Product Development Manager - Oldham
Page Personnel Oldham
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
- 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 homeFree 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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