Product Developer

Product Developer | North West | Performance | Apparel | £32,000 - £42,000 + Benefits

This is a rare chance to join a team where you can truly own your categories, make bold decisions, and help shape the future of a performance‑led brand making serious waves in the industry. If you’re ready to lead with confidence, roll your sleeves up, and take full control of your product - this is your moment.

Here - product is everything - and we’re looking for a Product Developer who’s ready to treat their categories like a brand within a brand. This is a role for someone who thrives on ownership, runs with responsibility, and takes pride in delivering market‑leading product - every season, every drop.

You’ll be the key link between design, suppliers, and product leadership. Owning development from first tech pack to final production. This isn’t a support role; it’s yours to lead. If you love solving problems, making decisions, and taking full accountability for timelines, quality, and margin - we want you on our team.

• Take full accountability for product development across your categories - from concept through to production, with complete visibility across timelines, costs, and quality
• Work directly with directors, designers, and product managers, bringing ideas to life while driving constant improvement across fit, finish, and function
• Own the critical path – ensuring tech packs are issued accurately and on time, with comprehensive construction, fit, and trim comments every step of the way
• Lead fit sessions with design and product, driving timely, commercial decisions and communicating clear, actionable feedback to suppliers
• Own sample management – inspecting and signing off styles from proto to PPS, with full confidence in your decisions
• Guard consistency across the range – ensuring size charts, fit blocks and grading follow this brand’s standards
• Take full control of lab dips, strike‑offs and trim approvals – making swift, informed calls to keep things moving
• Be the go‑to contact for your suppliers – maintaining clear, professional communication through weekly check‑ins, calls and relationship‑building visits
• Engineer for margin – collaborating with sourcing on open‑costing and smart fabric usage, without ever compromising quality
• Track product compliance across all relevant testing, care labelling and legislative standards – accuracy is everything
• Be proactive in identifying delays or risks, flagging them early in weekly development meetings and driving solutions
• Drive improvements with confidence – whether you’re optimising a block, renegotiating a detail, or finding new efficiencies with the factory
• Mentor and support junior members of the team – you lead by example, and others learn from how you operate

• A natural sense of ownership – you take accountability, seek solutions, and keep things moving
• Exceptional attention to detail – in fit, construction, costing and communication
• Strong technical knowledge of apparel, fabrics, trims, and manufacturing
• Confidence in working autonomously while still collaborating cross‑functionally
• A commercial mindset – you understand the impact of every product decision
• A positive, can‑do approach and strong organisational skills – nothing gets past you
• Experience working directly with suppliers and factories (UK & offshore)
• A sharp eye for quality and performance – especially within sportswear or technical apparel (bonus!)