Senior Product Developer, cool gift company!

Leading, creative gift brand is looking for a new Senior Product Developer to join their very successful, growing team.

You will have excellent product development experience, a commercial / creative eye and a real passion for product.

You will be involved in the whole development cycle, from idea generation to product launch for both catalogue and bespoke ranges. It’s a busy role but a great company to work for, that is experiencing huge levels of growth particularly throughout this recent period of time.

This Senior Product Development role involves:

• Represent the Product Development team in meetings
• Support the Head of Product Development
• Idea generation through comp shopping and trade shows
• Critiquing current ranges to identify improvements
• Noting feedback on developmental areas from customers + the wider team
• Attend customer meetings alongside the Account Managers, preparing product lists + samples
• Clearly and accurately briefing factories on product requirements
• Negotiating on cost prices and deliverables to hit required margin targets
• Ordering product + packaging samples and checking samples thoroughly
• Work with your production and supply chain team when selecting the most relevant factories
• Work closely with Production to ensure accurate critical path management
• Briefing the design + marketing teams for initial designs and mockups
• Being aware of all technical issues, involving the technical team
• Ensuring that all artwork is accurate before orders are confirmed
• Visiting factories to brief on new products and assess pre-production
• Attending trade fairs in the UK and internationally

Knowledge, qualifications, and experience required:

• Ideally at least 4 years direct product development experience
• Product development experience within the gift or home industry
• Must have developed directly with factories
• Must have a commercial mind
• A passion for product