Footasylum has an exciting opportunity for a Product Developer passionate about product and wants to contribute to the continued growth of one of the world's leading streetwear brands.

As a Product Developer, you will support the end-to-end development process of seasonal collections, working across North Manchester offices. Working closely with Product developers, designers and Product manager, you will play an important role in ensuring the successful delivery of departmental and business objectives.

We are looking for someone proactive, organised, and commercially aware, with strong attention to detail and a collaborative approach. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, embrace new challenges, and contribute positively to both your team and the wider business.

Responsibilities of the Product Developer:

• Working to a critical path to ensure that the development process is smooth and that the ex-factory dates are maintained and ensure all cost prices applied to CP to work back from and highlighting any potential issues to Merchandising and Supply Chain team.
• Controlling all seal sample stages and ensuring they are done within an adequate timeframe for the CP.
• Conducting fit sessions in-house; making confident commercial decisions along with Brand Manager/Buying team using your ability to understand, recommend and execute commercial construction solutions.
• Measuring & sending comments on own brand samples across all categories.
• Analysing technical issues accurately and sending clear, concise and accurate comments to suppliers.
• Sending complete workbooks with accurate specs, correct grade rules, testing and risk assessment according to the category in question.
• Ensuring compliance with regulations, product safety and legislations.
• Testing and analysing product performance, fabric and garment testing and quality control.
• Being a key point of contact throughout the development of the product, recording and reporting any actionable results.
• Confidently manage and support Design Handovers.
• Work directly with overseas suppliers and travel for production and development trips. (May include evenings and weekends)
• Liaise with the Design and Buying team to offer technical guidance on new product development.
• Supporting Design/Development teams in order to achieve innovative and performance-based products to the highest standard.
• Supporting the graphics team by reporting any development/production issues.
• Assisting with bulk QC checks when required.

What Footasylum is looking for:

• A minimum of 2 years' product development experience in a fast-moving brand/retail environment
• Experience of working with Suppliers
• Excellent organisational & communication skills
• Passion for Streetwear and Lifestyle products
• Collaborative team player, with ability to react quickly to changing demands and priorities.
• Passionate about fashion, and streetwear culture.
• Positive, proactive, and adaptable.
• Strong work ethic and accountability.
• Collaborative team player with a "can-do" attitude.
•  Keen to learn, develop, and grow within the business.

The Team:

From Design, Production, Merchandising, Ecommerce, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and People teams, collaborative working environment provides opportunities to build strong relationships across the business.

You will work closely with colleagues who are passionate about the brand and committed to delivering exceptional products and experiences for our global community.

Diversity:

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives . Diversity for us is about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process:

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you. Please note, this is not a remote role, and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.