Job Title: Product Developer
Day Rate: £100-£150, depending on experience
Shifts: Monday to Friday - 8hr/day
Contract Duration: 11th December 2024 - 11th March 2025
Location: London, SW1P
Job Purpose
The role is within Soft Accessories - Knit Product Development. To support the Product Development Manager to manage the product development process for specific categories by working closely with the designers to develop each category from initial concept through to finished product.
Responsibilities:
Implement the seasonal development critical paths ensuring all deadlines are adhered to.
Launching of trials and new Designs.
Work with design to support or manage the process of material sourcing/development and prototyping for specific categories of products.
Ordering raw materials for prototypes and samples.
Ensuring all correct information is full and complete.
Organise and set up all prototype fittings, informing Design and Technical Service.
Attend all fittings from prototype through to first pre-production fittings.
Communicate prototype and sample forecast to vendors.
With Design and Merchandising allocate the line; style to cloth and showroom samples.
Responsible for sample BOMs.
Responsible for sample amendments.
Monitor samples deliveries to all showrooms during launch of season.
Agree pre-production fittings timetable with Technical Service and Global Sourcing.
Responsible for production BOMs.
Responsible for collecti...