Examples of contracts:
Heads...
- Provide resources to cover maternity leaves, vacancies and long term sickness.
- Interim senior management provided to support leading multi product retailer. Establishing a new team and re-structuring departments.
Teams...
- Growing casual wear retailer needed to establish a technical team: QHQ provided a team of 4 technologists, and helped to implement quality standards and procedures. The retailer retained one of our team on a temp to perm contract and the remainder were withdrawn on a critical path to suit the client as they appointed their own in-house team.
Expertise...
- Provided lingerie expert to work alongside existing team for product improvement project.
- Leading retailer establishing a new department, QHQ consultant recruited to set up systems and basic blocks within the existing buying structure supporting the successful delivery of a first range to stores.
- Supplier quality handbook written for a European sportswear retailer.
One to one mentoring...
- Worked with a young fashion retailer to fast track junior technologist to a competent level.
Bespoke Training programmes...
- Planned and delivered training on Quality, Product Knowledge, Garment Costing, and Ethical Sourcing, on behalf of a University, providing degree courses to fast track graduates, in retailers.
- Trained menswear technologists and buyers from a leading High Street Retailer on how to measure models and provided expert advice and knowledge on fitting and construction.
- Trained buyers with a luxury brand on product and production knowledge to improve cost price negotiation.