We are looking for a Weaving Production Liaison Manager to join our team

27 Jan 2023

Weaving Production Liaison Manager

Araminta Campbell Ltd
(Maternity Cover – potential to lead to Full time role)
Salary based on experience

Location: near South Queensferry but potential for hybrid work from home

Full time March 2023

Closing date: 26th February 2023

About the Company
Embracing traditional craftsmanship and timeless design, Araminta Campbell creates exceptional textiles that express Scotland’s natural beauty and weaving heritage. From their flagship atelier in West Lothian (just outside South Queensferry), they handcraft their SIGNATURE and HERITAGE collections of British alpaca accessories as well as offering MINTA, their contemporary interiors line and CUSTOM, their custom tweed and tartan service.

Their mission is to create articles of beauty that stand the test of time as well as helping to sustain the traditional skills, rural suppliers, and talented craftspeople of the British Isles and creating pieces that are sustainable at their core. Supporting Scotland’s last-remaining artisan weaving mills, they offer the finest cloth for furnishings, clothing, and interiors as well as finished accessories including scarves, shawls, blankets, and carpets. Versatility sets them apart with an unrivalled range of fabrics, weights, and lengths, as well as the potential for weaving luxury fibres and finishes. Araminta Campbell is a small and tight knit team, and they are looking for someone to join to help continue pushing the business forward.

The Role
The team now needs to add an enthusiast who will run all mill weaving projects and related actions for the business.
Reporting directly to Araminta, the key tasks in this role will be:
• Creating design specifications for mill weaving on ScotWeave
• Liaising with mills, finishers, dyers & accessory manufacturers for all production across own brand and client custom projects
• Project management custom client and own brand projects
• Calculating yarn usage requirements
• Supporting the Commercial Director in managing the production costs
• Quality checking all millwoven production
• Managing samples across all millwoven offerings
• Managing stock of millwoven collections
• Registering Tartans with the Register of Tartans

General
• Work with design, marketing & commercial team on upcoming projects
• Support in logistics for the company and for client orders
• Flexibility in working hours to ensure all aspect of the role are met
• Identify and research new products and suppliers to meet the company’s goals
Requirements
• An excellent understanding of weaving textile production
• Weave software experience, ScotWeave experience is preferred
• Understanding Loom Cards and translation into a design
• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ideally some experience in placing and managing orders with suppliers
• Good working knowledge of Office 365 software, particularly Excel
• Knowledge of HubSpot & Xero would be beneficial, although not essential.

You should be able to demonstrate experience of working in a team and the ability to adapt and work with current systems while always looking for ways to make efficiencies. You will have proved yourself a trustworthy team member through confidentiality when dealing with both sensitive personal and commercial information. You will be able to work collaboratively in a creative environment, sharing and developing ideas in a team setting to provide the best outcome for customers and the business.

Application

Please submit a CV & Covering Letter to contact@aramintacampbell.co.uk.
All applications must be submitted by 12 noon on the closing date.
State a) your availability and b) relevant information on your skills/experience pertaining to the job specifications.

Successful candidates must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK.