Product Development Assistant

Purpose of the role

The Product Development Assistant, RTW supports the team in delivering the end to end product development process across ready-to-wear categories.

Responsibilities

• Assist the team in all daily collection development tasks
• Centralize supply needs and prepare shipments to factories, maintaining accurate tracking
• Prepare and send packages throughout the collection development process
• Prepare fittings and normalisation meetings in support of the developer
• Support the team in setting up meetings, ensuring materials are organized, tidy, and easy for
• everyone to understand
• Support detail review meetings and the preparation of production Bom’s
• Organize, file, and archive garments and vendor swatches
• Input and update product information into AirTable, ensuring accuracy is maintained throughout the collection
• Liaise with vendors regarding shipments, tracking and monitoring deliveries to ensure timely
• arrival
• Support the Product Development team with technical feasibility of products, brainstorming
• ideas and solutions to ensure the design vision is translated into product
• Sample /stock management
• PO management- prototypes, samples, excess stock, organising and recording all invoices
• Tracking and reporting on budget for product development, prototypes and samples
• Updating boards and collection books
• Provide administrative support to the Product Development team as required

Qualifications, Skills, Experience Required

• 1-2 years Product Development experience required
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience with large volumes of data entry, ensuring complete detail and accuracy even when working at speed
• Commercial awareness of product cost and tracking against budgets
• Good communication skills, able to effectively share information with the team in a clear, concise way
• Knowledge and passion for fashion and products – ‘fashion sensibility’ – knowledge of trends, the market, the luxury consumer and peer awareness
• Proactive, adaptable, and solution-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent in English; additional languages are considered a plus
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Technical knowledge of RTW construction, leather, materials, and product performance is an advantage
• Computer skills: Microsoft Excel and experience with Airtable (or similar product data management/project tracking platforms) is highly desirable

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