Job Description

POD & Fulfilment Specialist (Apparel & Accessories)

Athelstan Group - Consumer & Heritage Brands Division

Location: Remote (UK-based)
Salary: 58,000 - 75,000 per annum (depending on experience and scope)

Job Summary

Athelstan Group is a UK-based company developing a portfolio of consumer, heritage, and premium goods brands, with a focus on quality, longevity, and disciplined brand growth. The group is seeking a

POD & Fulfilment Specialist

to advise on print-on-demand, small-batch fulfilment, and third-party production models in apparel and accessories. This role suits someone with hands-on experience across POD platforms, fulfilment partners, and supplier networks who understands both the operational mechanics and the quality risks of these models. The remit is to help define what works, what fails, and what must be controlled before scaling.

Key Responsibilities

Advise on POD and small-batch fulfilment models for apparel and accessories. Assess quality consistency, embroidery/print accuracy, and material reliability across POD suppliers. Identify common failure points in POD workflows, including sampling, file handling, colour accuracy, and fulfilment quality checks. Provide guidance on supplier selection, escalation routes, and remediation processes. Advise on order routing, fulfilment SLAs, and customer-impact risk management. Review returns, defect patterns, and customer feedback loops to inform process improvements. Help define decision criteria for when POD is appropriate versus when traditional manufacturing is required. Contribute to fulfilment and supplier governance frameworks for early-stage brands.

Qualifications & Experience

Proven experience with POD platforms and/or third-party fulfilment providers in apparel or accessories. Strong understanding of apparel decoration methods (embroidery, DTG, DTF, screen print). Experience managing or advising on supplier performance, quality variance, and escalation. Familiarity with ecommerce fulfilment workflows, including order routing, SLAs, and returns handling. Ability to clearly articulate trade-offs between speed, cost, quality, and brand risk. Comfortable working in an advisory capacity rather than day-to-day operational fulfilment roles.

Engagement & Benefits

Competitive annual salary:

58,000 - 75,000

, depending on experience and engagement scope. Remote, flexible working arrangement suited to an advisory or portfolio-style role. Opportunity to shape fulfilment and POD strategy at foundation stage for multiple brands. Exposure to a range of concepts without operational delivery burdens, within a group focused on long-term brand credibility over short-term volume.

Application Process

Please apply

via Indeed

using the online application process. Applications submitted by email will not be considered. Applications should demonstrate direct experience with POD and/or fulfilment systems and an ability to explain where and why such models succeed or fail in practice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 58,000.00-75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Employee discount Flexitime Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance Private dental insurance Private medical insurance Referral programme Sick pay Store discount Work from home
Application question(s):

Which POD platforms or fulfilment providers have you worked with directly, and in what capacity? What are the most common causes of quality inconsistency in POD apparel, and how can they be mitigated? If you were advising a premium or heritage brand, what controls would you insist on before using POD?
Language:

English (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Remote