Junior Production & Product Developer
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This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a Junior Production & Product Developer to join us on our mission to empower women through fitness and beyond, by ensuring every product we create and deliver is inspired to bring the best quality and function to our customers, going above and beyond to ensure the right product is developed in accordance to company requirements. You in?What You Will Be Doing
- Take ownership of specific product category from initial development to SRS sample delivery and on through to ex-factory.
- With the support of your PDP, cost engineer to price point and own initial intake margin (IMU%) for assigned category in line with business goal. Review open cost sheets & be involved and manage price negotiation with supply network. Work with wider PDP team to enable great cost management and supplier collaboration and discussion.
- Maintain systems management: seasonal data entry, updating and maintenance into relevant systems, e.g. PLM
- Manage suppliers: ensuring daily communication with global supply network on all product development elements from concept through to Buy review, and then take beyond through to production and ex-factory.
- Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure on track for design handovers, reviews and all stages of development through to PO placement and production delivery.
- Liaising with suppliers remotely and on site, with operational knowledge of factories, delivering clear briefs and leveraging relationships to meet
- demands of the business
- With the support of your PDP, use your technical capability and product knowledge to confidently influence Design team and provide on the spot solutions during all stages of product development.
- Attend & participate in fit session with cross functional teams, problem solving and offering solution to ensure product is fit purpose
- Update, communicate and maintain Critical Path, ensuring all key deadlines met.
- Maintain a good knowledge of fashion and products in relevant category – with a ‘fashion sensibility’ - knowledge of trends, the market, the consumer and peer awareness
- With the support of your PDP, work with peers across PDP to maximise efficiencies, reduce overlap in workload and ensure consistent ways of working.
The Must Haves
- Experience in apparel product development
- A natural ability to multi-task with strict adherence to deadlines
- High level of communication experience with overseas agents and/or factories
- Extremely detail-oriented, with strong time management and organizational skills
- Proficient in Excel
- Outstanding follow up skills
- Experience using PLM systems
- Eagerness and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, driven by teamwork and collaborative innovation
- Self-starter and solution oriented
- Previous line management a plus but not essential
This role is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week based in the Sweaty Betty hub in Kings Cross, London.
Our DEI Commitment
We are working to create a culture and team that represents our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity, embody inclusion and create an equitable business. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary. We care about our people, our community and world.
We want to stand up for what we believe in and give our people a platform to use their voice. To actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development, and progression across the business. Being clear on the responsibilities we hold each other and to our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs and working harder to make our job advertising more inclusive.
Our DEI mission is "to embed diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of our business. To create a culture of belonging that empowers everyone to be their best authentic self. We commit to celebrating different perspectives and to continuously learning, developing and challenging ourselves and our partners."
We know we're on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren't up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn't be Sweaty Betty. We are committed to working across our business and with our DEI committee & DEI Collective to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say all, we mean it.