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SalaryPRODUCT DEVELOPER / LISBURN / EXCELLENT PAY & BENEFITS
Are you an experienced Product Developer, looking for a rewarding new challenge? If so, we have an exciting new opportunity offering excellent pay and fantastic working environment.
Ulster Weavers Ltd is a home textiles company and part of the John Hogg group. With over 100 years of service, the business has built strong relationships with retailers in Europe, the USA, Canada and many of the UK’s leading home furnishing retailers, independents, mail order and e-commerce companies.
We are looking for a talented Product Developer to join our dynamic team. You will be responsible for the sourcing and development of new products for the Home Furnishings Kitchen category for both branded UW and own label ranges for key accounts.
What’s in it for me?
- Excellent pay
- Pension plan with 3% employer contribution
- Friendly working hours, 8:30am - 5:00pm (Mon - Thurs) and 8:30am - 4:00pm Friday
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee discounts on all product
Key Responsibilities of the Product Developer:
- Work collaboratively with Design and Commercial team to ensure strong range build, to develop a strategic, innovative product offer aligned to the Brand.
- Brief in new product to Agents in the Far East for sourcing new suppliers.
- Ensure sustainability is at the forefront of all sourcing decisions were practical, looking for new innovative ways to extend our sustainable product offer.
- Research & provide product information and visuals for shape, style, size, materials, construction.
- Assist in managing the design & product development process from receiving the initial brief through creation of design, design development, product development, sampling, labelling and packaging.
- Work with Key Account Manager and directly with the customer, to understand their brief, meet their design needs, target price and delivery deadlines.
- Source new, innovative, and commercially viable products internationally.
- Provide all information to request price quotes from the factories.
- Negotiate with the factories on product spec to achieve target price.
- Work with the QC on packaging design requirements.
- Liaise with customers, UW team members, NIM, suppliers on daily basis.
Skills and Experience Required:
- Manufacturing experience, primarily focusing on homeware.
- Demonstrable knowledge of the homeware marketplace in retail and eCommerce.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to organise a busy workload and meet deadlines.
- Experience in using Photoshop and Illustrator
What’s Next?
If you have the enthusiasm and passion to be successful in this brand-new new Product Developerrole, we would love to hear from you. APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.
