Junior Product Developer - Menswear

Position Overview:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Product Developer to join our Menswear team here at our Head Office in South Shields on a temporary, Maternity Cover basis. You will contribute to the successful development of new styles, working with and supporting the design and technical teams, ensuring we continue to deliver premium product in line with the business’ critical path and budget.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Design team to ensure tech packs are well executed, at a high standard and follow key business dates, such as range overview, tech pack send out and sample ex-factory deadlines.
• Support with organising wearer trials and documenting the results.
• Assist the yarn / fabric selection and ordering process for SMS (FOMs and YOMs) with suppliers.
• Support Fabric Tech to ensure fabric selections comply with Barbour standards and testing requirements pre-development.
• Attend and contribute to range reviews with Design.
• Issue initial tech packs to suppliers, request first proto samples and track development process to SMS stage.
• Request, track, review and approve lab dips / strike off submissions.
• Support creating, issuing, and updating BOMs.
• Attend and contribute to fit sessions with garment tech and design.
• Support seasonal wearer trial selection and roll out.
• Point of contact for supplier queries and communicate clearly any changes or updates to the range.
• Support the Technical Manager to collate initial pricing and work with suppliers to meet margin targets.
• Support maintaining and updating PLM system with any price, range and product information changes.
• Help communicate range changes to relevant stakeholders at various points in the season.
• Understand and help monitor seasonal range size targets.
• Help collate seasonal supplier performance reviews, in collaboration with Supply Chain and the Technical Manager.
• Supplier visits as and when needed (overseas travel required)
• General admin – liaise with other departments, sales, suppliers, factories, helping to answer queries and resolve any issues raised.
• Maintain storage spaces and clearing samples no longer needed.
• Sending samples / parcels to suppliers, warehouse and customers as needed.

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience in an assistant level role.
• Degree in fashion design / marketing or similar preferred.
• A proactive, problem solving mindset with a hands on approach.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task.
• Computer literate, including use of Microsoft Office, previous use of PLM systems, or similar is an advantage.

Benefits:

• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff discount
• Staff shop
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4pm finish on a Friday
• Wellbeing support
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Reward & Recognition Program
• Length of Service Rewards

Note: In the event that a sufficient volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.