Careers at UW Group

Welcome to the Careers Page of Ulster Weavers! As a proud and historic company known for our exceptional range of home textiles, kitchenware, and accessories, we are thrilled to offer you the opportunity to join our dedicated team. At Ulster Weavers, we combine craftsmanship, quality, and unique design to bring warmth and character to homes around the world. Our commitment to innovation and excellence has been the cornerstone of our success for over a century.

We are looking for passionate, creative, and talented individuals who share our commitment to exceptional quality and design. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, we offer a range of opportunities across various departments including design, production, marketing, sales, and administration. By joining Ulster Weavers, you will become part of a team that values tradition while embracing the challenges of modern business.

Our employees are our most valuable asset, and we are dedicated to providing a supportive and engaging work environment that encourages personal growth and career development. We believe that by investing in our people, we can continue to achieve outstanding results and maintain our reputation as a leader in our industry.

If you have a passion for excellence, a creative flair, and a desire to be part of a dynamic and supportive team, we would love to hear from you. Explore our current vacancies and find out how you can contribute to the legacy of Ulster Weavers. Join us in creating products that bring joy and beauty into homes around the world.

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Product Technologist – Home Textiles & Ceramics

Location:                     Unit 34, Ravenscraig Road, Little Hulton, M38 9PU

Working Hours:          8.30am – 5pm Monday to Thursday, 4pm on Friday

WFH:                           1-2 days a week

 

The Role

 

An exciting opportunity for a Product Technologist in the Home Furnishings industry, supplying UK High Street retail and e-commerce sectors.  Your job is to ensure a product moves from its design and development stage into the hands of the retailer or end user.  You will work closely with internal stake holders, overseas manufacturers and the customer to fully meet or exceed expectations for product compliance, quality, packaging, sustainability, on time delivery and end user performance.

 

Reporting Lines

 

This role will report into our Account Director with support from our Supply Chain Director and work alongside our other Product technologists and Commercial team members.

 

The Role

  • Attend and contribute to pre-prod handover meetings via close liaison with Design, Development and Customer Account stake holders to ensure selected products are suitable and compliant for bulk manufacture, performance, presentation and customer expectation. 
  • Ensure timely completion and issue of detailed product, imagery and outer packaging specifications both to our overseas manufacturers and internal e-commerce stakeholders via a PIM based system and using Illustrator to create packaging templates. Strong admin and organisational skills required for this aspect of the role.
  • You will populate, maintain and manage relevant sections of a detailed critical path to ensure timely customer product launches through analysis and proactive actions including chasing suppliers for fabric, product sampling, also packaging proofs.  
  • Take a hands-on role with the sample sealing process involving checking of strike/bulk fabrics, packaging proofs, test/inspection reports and gold seal samples to ensure compliance to internal and customer requirements. Communicate appropriate approvals and rejections back to the supplier.
  • Provide regular updates with internal and external stake holders on sample activity and progress.
  • Hold suppliers accountable and maintain KPI’s for performance on sampling, testing and inspection dates including ‘right first time’ sample submission within agreed deadlines.
  • Deal quickly and effectively with daily email communications to and from suppliers, customers and internal stake holders.
  • Control, evaluate and approve pre-shipment inspection reports in partnership with our overseas teams via strong communication.

 

Skills and Experience

  • Experience in a similar role
  • Enthusiastic team player, with a proactive approach, good communication skills and a collaborative attitude.
  • Organised, and capable of prioritising multiple tasks.
  • Exceptional attention to detail.
  • Confident to make decisions and take responsibilities, yet unafraid to seek advice.
  • An inquisitive mindset, with a keen interest in developing themselves, and ambition to grow their insight and knowledge within the industry.
  • A desire for continuous product excellence, and improvements.
  • A 360 thinker able to see the bigger picture when problem solving.
  • A strong communicator with ability to present confidently via email, audio conferencing and face to face with internal stake holders, suppliers and customers.
  • A positive approach and mentality to product data harvesting, document population, maintenance and management.
  • Ability to work effectively in a high volume, fast paced environment.
  • Previous experience in the Home Textile, Ceramic and / or Furniture industry, essential.

 

Benefits

 

Salary commensurate with experience

Pension plan with 3% employer contribution

Death in Service Life Assurance

Employee discounts on all product

Employee Assistance Programme

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