Senior Product Developer - Apparel

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Senior Product Developer – Clothing & Accessories Liverpool
A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully. - based full time from the Head Office with flexible working hours Global Activewear & Lifestyle Brand Salary: Up to £50,000 Excellent Benefits including: Salary up to £50,000 annual bonus Early finish every Friday Flexible working hours Private medical insurance Free access to onsite gym Enhanced pension contributions 25 days' holiday bank holidays Generous product discount Quarterly social events, summer parties & festive celebrations Additional perks including payday lunches & outdoor seating areas Are you an experienced Senior Product Developer looking to step into a senior role with more ownership, autonomy, and impact? This global activewear and lifestyle brand is continuing its rapid growth and is now looking for a Senior Product Developer to lead multiple categories, drive product excellence, and influence the direction of future ranges.
You'll play a leading role from concept through to production, ensuring every product delivers on fit, function, quality, and commercial performance.
This is the perfect opportunity for someone confident in technical decision making, highly organised, and passionate about delivering market leading products.
In this role, you'll take full responsibility for product development across your categories, ensuring all products meet brand standards in performance, quality, fit, and cost.
Key responsibilities of the Senior Product Developer: Leading the full product development process, from concept through to production sign off Managing the critical path to ensure deadlines, costs, and quality targets are met Working closely with directors, designers, and product managers to shape category direction Running fit sessions, providing confident technical and commercial direction Overseeing sample management and approving styles at proto, SMS, and pre-production stages Maintaining and improving size charts, grading rules, fit blocks, and construction standards Managing all lab dips, strike offs, fabric testing, trims, and approvals Building strong supplier relationships and visiting factories when required Working with sourcing teams to improve cost efficiencies without sacrificing quality Ensuring all products meet compliance, testing, and care labelling requirements Identifying risks early and driving proactive solutions Championing process improvements to increase efficiency and product consistency Mentoring junior product developers and being the technical go to within the team You will have the following skills as a Senior Product Developer: Proven experience in product development within apparel or accessories Strong understanding of garment construction, fabrics, grading, and manufacturing Confidence leading fit sessions and making key technical decisions Excellent organisation and communication skills Experience managing global suppliers and offshore production A proactive, solutions-focused approach High attention to detail and a passion for product quality Experience in sportswear, activewear, or technical apparel (desirable but not essential) As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. xehkeey
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Location:
Liverpool, Merseyside
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Marketing, Advertising And PR

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