Fabric and managing sourcing requests


• Ensuring all fabric and trims costings are accurately added to the fabric tracker and sample orders are updating on the system


• Working closely with the Fabric Admin Assistant - assisting in prioritising their workload across Whistles and our sister brand, Hobbs
  
  We are looking for the Fabric Coordinator to demonstrate sustainable material and fabric mill knowledge gained working within a similar role, ideally for a fashion and/or retail business. We will need you to have an awareness of seasonal trends and the gravitas to maintain existing fabric agent/mill relationships. Previous experience communicating with mills is preferred. Strong communication and presentation skills is key for success in this role as is a technical knowledge and interest in how fabrics are constructed.
  
  Across the TFG Brands, we pride ourselves on having our people at the heart of everything we do and we really believe that a career in retail is unbeatable. We will give you the tools and the time to develop your career in the direction you want to go. Alongside that, we have some great benefits which include:


• Whistles Employee Discount of 70%, and 50% discount with Hobbs and Phase Eight, as per the TFG Brands Discount Policy


• Up to 28 days holiday entitlement per annum in addition to the usual public and bank holidays


• Financial and Wellbeing support


• Subsided gym membership


• Enhanced Maternity package


• Virtual GP service - unlimited access 24/7


• Plus much more!


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At TFG London and across all our brands we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes, develops and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, cultural references and ideas and opinions within our business.

We are working together to ensure our environment is one where difference is not only respected but encouraged and celebrated and people can bring their authentic, unique selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated.