Senior Product Developer

Mamas & Papas; Crowborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Company bonus schemes

Employer pension from day 1

Job summary

Mamas & Papas is seeking a Senior Product Developer for its Pushchairs & Nursery Equipment category. The role involves conceptualising evergreen ranges, focusing on fabric-based trends across hard goods, and working with designers, technicians and engineers to invigorate products.

The successful candidate will come from product development or buying, with significant fabric knowledge, and will collaborate cross-functionally to deliver a structured critical path while negotiating with suppliers

Qualifications

• Experience in fabric product development.
• Bought backgrounds with supplier and manufacturing partners.
• Not a designer role; strong collaboration across functions.

Responsibilities

• Identify requirements and cost them.
• Develop products and land them on time and margin.
• Set price, margins and costings; negotiate with suppliers/manufacturers.
• Travel internationally, including Far East visits, as needed.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver on a structured critical path.

Skills

Product development

Buying

Cross-functional collaboration

Supplier negotiation

Fabric knowledge

Job description

Overview

Working on this Category Management Team for Pushchairs & Nursery Equipment alongside Designers, Technicians and Engineers, this Senior Product Developer role aims to conceptualise and invigorate our evergreen ranges across fabric accessories (eg - winter mittens that attached to pram handles, or matching travel or changing bags as part of the wider “range”), or simply looking to invigorate the fabric look / feel, across our current Hard Good products, with a fabric based trend mindset.

This SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER opportunity ultimately looking to:

• IDENTIFY REQUIREMENT
• COST IT
• DEVELOP IT
• LAND IT

Within this, setting the price, margin and costings, negotiate with supplier & manufacturing partners (likely 2-3 times visiting the Far East or travelling Internationally), using gap and competitor analysis, to make sure we have the right products in the right place, at the right time, at the right margin and return on investment, aligned to “Our Purpose” as a business.

The successful candidate will come from a product development or buying background (note this is not a designer role), with significant understanding of fabrics within product development, being able to collaborate cross functionally to “make things happen”, creating compelling and well researched aligned goals, that engage internally and externally, to then deliver against a structured critical path.

From your side, an opportunity to be part of one of, if not, the biggest baby products brand in the UK, that has seen phenomenal growth over recent years, that is investing back into the business across brand, product and people to further accelerate our growth plans, both UK and International. This newly created role, being an opportunity in our 45 year history to define this next chapter of supporting our customers and incredible community of new and expectant parents (and gifters) around the world.

NOTE: This role is full time, 5 days a week, with 3 days based at our Huddersfield Head Office (HD5 0RH) with 2 from home. (Hybrid working)

Benefits

• 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
• Buy & Sell holiday schemes
• Company Bonus Schemes
• Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
• Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online
• Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations, from holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services to many more worthy discounts through our Benefits Hub
• Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances
• Supportive family related leave policies (including company enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave)
• Supportive Foster Care & Carers Leave offering
• Support for Loss and Bereavement
• A Menopause Friendly Employer
• Employee Recognition and Appreciation Schemes
• At Mamas & Papas, we’re a business for the future. Every day, we help to welcome a new generation of children into the world, and we want them to grow up in a world that’s sustainable – one that’s full of opportunity and hope.
• Oh, and a great bunch of people to work with too.

We also operate at Head Office

• Hybrid flexi working of 3 days in the office.
• Flexi-time schemes based around core working hours whether in the office, or working from home
• Plus, free car parking, Prayer & Contemplation room, subsidised canteen, free tea & coffee, Games & TV rooms & much more.

(NB*: All benefits subject to individual schemes criteria & terms)

Mamas & Papas (Head Office)

Colne Bridge Road

Huddersfield

West Yorkshire

HD5 0RH