Product Developer

Club L London; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

About us

Club L London are the next-generation online retailer refining accessible luxury for forward-thinking women worldwide. Delivering timeless and trend-oriented styles in sizes 4-20 for every life moment, we design proudly in-house in the UK; with premium quality, exceptional fit and affordable style at the forefront.

Collaboration, communication and curiosity drive our extraordinary workforce - an ambitious team of diverse, experienced and up-and-coming talents that we think you'd fit right into.

A role at Club L is more than a job, it's a lifestyle for the innovative, inspired and intuitive thinker.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Updating the critical path and product system with all updates from initial product development to final seal.
• Maintain and take responsibility for the sampling critical path ensuring timely sample submissions, with approvals made from 1st sample to final sealed sample.
• Follow up on all fabric submissions, colours, strike offs and samples within the development time frames and critical launch dates.
• Manage outgoing and incoming packages to and from vendors, as well as distribute/get all packages ready for internal review.
• Ensure all samples are properly labelled with correct hangtags and product detail.
• Supporting the product developer with responding to all supplier queries.
• Collating all information from suppliers from initial costs prices, weight fabric compositions and all product date required from the factory for product set up.
• Responsible for receiving all production samples and working closely with the GT team to check and require all samples before handed over for approval.
• Fabric management :
  • Obtaining all fabric prices, dating all hangers and organising all swatches received.
  • Keeping the fabric library organised and maintained.
  • Chasing all fabric approvals, colour approvals and print approvals.
  • Following up all fabric test reports and validation of all fabric test reports to ensure that these are reviewed / approved and filed away.

Requirements

• Chinese speaking is essential and must be confident communicating in the language across multiple channels (WeChat, Microsoft Teams, etc).
• Experience working with a fast-paced fashion environment.
• Experience working within product development, preferably within occasionwear.
• Knowledge of fabrics, costings, design construction, CP management.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills with experience in liaising with suppliers in Asia (China, India etc).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly excel.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities.
• Confident, assertive, and proactive, with the ability to build rapport and effectively communicate with people at all levels.
• You will be determined to go the extra mile to achieve results.
• Ability to work individually as well as part of the team.

What's on offer?

• Bi-annual bonus scheme.
• Extra day off for your birthday.
• Flexible working hours around core hours of 10-4.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 40% staff discount.
• Healthcare Cashplan.
• Free onsite gym.
• Enhanced pension contribution.
• Enhanced maternity policy.
• Free snacks, drinks & treats.
• Social events.