My client is an established, leading key supplier of multi licensed products to most major UK and European retailers. They are looking for an experienced Product developer / Sales support / Merchandiser to join their Leicester office.
Candidates must have previous experience working with Apparel in a similar role.
This role requires maintaining strong customer, supplier relationships, attending customer meetings and ensuring a smooth handover between departments.
Product Developer / Merchandiser - The role
- Negotiating prices with factories and customers
- From customer brief, liaise with designers and factories
- Trend research
- Oversea factories sampling & execution of product
- Looking at new product techniques, fabric types and prints
- Ensuring approval process for concepts is approved from buying and licensing
- Managing product development trackers
- Raising orders
- Checking details on customer contracts
- Liaising with factories / in country merchandisers daily, on email & phone with regards to Critical Path order follow up
- Updating and analysing internal and customer critical paths
- Conducting weekly calls with In-country merchandisers, factories
- Managing sample approval – sending lab dips/strike offs/samples to customer
- Coordinating between licensing department and QA/Tech on sample approvals
- Liaising with logistics department to ensure goods are delivered on time
- Liaising with design department, send artworks to factories
- Checking label artworks and giving approvals to factory
- Identifying production issues and dealing with issues may arise
- Ability to read test reports & send production pieces to the lab
- Maintain strong customer, supplier relationship
- Attend customer meetings
Skills required
- Highly organised
- Ability to work under pressure & cope with tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Proactive approach
- Previous experience in licensing would be an advantage
- Previous experience in Children’s wear, Jersey / Knitted
- Previous experience in Garment Physical and Chemical testing
- Familiar with Microsoft Office packages and Outlook
- Ensuring a smooth handover between departments
If this sounds like your next role, then please get in touch . Please email your CV over to Nichola - n.adcock-staniforth@peoplemarketing.co.uk
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