
Product Developer (FTC Maternity Cover)
- England
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage the day to day product development of the RTW collection
- Coordinating Samples and ensuring they are logged and passed to correct teams and set up for presentations
- Chasing prices from vendors, ensuring the buying team have full visibility for negotiations
- Working with Design and Production on bulk approvals
- Working with the design team, sourcing new trims, hardware and materials
- Ensuring development critical path is followed and all samples arrive on time
- Help designers in creating teach packs and ensuring product information is accurate and correct up to production stage
- Following and working closely with European and Far East suppliers
- Attend fit meetings and collection reviews regarding RTW
- Updating the bill of materials sheets from pronto stage onwards
- Working to ensure all fabric, times and spec sheets are sent out for SMS
- Chase all SMS for deadline
- Monthly monitoring of expenditures and maintaining of sampling budget
- Striving to ensure all fabrics/trims/processes etc are sustainable
- Solid experience in a similar role
- Technical or Design qualifications / education preferred
- Knowledge of vertical retailing would be advantageous
- Strong Retail numerical acumen
- Computer literate –basic office suite. Experience working in a PLM system is preferred
- Ability to travel
- A generous wardrobe allowance so that you can wear our beautiful clothes to work each day
- We are a disability committed certified employer
- Employee discount for you to spend with family and friends
- 25 days holiday increasing to 28 days after 2 years continuous service
- Bank holidays, birthdays and volunteering days off
- Access to dental cash plan & free virtual GP appointments through Aviva
- UNUM employee assistance helpline
- Life assurance cover
- Access to discounted gym membership and corporate discounts
- Hybrid working in our historic East London studios, working hours are 9-5.30pm
- Free, confidential, wellbeing and lifestyle support with Retail Trust
- Enhanced family leave benefits (neonatal, fertility, maternity, paternity, adoption, menopause)
- Health days for you to use either for physical or mental wellness
- Dedicated mental health support from our mental health first aiders
- Eye care vouchers, season ticket loans and much more!