Product Development Specialist

18 hours ago

North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Country Road Group Full time

Country Road Group is embarking on a transformative journey to position itself for growth, leveraging its scale, capabilities, and culture as a House of Brands. To achieve this goal, we are investing in new and existing capabilities and have several exciting opportunities available.

We are seeking Product Development Specialists to join our team across various categories, including Knitwear and Casual Apparel, within our House of Brands.

The roles available include:

Product Development Specialist - Casual - POLITIX

Product Development Specialist - Childrenswear - Country Road

Senior Product Developer - Knit - Country Road

Senior Product Developer - Womenswear - Trenery

As a Product Development Specialist, you will be responsible for the product development process for apparel within the brand, collaborating with buyers, designers, technical designers, and suppliers to bring products to life. This requires negotiating with vendors to meet cost targets and product brief requirements and orchestrating the go-to-market calendar to ensure samples and products are delivered on time and in full to customers.

Key Accountabilities:
  • Manage, coordinate, and optimize the critical path and go-to-market calendar for the brand category to launch products on time.
  • Manage category costs to achieve quality and margin targets, providing cost estimates and solutions to align products with commercial and aesthetic goals.
  • Drive costing and negotiation process with suppliers to deliver viable cost solutions to brands, offering alternative solutions as required.
  • Engage with factories through each stage of the development process to ensure clarity of expectations.
  • Coordinate all internal stakeholders, including buyers, designers, tech designers, and manage risks to ensure critical path delivery for brands.
  • Manage supplier relationships and coordinate capacity planning across the supply chain.
  • Embrace uncertainty and change while facilitating and enabling strategic change with clarity, empathy, and optimism.
  • Create and foster an inclusive environment where all team members can thrive and feel included, respected, and safe. Set clear expectations of behavior and hold self and others accountable.

To succeed in this role, you will need to possess strong knowledge of fashion and luxury item costing, as well as proven experience in negotiating high-value, high-volume partnerships with suppliers. Additionally, you should have excellent planning and organizational skills to oversee timeliness of critical path, knowledge of sustainability practices and ethical compliance in sourcing and production, and strategic thinking and commercial acumen to align production activities with brand goals.

Estimated Salary: $80,000 - $110,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

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