<dt class="rm-fieldTitle">Description</dt><dd class="rm-fieldData"><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong><span class="">Product Developer | North West | Performance | Apparel | £32,000 - £42,000 + Benefits </span></strong></span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">This is a rare chance to join a team where you can truly own your categories, make bold decisions, and help shape the future of a performance-led brand making serious waves in the industry. If you're ready to lead with confidence, roll your sleeves up, and take full control of your product - this is your moment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Here - product is everything - and we're looking for a <span class="">Product Developer</span> who's ready to treat their categories like a brand within a brand. This is a role for someone who thrives on ownership, runs with responsibility, and takes pride in delivering market-leading product - every season, every drop.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">You'll be the key link between design, suppliers, and product leadership. Owning development from first tech pack to final production. This isn't a support role; it's yours to lead. If you love solving problems, making decisions, and taking full accountability for timelines, quality, and margin - we want you on our team.</span></p><h3 class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 8pt;">Your Categories, Your Call - What You'll Own:</span></h3><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Take full accountability for product development across your categories</span> - from concept through to production, with complete visibility across timelines, costs, and quality</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Work directly with directors, designers, and product managers</span>, bringing ideas to life while driving constant improvement across fit, finish, and function</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Own the critical path</span> - ensuring tech packs are issued accurately and on time, with comprehensive construction, fit, and trim comments every step of the way</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Lead fit sessions</span> with design and product, driving timely, commercial decisions and communicating clear, actionable feedback to suppliers</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Own sample management</span> - inspecting and signing off styles from proto to PPS, with full confidence in your decisions</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Guard consistency across the range</span> - ensuring size charts, fit blocks and grading follow this brands standards</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Take full control of lab dips, strike-offs and trim approvals</span> - making swift, informed calls to keep things moving</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Be the go-to contact for your suppliers</span> - maintaining clear, professional communication through weekly check-ins, calls and relationship-building visits</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Engineer for margin</span> - collaborating with sourcing on open-costing and smart fabric usage, without ever compromising quality</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Track product compliance</span> across all relevant testing, care labelling and legislative standards - accuracy is everything</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Be proactive in identifying delays or risks</span>, flagging them early in weekly development meetings and driving solutions</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Drive improvements with confidence</span> - whether you're optimising a block, renegotiating a detail, or finding new efficiencies with the factory</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span class="">Mentor and support junior members of the team</span> - you lead by example, and others learn from how you operate</span></li></ul><h3 class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 8pt;">What You'll Bring:</span></h3><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">A natural sense of ownership - you take accountability, seek solutions, and keep things moving</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Exceptional attention to detail - in fit, construction, costing and communication</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Strong technical knowledge of apparel, fabrics, trims, and manufacturing</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Confidence in working autonomously while still collaborating cross-functionally</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">A commercial mindset - you understand the impact of every product decision</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">A positive, can-do approach and strong organisational skills - nothing gets past you</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Experience working directly with suppliers and factories (UK &amp; offshore)</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;">A sharp eye for quality and performance - especially within sportswear or technical apparel (bonus!)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">BBBH33822</span></p></dd>