About this role
Life at Hunkemöller Head of Garment Technician Apply for this vacancy Head of Garment Technician At Hunkemöller, product is at the heart of everything we do. As one of Europe's leading lingerie brands, we are on a journey to strengthen our product experience even further - with fit, quality, performance, sustainability and innovation playing a critical role in how we serve our customers. We are looking for an inspiring and commercially minded Head of Technical to lead our end-to-end Technical function and help shape the next phase of our product journey.
This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong business understanding, supplier partnership, customer insight, and the ability to lead change in a fast-moving international fashion-retail environment. As Head of Technical, you will be accountable for technical excellence across the full product lifecycle. You will lead the Technical function and ensure that fit, quality, performance, sustainability, compliance, and technical governance are embedded from the earliest stages of product creation through to supplier execution and successful go-to-market delivery.
You will work closely with Buying, Design, Merchandising, Operations, Supply Chain, CSR/ESG and supplier partners to ensure technical standards are clear, scalable and commercially supportive. Your role is to position Technical as a strategic business partner: enabling right-first-time development, speed to market, margin optimization, supplier flexibility, customer satisfaction, reduced returns and stronger product consistency. You will also play a key role in strengthening how we work: embedding the Technical Toolbox as the single source of truth, improving critical path discipline, building supplier readiness, and driving innovation across fit, materials, construction, digital tools and product performance. What you will do - Lead and develop the end-to-end Technical...