Their commitment to sustainability and social impact benefits everyone—from their team to customers and the suppliers. They are a part of a close-knit fashion family with the heartfelt intention of making a meaningful difference in the lives of all Australian women.

Our Opportunity

The QA Manager will ensure all the brand merchandise is of consistent quality, make, fit, presentation and labelling. You will strategically source and manage a factory base that meets their brand’s quality level, goals and a cost price structure across the apparel and accessories categories.

You will be working in partnership with their Buying and wider teams, all while building strong and strategic sourcing and supplier relationships.

Key responsibilities will include:

· Continuously reviewing the vendor/factory performance, identifying the needs of the business and sourcing factories to meet our business requirements.

· Identify supply chain partners that align with the quality and price requirements.

· Provide support to the Group Ethical Sourcing Manager to ensure all factories are audited and meet standards.

· Provide timely feedback to suppliers and ensure that quality processes meet standards.

· Manage the internal QA team to ensure factories are producing quality samples for fitting and quality product during production.

· Develop and manage the internal QA department and determine quality standards for merchandise.

· Educate all vendors in QA processes/sample production quality standards approach

· Manage the fabric and accessory testing procedure across the supplier base

· Provide input into the development of a QA process and manuals

To be successful in this role, you must have:

· Fashion/Design/Business Textile degree or equivalent (desirable not essential)

· Extensive experience in production, sourcing or Quality Assurance position

· Fashion and apparel industry experience specifically required for this QA Manager position

· Minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in production, sourcing or Quality Assurance

· Extensive experience in factory sourcing negotiation

· Asia-Pacific region factory sourcing experience required for overseas manufacturing partnerships

· Strong verbal and written communication skills

· Leadership and people management experience

· Quality Assurance team management experience specifically required beyond general leadership skills

· Minimum of 3-5 years’ leadership and people management experience

· Negotgiating and influencing experience

· Financial and commercial acumen

· Understanding of management of product and sampling critical path

Joining our client means becoming part of a friendly and enthusiastic team that values each team member’s contributions. They pride themselves on our positive work environment and commitment to helping you achieve your career goals.

They also offer some amazing benefits, including:

· Generous team member product discount

· Discounted private health insurance

· Great team member referral bonus

· Flexible working arrangements

· Career development opportunities

If you’re ready to contribute to the change women want to see, consider a career with our client

They are committed to supporting an inclusive recruitment process ensuring a fair recruitment experience and celebrate diversity, advocating inclusion and are committed to building and fostering a diverse and accessible workplace and culture.

This is a hands-on, detail-driven role for someone who thrives on solving construction problems before they become production problems, and who takes real pride in getting the fit right.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with Design and Product Development to assess construction, fit and performance of new styles, creating and maintaining detailed Tech Packs (measurements, construction, fabrication, grading).
• Lead seasonal fit sessions and manage sample submissions, wear testing and re-fits to keep approvals on track with the critical path.
• Work directly with suppliers and factories on fit, construction, grading and quality, resolving issues before they reach the floor.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and a library of approved samples across every stage of development.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of our technical and production processes.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years’ experience in ladies apparel highly regarded; candidates with 3+ years and strong technical ability are also encouraged to apply.
• Solid garment construction knowledge across both woven and knitted fabrics.
• A sharp eye for detail and the organisation to anticipate problems before they arise, and the initiative to solve them.
• Clear, confident communication and strong interpersonal skills for working across design, suppliers and production.
• The ability to work autonomously, prioritise competing deadlines, and keep the critical path on track.

Develop commercial workwear and apparel from the ground up, producing CADs and tech packs, managing fittings and samples, and working directly with factories and suppliers to bring product to market. The role spans seasonal retail ranges and custom B2B projects across multiple product categories, and provides guidance and mentorship to junior members of the design team.

