Product Development Manager - Oldham

apartmentPage Personnel placeOldham calendar_month 

About Our Client

A great opportunity for an Product Development Manager - Home Textiles to join a market leading textile business in the Greater Manchester office. They design and produce textiles for the Bedroom, living room etc. They have a great reputation in the industry with a number of long service employees.

They take Sustainability very seriously and are members of Better Cotton they have also removing single use plastic from the supply chain.

Job Description
  • Market Analysis / Good understanding of market
  • Feeding back strategies to factory (seasonal, promo)
  • Working with factories & design on new product ideas
  • Setting up factory calls and tours
  • Benchmarking
  • Collating all cost information (prices, MOQ's, lead-times)
  • Working with factories and Category Assistant on product development
  • Cross costing
  • Helping/supporting with factory issues
The Successful Applicant
  • Good understanding and aware what is happening in the market place & competitors - more training on competitors.
  • Need to be able to pull together PowerPoints
  • Building relationships with factories
  • Good eye for product & design
  • Good understanding of pricing/costings
  • Understanding technical aspects of product development - working with QA and gaining more technical knowledge.
  • Need to have spreadsheet ability. Eg. formula's, v-look ups
  • To be able to work independently and in a team
  • Good communication skills, sharing vital information with correct people
  • Involved in any factory issues and problem solving
  • Textiles experience preferred

What's on Offer

Hybrid working 3 days in the office a week, 2 days at work from home
Free car parking + Close to transports links + Monday
  • Friday 9.00am
  • 5.00pm, 1 hour for lunch + Discount on Product + Flexible working hours Product Development Manager
  • Home Textiles

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