Your responsibilities: 

-Manage the entire product development process, roadmap, and timelines

-Design and manage the critical path for design and development and ensure deadlines are met according to the deliverables

-Plan and deliver seasonal collections

-Following the development of high complexity styles within the Knitwear and Jersey ranges from initial design allocation through to production sign off.

-Work closely with the commercial & design team to produce the option planning and seasonal buying strategy to further develop business performance

-Liaise with Design to address fit issues with creative problem-solving while ensuring cost, quality, and lead times are maintained. Building a strong relationship with the design, atelier and production teams, acting as their main point of contact throughout the development lifecycle.

-Analyse systems to optimize logistics, operations, and timelines across all raw materials and finished goods and the respective delivery regions

-Monitor supplier invoicing and ensuring that there is a smooth supplier cash flow

-Experience with suppliers and good knowledge of their ways of working/timings.

-Develop relationships with new and current suppliers

-Proactively improve supply chain timelines

-Working alongside finance and sales to optimize margins alongside projections

-Responsible for vetting new factories and manufacturing partners

-Responsible for the pricing architecture across the business to ensure product area consistency.

-Plan and oversee costing during sample to ensure developments meet target pricing while balancing commercial awareness and creativity.

-Manage risk and raise issues to the team so that solutions can we found in a good time

-Work closely with E-commerce and DTC teams to manage OTB

-Manage seasonal calendar

-Manage the Production and Design team

Essential Skills

• At least 8 years experience in a similar role
• Strong costing and negotiation skills
• Strong knowledge of yarning and triming technics
• Strong relationship with suppliers
• Good understanding of luxury finishings
• Highly organised, working well independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to prioritize, manage and coordinate diverse activities simultaneously
• Excellent communication skills