Lead End-to-End Outerwear Product Developer

Burberry; England; Presencial; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Burberry is seeking an experienced Senior Product Developer to lead end-to-end outerwear development from concept to pre-production. You will collaborate with Design, Product Engineering and our vendor network to translate creative vision into technically feasible, high-quality products.

In this role you will guide the development team, manage critical path timelines, and ensure testing, cost and margin targets are met while maintaining Burberry's product standards and craft.

Formación

• Strong technical knowledge of outerwear and related product categories, including construction, performance, testing and functionality.
• Experience partnering with Design teams and translating creative direction into technically achievable, high-quality product.
• Proven ability to manage vendor and factory relationships, providing clear briefs and navigating cost, quality, capacity and aesthetic considerations.
• Skilled in critical path management, with the ability to anticipate risks, prioritise effectively and guide collections through development to agreed deadlines.
• Commercial awareness and experience balancing product cost and margin considerations with creativity, quality and customer expectations.
• Clear and collaborative communication skills, with experience working across functions and using product-development systems such as PLM; working knowledge of Excel and InDesign is beneficial.

Responsabilidades

• Manage the end-to-end product development process from concept to pre-production, managing the critical path and delivering high-quality prototypes and samples to agreed timelines and margin targets.
• Partner closely with Design as a technical specialist, contributing during fittings and finding considered solutions that protect creative intent while ensuring product feasibility.
• Build effective partnerships with vendors, using a strong understanding of capabilities, costs and capacity to secure the right product outcomes.
• Apply strong technical outerwear expertise across product types, considering construction, performance, testing, functionality and consistency throughout development.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and cross-functional partners to identify and resolve risks, prepare products for production and ensure they meet relevant testing and quality requirements.
• Lead and support the Product Development Assistant, while contributing to wider team leadership and maintaining accurate, timely product information within PLM.

Conocimientos

Outerwear expertise

Vendor relationships

PLM usage

Critical path management

Cost & margin awareness

Leadership

Excel

InDesign

Herramientas

PLM

Excel

InDesign

Descripción del empleo

Burberry is seeking an experienced Senior Product Developer to lead end-to-end outerwear development from concept to pre-production. You will collaborate with Design, Product Engineering and our vendor network to translate creative vision into technically feasible, high-quality products.

In this role you will guide the development team, manage critical path timelines, and ensure testing, cost and margin targets are met while maintaining Burberry's product standards and craft.