Quality Assurance Executive - Product Integrity - 12 Month FCT

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Solihull, West Midlands, England, GBR
In-Office
Entry level
Fashion • Fitness
The Role
Ensures apparel product quality from development through production across materials, garments, testing, compliance, and manufacturing. Responsibilities include validating fabrics and raw materials, reviewing test results and technical documents, approving pre-production samples, facilitating quality meetings, communicating controls to suppliers, investigating product issues, and driving corrective actions and continuous improvement. The role collaborates closely with product development, materials, regional quality teams, and global manufacturing partners, with a minimum of three days per week onsite at Gymshark HQ.
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THE ROLE.

At Gymshark, we're committed to creating products that perform, fit flawlessly and exceed expectations. As a Product Integrity Quality Executive, you'll play a vital role in ensuring every product is ready for launch by driving quality excellence throughout the product development journey.

Working within either our Men's, Women's or Seamless category, you'll partner with Product Development, Materials, Regional Quality teams and global suppliers to ensure products are safe, compliant and manufactured to the highest standards. From identifying potential risks during development to validating bulk fabrics and approving pre-production samples, you'll help make sure every detail is right before production begins.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING.
Drive Product Quality from Development to Production
  • Support the Quality Assurance Manager in delivering industry-leading product quality across your category.
  • Review new product developments to identify and mitigate quality, fit, performance and compliance risks.
  • Collaborate with development teams and suppliers to ensure technical requirements are fully understood and accurately executed.
  • Assess wearer trial feedback and product performance data to support informed decision-making.
Lead Quality Validation Activities
  • Manage bulk fabric and raw material validation processes.
  • Evaluate garment and material testing results to ensure products meet Gymshark standards.
  • Review technical documentation and specifications to ensure production readiness.
  • Identify critical manufacturing processes requiring enhanced quality control measures.
Own Pre-Production Quality Sign-Off
  • Oversee the Pre-Production Sample (PPS) approval process, ensuring products meet requirements for fit, measurements, materials, trims and construction.
  • Support and facilitate Pre-Production Meetings (PPMs), ensuring all stakeholders are aligned and actions are clearly assigned.
  • Communicate category-specific quality controls to suppliers and regional quality teams.
  • Ensure all outstanding issues are resolved before production commences.
Drive Continuous Improvement
  • Investigate product quality issues and claims, identifying root causes and corrective actions.
  • Work cross-functionally to embed learnings into future product development.
  • Maintain accurate records, approvals and reporting metrics to support business performance and continuous improvement initiatives.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED.Essential Skills & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Apparel Design, Textile Engineering, Quality Management or a related discipline.
  • Previous experience within quality assurance, product integrity or quality management in the apparel, sportswear or textile industry.
  • Strong understanding of textile materials, garment construction and apparel manufacturing processes.
  • Knowledge of fabric, garment and performance testing standards.
  • Experience reviewing laboratory test reports and validating product performance.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across multiple teams and supplier partners.
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency in Excel and digital product or quality management systems.
  • Exceptional attention to detail with a proactive approach to problem solving.
We'd Love to See
  • Experience working with global suppliers and manufacturing partners.
  • A passion for continuous improvement and process optimisation.
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities.
  • Experience working within a high-growth, fast-moving retail or sportswear environment.

Onsite Collaboration: Due to the hands-on and highly collaborative nature of the work within our Product & Supply Chain team, we have a minimum expectation of THREE days per week onsite at our Gymshark HQ. This ensures we can work closely together to innovate, problem-solve, and deliver world-class products for our community.

BELONGING AT GYMSHARK.

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We’re an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment please email [email protected]

ABOUT US.

We’re here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today, prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up – for themselves – to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. It’s what we want for our community, and our team. A team that’s growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymshark’s future. Our plans are ambitious, and we’re looking for people who want to join us for the ride – our growth will be your growth.

THE PERKS.

Standard benefits include:

  • Performance-based Bonus opportunity
  • Funded Healthcare benefit
  • 25 days holiday, additional day for your birthday & Bank Holidays
  • Contributory Employer pension scheme
  • Flexible benefits programme – including salary sacrifice EV scheme, dental insurance, cycle to work, tech scheme, holiday trading
  • Gymshark Employee Discount & long service awards
  • Access to High Street cashback and discounts
  • Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
  • Enhanced Family Leave package
  • Life Assurance

Office location specific benefits include (HQ/IQ):

  • Gym Membership to The Lifting Club (LC)
  • Onsite lunch provision & coffee bars
  • EV charge points available

Note: The bonus program and benefits have certain eligibility requirements. Gymshark reserves the right to amend these programs in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Apparel Design, Textile Engineering, Quality Management, or a related discipline
  • Previous experience in quality assurance, product integrity, or quality management within the apparel, sportswear, or textile industry
  • Strong understanding of textile materials, garment construction, and apparel manufacturing processes
  • Knowledge of fabric, garment, and performance testing standards
  • Experience reviewing laboratory test reports and validating product performance
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across teams and supplier partners
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Proficiency in Excel and digital product or quality management systems
  • Exceptional attention to detail and proactive problem-solving approach
  • Experience working with global suppliers and manufacturing partners
  • Passion for continuous improvement and process optimization
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities
  • Experience in a high-growth, fast-moving retail or sportswear environment
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The Company
HQ: Denver, CO
1,330 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Gymshark is one of the fastest growing and most recognisable fitness apparel and accessories brands, supported by over 5 million highly engaged social media followers and customers in 100’s of countries. Imagine working in a world of rapid change, where open minded, ambitious, curious, creative and resourceful people exist. We're always looking for great people and if you can imagine yourself here, this could be the place for you.

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