Junior Product Developer - Menswear

networx Recruitment; South Shields; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff shop

25 days holiday (pro rata)

Free onsite parking

Subsidised canteen

Access to training and development

Hybrid & flexible working

4pm finish on Friday

Refer a friend bonus

Reward & Recognition Program

Length of Service Rewards

Job summary

Barbour is seeking a Junior Product Developer to join the Menswear team at our South Shields Head Office on a temporary maternity cover basis. The role focuses on developing new styles in collaboration with design and technical teams, ensuring alignment with critical path and budget.

The position is based at our Head Office with 4 days onsite and 1 day home-working. You will support tech packs, wearer trials, fabric selection, BOM creation, and range updates while liaising with suppliers and

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in an assistant level role.
• Degree in fashion design / marketing or similar preferred.
• A proactive, problem solving mindset with a hands on approach.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task.
• Computer literate, including use of Microsoft Office, previous use of PLM systems, or similar is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support the Design team to ensure tech packs are well executed and meet key deadlines.
• Assist with wearer trials and document results.
• Assist yarn / fabric selection and ordering for SMS with suppliers.
• Ensure fabric selections comply with Barbour standards and testing requirements pre-development.
• Attend and contribute to range reviews with Design.
• Issue initial tech packs to suppliers and track development to SMS stage.
• Coordinate lab dips / strike off submissions and approvals.
• Support creating and updating BOMs.
• Attend fit sessions with garment tech and design.

Skills

Assistant experience

Proactive problem solving

Prioritise & multi-task

MS Office / PLM familiarity

Education

Degree in fashion design / marketing or similar

Tools

PLM systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Product Developer to join our Menswear team here at our Head Office in South Shields on a temporary, Maternity Cover basis. You will contribute to the successful development of new styles, working with and supporting the design and technical teams, ensuring we continue to deliver premium product in line with the business’ critical path and budget.

*This role is based at our Head Office and the expectation is 4 days onsite and 1 day of home-working*

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Design team to ensure tech packs are well executed, at a high standard and follow key business dates, such as range overview, tech pack send out and sample ex-factory deadlines.
• Support with organising wearer trials and documenting the results.
• Assist the yarn / fabric selection and ordering process for SMS (FOMs and YOMs) with suppliers.
• Support Fabric Tech to ensure fabric selections comply with Barbour standards and testing requirements pre-development.
• Attend and contribute to range reviews with Design.
• Issue initial tech packs to suppliers, request first proto samples and track development process to SMS stage.
• Request, track, review and approve lab dips / strike off submissions.
• Support creating, issuing, and updating BOMs.
• Attend and contribute to fit sessions with garment tech and design.
• Support seasonal wearer trial selection and roll out.
• Point of contact for supplier queries and communicate clearly any changes or updates to the range.
• Support the Technical Manager to collate initial pricing and work with suppliers to meet margin targets.
• Support maintaining and updating PLM system with any price, range and product information changes.
• Help communicate range changes to relevant stakeholders at various points in the season.
• Understand and help monitor seasonal range size targets.
• Help collate seasonal supplier performance reviews, in collaboration with Supply Chain and the Technical Manager.
• Supplier visits as and when needed (overseas travel required)
• General admin – liaise with other departments, sales, suppliers, factories, helping to answer queries and resolve any issues raised.
• Maintain storage spaces and clearing samples no longer needed.
• Sending samples / parcels to suppliers, warehouse and customers as needed.

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience in an assistant level role.
• Degree in fashion design / marketing or similar preferred.
• A proactive, problem solving mindset with a hands on approach.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task.
• Computer literate, including use of Microsoft Office, previous use of PLM systems, or similar is an advantage.
• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff shop
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4pm finish on a Friday
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Reward & Recognition Program
• Length of Service Rewards

The Company

The Barbour story began in 1894 in South Shields in the North East of England. Founder John Barbour began supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen and dockers. Still family owned and now fifth generation, Barbour HQ remains in South Shields. Under the leadership of Chairman Dame Margaret Barbour, Barbour has grown into a lifestyle brand sold in over 55 countries worldwide including Europe, the US and Asia offering a wardrobe of stylish functional clothing, footwear and accessories inspired by the unique values of the British countryside.

The iconic Barbour Bedale and Barbour Beaufort wax jackets continue to be made by hand in the factory in South Shields. In 2020, Barbour launched Wax for Life, an overarching name for all of Barbour’s wax services designed to encourage customers to extend the life of their wax garments. Wax for Life includes re-waxing and repairs (first introduced in 1921) and Barbour Re-Loved an upcycling circularity initiative. Each year over 70,000 wax garments are sent back to Barbour globally to be repaired, rewaxed or altered.