Product Development Administrator

Burberry; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Burberry is seeking a Product Development Admin to support the Product Development team, ensuring administrative, financial and logistics processes run with accuracy and care. This role helps move goods through the development cycle on time and supports timely vendor payments and budget visibility.

Based in London, you will collaborate with Product Development, Finance, Trade Compliance and cross-functional teams, managing purchase orders, budgets and cost tracking while supporting seasonal

Qualifications

• Strong administrative and organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Experience handling budgets, invoices and cost tracking in a product-led environment.
• Clear and proactive communicator able to share timely updates with multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Raise purchase orders for raw materials, components and shipments to ensure vendors are paid on time.
• Coordinate national and international shipments with couriers, vendors and internal teams.
• Partner with Trade Compliance to prepare documentation for import/export activity.
• Maintain packing lists, sample order trackers and seasonal reports for visibility across teams.
• Track shipment and Product Development budgets, allocating costs and preparing analysis for Finance.
• Monitor development activity, including mould costs and delivery progress, to support collection milestones.

Skills

Administrative skills

Budget tracking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

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. We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSE

Burberry is looking for a talented Product Development Admin to support Burberry’s Product Development team, ensuring key administrative, financial and logistics processes run with accuracy and care. This role plays 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.

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.

PERSONAL PROFILE

• 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.
• Practical knowledge of SAP, Ariba or similar systems would be beneficial.
• Collaborative, dependable and solutions-focused, with an interest in supporting the development of luxury products.

Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.