I am partnering with a well-known brand who are highly recognised!
They are looking to appoint a new Product Developer into their Watford offices
You will work across all their sports apparel division where you will play an integral part in working with the Design team and helping to bring their products to life.
You will be working in a Product Development role and have covered sportswear/leisurewear.
Apparel Product Developer- Sportswear- The Role
- Assist and support the Men’s and Women’s Product Developer with the day-to-day duties.
- Overseeing all aspects of operation work and costings.
- Collaborating closely with our design team to ensure the design vision is well executed, at a high standard and follows the Key dates on the Calendar Such as overview deadlines and tech pack submissions.
- Involved in design approval process with Authentic Group and RDG.
- Being involved in supplier allocation and making sure all tech packs and line lists are provided to suppliers
- Responsible for creating measurements charts and sending them to suppliers.
- Communicating with all suppliers with any queries or questions
- Making sure the Cad’s are uploaded on the Line Art
- Going through the Supplier Portal for Main Labels, Wash care labels, UCC stickers, Security labels etc. For sampling and production. Making sure the factory use the correct ones.
- Going through the Catalogue against the Overviews.
- Approve lab dip, print strike offs and embroideries at all stages.
- Communicating with the factories for the Proto, Prebulk, Presell and SMS timelines
- Hanging and replacing samples at each stage.
- Being Involved in the Collaboration from start to finish.
- Attending fit sessions to make sure the products are fitted and amended correctly for each stage.
- Check the grade rules on the workbooks.
- Communicate with factories for Fob Prices.
- Prepare samples and make notes related to the product changes.
- Commenting and approving the PP samples to production.
- Being involved until the end of the goods ready date.
- Assist in the critical path management and attend the meetings with the Operations team.
- Send out PP/shipment samples to the Operators for approval or reference.
- Box and categorise samples to be kept in the rolling racking.
- Attend Operator meetings from time to time.
- Work on multiple seasons at once across of a large collection both men’s and women’s.
Apparel Product Developer- Branded Sportswear- The Person
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in an Apparel Product Development role within the sportswear, activewear, and athleisure industry across both men's and womenswear.
- Excel, Photo Shop, Illustrator competent with the ability to amend CADs, work with tech packs, measure, fitting, etc.
- In-depth knowledge of garment construction techniques with a good understanding of pattern cutting.
- Experience in technical fabrics and performance garment constructions
- Experience in dealing with suppliers based in the Far East.
- Extensive background in fit, fabric development, finishes, and construction details.
- Experience working on a wholesale business model.
- Experience in sport accessories development is a plus.
This is a great opportunity that does not want to be missed. Please send your CV to m.coote@peoplemarketing.co.uk.
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