Product Development Administrator

Burberry; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Burberry in London is seeking a Product Development Administrator to help goods move through the development cycle on time and to support timely vendor payments and clear budget visibility. You will work closely with Product Development, Finance, Trade Compliance and broader teams to keep seasonal activity organised and aligned to business priorities.

You will raise purchase orders, coordinate shipments, manage import/export documents, and track budgets and costs to provide clear analyses for

Qualifications

• Experience raising purchase orders accurately and ensuring on-time vendor payments.
• Ability to coordinate with Product Development, Finance, Trade Compliance and other teams.
• Strong eye for detail and accurate cost tracking in a product-led environment.

Responsibilities

• Raise purchase orders for raw materials, components and shipments, ensuring information is accurate and vendors are paid on time.
• Coordinate national and international shipments to and from Florence, working with couriers, vendors and internal teams.
• Partner with Trade Compliance to prepare and manage the documentation required for import and export activity.
• Maintain packing lists, sample order trackers and seasonal reports to support visibility across Design, Merchandising and Product Development.
• Track shipment and Product Development budgets, allocating costs accurately and preparing clear analysis for Finance and leadership teams.
• Monitor development activity, including mould costs, delivery progress and seasonal investment, providing updates that support key collection moments.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills, with a careful eye for detail and accuracy.
• Confident working with purchase orders, budgets, invoices or cost tracking in a product-led environment.
• Able to build effective working relationships with internal teams, vendors, couriers and finance partners.
• Clear and proactive communicator, comfortable managing multiple priorities and sharing timely updates.
• Collaborative, dependable and solutions-focused, with an interest in supporting the development of luxury products.

Skills

Purchase orders

Budget tracking

Vendor payments

Interdepartmental coordination

Communication

Attention to detail

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

Based in London, the Product Development Administrator will play an important part in helping goods move through the development cycle on time, while supporting timely vendor payments and clear budget visibility. Working closely with Product Development, Finance, Trade Compliance and wider cross-functional teams, you will help keep seasonal activity organised, informed and aligned to business priorities.,

• Raise purchase orders for raw materials, components and shipments, ensuring information is accurate and vendors are paid on time.
• Coordinate national and international shipments to and from Florence, working with couriers, vendors and internal teams.
• Partner with Trade Compliance to prepare and manage the documentation required for import and export activity.
• Maintain packing lists, sample order trackers and seasonal reports to support visibility across Design, Merchandising and Product Development.
• Track shipment and Product Development budgets, allocating costs accurately and preparing clear analysis for Finance and leadership teams.
• Monitor development activity, including mould costs, delivery progress and seasonal investment, providing updates that support key collection moments.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills, with a careful eye for detail and accuracy.
• Confident working with purchase orders, budgets, invoices or cost tracking in a product-led environment.
• Able to build effective working relationships with internal teams, vendors, couriers and finance partners.
• Clear and proactive communicator, comfortable managing multiple priorities and sharing timely updates.
• Collaborative, dependable and solutions-focused, with an interest in supporting the development of luxury products.
• Practical knowledge of SAP, Ariba or similar systems is a plus. About: Founded in 1856, Burberry today remains quintessentially British, with outerwear at its core. Digital luxury positioning and intensive focus on design innovation, quality and heritage icons ensure continued brand purity and relevance globally across genders and generations. Burberry believes that in order to be a great brand it must also be a great company and constantly leverages the energy of its compassionate and creative thinking culture to continually innovate and drive the brand forward. Headquartered in London, Burberry is a design, marketing and retail led business with a global reputation for innovative product design, digital marketing initiatives and dynamic retail strategies., At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.