Assistant Product Developer to Head of Bridal & Bespoke

Emilia Wickstead; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury fashion brand based in Greater London is seeking an Assistant Product Developer to support bridal and bespoke orders. The role involves coordinating bridal styles, overseeing technical packs, and managing samples production. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in women's luxury fashion and strong Excel skills. Communication and collaboration across teams are also essential. Candidates should confirm their right to work in the UK and specify salary expectations.

Qualifications

• 5 years+ experience in product development in luxury fashion.
• Experience working with Zedonk essential.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate bridal styles with factories in London.
• Maintain accurate tech packs for bridal orders.
• Manage production of outsourced bridal samples.

Skills

5 years+ experience in women’s luxury fashion

Strong Excel skills

Product Development experience in Bridal

Zedonk knowledge

Fantastic communication skills

Ability to work cross-functionally

Multi-tasker

Job description

ASSISTANT PRODUCT DEVELOPER TO HEAD OF BRIDAL & BESPOKE

GENERAL

• Weekly one to one catch up with Bridal Manager to review the weeks challenges.
• Processing bridal orders from the store: Always acknowledge receipt to store consultant.
• Coordinating bridal styles with factories in London
• Ordering all fabrics, trimmings, and materials in house, check internal stock first.
• Source suitable trims for construction and finishings for bridal gowns and accessories in line with margins and critical path
• Creating order forms for each order that is processed to add to the visual ‘wall’ overview.
• Manage the bridal fabric stock list – updating any changes to LIVE spreadsheet.
• Helping with fabric stock movement Atelier – Storage – Sell
• Staying on top of trim cupboard organisation, keeping tidy, updating storage area

TECHNICAL

• Maintain accurate techpacks, understand, oversee & assemble these tech packs for all bridal clients’ orders.
• Source & order all necessary components for private clients (trims, binding, fusing etc)
• Provide pattern makers and pattern cutters with a clear technical directive for each project.
• Pull patterns when required to support bridal pattern maker
• Understand the different types of fusing and how they work with different fabrics & garments.
• Support quality control of garments from our external manufacturers
• ZEDONK – enter ALL orders into zedonk for all clients/fabric, so accounts can view each client and see the margin achieved from final completion to original approved quote.
• Overseeing fabric testing, sewing tests and mock-ups for bridal, regarding finishing’s and fusings
• Visiting factories to ensure EW quality and performance standards are met.
• Work with our inhouse bridal machinist team
• Manage the production of all outsourced bridal samples, liaising with the factories, preparing sample packs and ensuring the samples are delivered, on time and on target.
• Reporting in & Supporting Bridal Manager & Head of Atelier as required with Fashion Weeks & special projects.
• Communicate with overseas and domestic factories to manage sampling, revisions, and pre-production approvals.

STORE

• Organisation of deliveries to and from store for bridal dresses
• Deliveries of fabric swatches/colour cards for clients

FINANCIAL

• Keeping records of all invoices and inputting information into Zedonk per bridal client
• Regularly liaising with finance department to have full transparency with studio orders.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• 5 year’s+ experience in women’s luxury fashion
• Product Development experience in Bridal, but not limited to Bridal.
• Zedonk knowledge essential
• Strong excel skills
• Multi tasker able to work at speed but with accuracy and within deadlines
• Presumably - multi tasked, team player, shows initiative, super organised, able to meet deadlines, able to work at speed whilst being accurate and able to meet deadlines
• Fantastic communicator – confident and comfortable communicating with people at all levels internally and externally
• A self-starter, able to delegate where appropriate.
• Ability to work cross-functionally, building strong relationships with other departments.
• A team player with great interpersonal skills, willing to help others within your team and external departments if required.

We would like you to be flexible at peak times to manage workload and to support the Atelier Director on collections, Capsule collections overflow at company peak times if necessary and any further business demands that may arise

Please confirm that you have the right to work in the UK without restriction and specify your salary expectations.

If you do not hear back within 2 weeks, we regret that you have not been shortlisted.