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Junior Product Developer
Ben Sherman Head Office
Junior Product Developer
Ben Sherman Head Office
Full Time
2
Years
Experience
Competitive salary
Junior Product Developer
Ben Sherman Head Office
Full Time
2
Years
Experience
Competitive salary
Skills
Product Development
Description
Junior Product Developer
Full-Time
Leeds - Thorpe Park
Purpose of the role:
As a Junior Product Developer, you will play a vital role within our Product team. You will source and manage a commercial range of products, working with sales to achieve budgets / margins within the agreed wholesale and Retail price architecture. Managing a team, where relevant and your ranges / customer orders under the guidance and training of your manager.
Key accountabilities:
Strategy:
- To plan, design (where applicable), and source a commercial range of products within a structured supplier base for our wholesale markets.
- To present your ranges and projects to senior management and the sales team ahead of customer meetings.
- To manage the product development process and bulk orders to an agreed critical path.
- To achieve the best garment fit / product by working closely with QA and design where applicable.
- To manage and create seasonal product boards and CAD booklets for seasonal launches and customer projects.
- To negotiate with suppliers and maintain good working relationships.
- Full understanding of customer needs to maximise profits and provide a commercially viable range for their selection.
People:
- To manage your team, their workload, development and morale where applicable.
Trade and Planning:
- Manage the critical path to ensure all dates are adhered to and delivered in full with no delays.
- Working with the merchandisers to ensure every customer order is completed in time and following any customer specific requirements.
- To analyse performance and to predict future trends, forward plan and innovate – always ensuring you are fully aware of competitors’ activities and products, be that adjacent brands or retailers.
Accountability:
- Responsible for your designated range / brands under the support of your senior manager.
- Management of your team and its success under the support of your senior manager.
- Jointly responsible with sales to achieve the budget and margin performance under the support of your senior manager.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Knowledge of casual garments / formal garments / fabrics / constructions and factory capabilities
- Creative flair - ability to balance creative product design with a commercial eye to create ranges and follow briefs from customers
- The ability to cope with the pressure of meeting tight deadlines and being reactive, managing and re-prioritising tasks where required
- Presentation skills - visual, verbal and written
- Organisational skills - the ability to manage the critical path from product development to dispatch
- Team player - ability to manage working relationships at all levels and be hands on supporting the department to achieve strategies and budgets
- Numerate - working alongside sales to support margin calculations and supplier costings
- Negotiation skills - ability to work with suppliers to agree the best price for a product while maintaining quality requirements in line with the brand and any customer requirements
Junior Product Developer
Full-Time
Leeds - Thorpe Park
Purpose of the role:
As a Junior Product Developer, you will play a vital role within our Product team. You will source and manage a commercial range of products, working with sales to achieve budgets / margins within the agreed wholesale and Retail price architecture. Managing a team, where relevant and your ranges / customer orders under the guidance and training of your manager.
Key accountabilities:
Strategy:
- To plan, design (where applicable), and source a commercial range of products within a structured supplier base for our wholesale markets.
- To present your ranges and projects to senior management and the sales team ahead of customer meetings.
- To manage the product development process and bulk orders to an agreed critical path.
- To achieve the best garment fit / product by working closely with QA and design where applicable.
- To manage and create seasonal product boards and CAD booklets for seasonal launches and customer projects.
- To negotiate with suppliers and maintain good working relationships.
- Full understanding of customer needs to maximise profits and provide a commercially viable range for their selection.
People:
- To manage your team, their workload, development and morale where applicable.
Trade and Planning:
- Manage the critical path to ensure all dates are adhered to and delivered in full with no delays.
- Working with the merchandisers to ensure every customer order is completed in time and following any customer specific requirements.
- To analyse performance and to predict future trends, forward plan and innovate – always ensuring you are fully aware of competitors’ activities and products, be that adjacent brands or retailers.
Accountability:
- Responsible for your designated range / brands under the support of your senior manager.
- Management of your team and its success under the support of your senior manager.
- Jointly responsible with sales to achieve the budget and margin performance under the support of your senior manager.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Knowledge of casual garments / formal garments / fabrics / constructions and factory capabilities
- Creative flair - ability to balance creative product design with a commercial eye to create ranges and follow briefs from customers
- The ability to cope with the pressure of meeting tight deadlines and being reactive, managing and re-prioritising tasks where required
- Presentation skills - visual, verbal and written
- Organisational skills - the ability to manage the critical path from product development to dispatch
- Team player - ability to manage working relationships at all levels and be hands on supporting the department to achieve strategies and budgets
- Numerate - working alongside sales to support margin calculations and supplier costings
- Negotiation skills - ability to work with suppliers to agree the best price for a product while maintaining quality requirements in line with the brand and any customer requirements
Junior Product Developer
Full Time
2
Years
Experience
Competitive salary
Skills
Product Development
2100 Century Way, Thorpe Park, Leeds, LS15 8ZB, United Kingdom