Product Developer (Maternity Cover)

The Product Developer is responsible for the development of our own brand product.  Working alongside the Senior product developer, Designer and Buying team for their brands they will support with the continous improvement of product from a technical perspective, ensuring that quality is maintained and compliance legislation is adhered to.  Improving retail sales and margin improvement is the key objective of this role.

• Job Title – Product Developer (Maternity Cover)
• Location – JD Group, Hollins Brook Way, Pilsworth, Bury, BL9 8RR.
• Working rota – Monday to Friday
• Working hours – 8:30am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

What You'll Be Doing: 

• Drive intake margin improvement through garment engineering and appropriate fabric selection and utilisation to ensure best possible prices without compromising relevant quality level for the Brand.
• Set up size specs / blocks & graded size charts for all product areas.
• Issue all size specs/Tech packs for development & production to factories & suppliers ensuring continuity & consistency.
• Sample product in line with the Sourcing Strategy and provide samples and costings to Buying team.
• Open Cost where needed.
• Working alongside the buying team, maintain the critical path for all orders.
• Have weekly critical path meetings with buying, merchandising, allocators, & supply chain.
• Drive fit meetings with buying & design, ensuring that technical packs / fit comments are sent to suppliers & factories without any delay.
• To inspect, measure and comment on samples (proto samples through to production) Approving each stage of development.
• Manage and approve fabric testing & care label development with the Suppliers.
• Approve lab-dips and strike offs referring issues to the design and buying team
• Ensure product quality meets the relevant standards.
• Work with the warehouse to review and feedback any issues.
• Provide support for the Senior product developer to ensure that factories follow company supplier guidelines.
• Ensure product compliance in line with all relevant legislation.
• Conduct factory visits/warehouse trips to develop/improve production.

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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