Role responsibilities (Primary areas of task or activity for which the role is held accountable)

Job Specific Responsibilities

Own product development from concept through to bulk production

Design and develop commercial workwear and apparel across seasonal retail ranges and custom B2B projects

Produce CADs, technical drawings, tech packs and specifications

Manage fittings, sampling and product iterations

Work directly with factories, suppliers and fabric mills to bring product to market

Design with a strong understanding of garment construction, fit, function, durability and compliance

Demonstrate a clear understanding of Hi-Vis compliant apparel versus lifestyle workwear

Balance design with cost, margin and production requirements

Pitch ideas confidently and present the creative vision clearly to internal teams and clients

Manage open and ongoing relationships with key factories, suppliers and fabric mills

Provide guidance and mentorship to junior members of the design team.

Establish and maintain constructive, collaborative relationships with Production, Garment Technician and Category teams, and across other departments.

: This role reports to the Head of Retail Merchandising and sits alongside dedicated Production, Garment Technician, Category and PPE + Hardware teams – giving the role genuine autonomy over its own product categories, backed by close leadership support and a truly collaborative team structure.

Role Dimensions (The characteristics that indicate scope and breadth of the role and the environment and challenges of the role. They are particularly important for job evaluation purposes)

• Senior, hands-on design role with end-to-end ownership of product from concept through to bulk production

• Spans seasonal ranges and custom B2B client projects across multiple product categories

• Works across in-house workwear and apparel brands distributed nationally

• Operates with a high degree of autonomy, backed by close support from the Head of Retail Merchandising and a collaborative Production, Garment Technician and Category team structure

Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive apparel design experience, ideally within workwear, uniforms or technical apparel

• Proven experience taking garments from concept through to final production

• Strong garment construction and technical development knowledge

• Experience producing CADs, tech packs and detailed specifications

Functional / Technical Skills & Competencies

• High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, with Photoshop desirable

• Experience working directly with factories, suppliers and/or fabric mills

• Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail

• Ability to manage multiple products and priorities autonomously

• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate creative vision, concepts and solutions to stakeholders, internal teams and clients

• Experience with workwear, Hi-Vis or compliant apparel highly regarded

Salary $120K+super

Working hands-on in a team of experienced creatives, designing innovative, commercial workwear and accessories that meet both industry standards and customer briefs. You’ll play a vital role in developing seasonal collections, supporting sales projects, and working directly with factories and fabric mills.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and design concepts across multiple brands and categories. Contribute to the development of key concepts, strategies and brand positioning.

• Recognize market trends that present sales opportunities.

• Demonstrate an understanding of Hi-Vis compliant apparel V’s lifestyle workwear.

• Support the B2B business with concepts that exceed client needs through creative and innovative solutions.

• Engineer commercial product to required RRP’s/margins and ensure timely delivery of designs.

• Managing open and ongoing relationships with key factories and fabric mills.

• Work with Garment Technicians to ensure fits and brands assets are true to each brand portfolio.

• Work closely with the Marketing Team in conveying the features of each design for clear understanding of the message to market process.

• Ensure that all the organizations or client’s creative outputs/visuals are consistent with the overall brands.

• Pitch confidently and present the creative vision clearly to clients, as well as communicate in the same manner to members of the creative team.

• Update and maintain the seasonal WIP. People Responsibilities

• Ensure that constructive relationships are established and maintained within the department, across other departments and with factories plus fabric mills.

• Mentor a Junior Designer while challenging and introducing new and innovative methods of creative execution.

Experience, Qualifications and Competency Requirements Qualifications & Experience

• A degree in visual or experiential design discipline or equivalent professional experience.

• Minimum five years’ experience with Illustrator, Photoshop and Excel.

• Five or more years of experience as Designer preferably in Apparel and Workwear. Functional/ Technical Skills & Competencies

• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and determine a plan that will ensure they are met or exceeded.

• Excellent interpersonal skills to clearly and effectively communicate the creative vision, concepts, ideas, and solutions to stakeholders, internal teams, and clients.

• Ability to work effectively in a team setting, including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications.

• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.

• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.

• Impeccable attention to detail.

• Ability to deliver results and meet objectives of the business

Salary $90K-$100K plus super