Senior Manager - R&D (Woven Fabrics)

Job Description

Title: Senior Manager - R&D (Woven Fabrics)

Company Name: Akij Textile Mills Ltd.

Vacancy: 01

Age: Na

Job Location: Manikganj

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 10 to 15 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Textile

• BSc. in Textile Engineering from a reputed university

• 10 to 15 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Textile

• Experience: 10–15 years in textile R&D with at least 5 years in woven high-performance and reputed industries.

• Strong knowledge of weaving technologies, fabric construction, thermal behavior of textiles, and flame-retardant finishes.

• Experience with industrial compliance for fabric and it’s solutions.

• Familiarity with textile testing standards (e.g., Garments industry method).

• Strong leadership, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Analytical mindset with hands-on lab and product development capabilities.

• Knowledge of CAD for textile design (e.g., EAT, TexGen, or ArahWeave).

• Experience with sustainability and eco-friendly materials for high-temperature applications.

• Patent writing or technical publication experience.

Akij Textile Mills Ltd. is a sister concern of Akij INSAF one of the largest conglomerate in Bangladesh, founded in 1998 by Sk. Akij Uddin. The industry is fully export oriented and known for its various units, Spinning, Yarn Dying, Weaving & Fabric Dyeing and Finishing, more than 5,000 employees. Spinning unit consists of reputed brands of machineries like Reiter, Zinser, Schlaforst-Autocone, Autocore, Uster-Lab. Weaving unit is fully automated with state of the art machineries, like Picanol- Omni Plus 800, Airjet Looms with quick style change, Karl Mayer- High Performance Sizing and Sectional Warpers, Stauble Automatic Drawing- in System, CCI-Automatic Sampling Loom & Yarn Dying unit consists of high class machineries like SSM (Swiss) Soft Winding and Re-Winding machines, Gofront Stalem and Galvanim.

Now, we are seeking a dynamic & energetic person to join us as “Senior Manager- R&D (Woven Fabrics)”. The candidate has to perform following responsibilities:

• Lead the R&D efforts for woven fabrics, focusing on innovation, functionality, cost-efficiency, and scalability.

• Manage the end-to-end product development cycle: concept, design, prototyping, testing, and commercialization.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (production, quality, sales, marketing) to align product specifications with customer and market needs.

• Conduct root cause analysis and continuous improvement for existing oven fabric products.

• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor products.

• Liaise with suppliers and raw material vendors for new fiber, yarn, and chemical developments.

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and certifications (e.g., GRS, GOTS, OCS, Higs, BCI and other related industrial slandered.

• Maintain technical documentation, test reports, and product performance data.

• Train and mentor junior R&D staff and manage project timelines and budgets.

• Idea about different testing method & limitation arranging to different articles (ISO, ASTM EN, AATEC).

• Mobile bill,Provident fund,Gratuity
• Salary Review: Yearly
• Festival Bonus: 2

• LFA