Senior Product Developer
Mamas & Papas
Job Description
Working alongside our award winning "Hard Goods -Travel & Equipment" teams (ie Pushchairs, Highchairs, Bouncers and other Nursery Equipment) across Designers, Technicians and Engineers, this Senior Product Developer role aims to conceptualise and invigorate our evergreen ranges across fabric accessories (eg -winter mittens that attached to pram handles, or matching travel or changing bags as part of the wider “range”), or simply looking to invigorate the fabric look feel, across our current Hard Good products, with a fabric based mindset. This SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER opportunity ultimately looking to: -IDENTIFY REQUIREMENT -COST IT -DEVELOP IT -LAND IT Within this, setting the price, margin and costings, negotiate with supplier & manufacturing partners (likely 2-3 times visiting the Far East or travelling Internationally), using gap and competitor analysis, to make sure we have the right products in the right place, at the right time, at the right margin and return on investment, aligned to “Our Purpose” as a business. The successful candidate will come from a product development or buying background (note this is not a designer role), with significant understanding of fabrics within product development, being able to collaborate cross functionally to “make things happen”, creating compelling and well researched aligned goals, that engage internally and externally, to then deliver against a structured critical path.
From your side, an opportunity to be part of one of, if not, the biggest baby products brand in the UK, that has seen phenomenal growth over recent years, that is investing back into the business across brand, product and people to further accelerate our growth plans, both UK and International. This newly created role, being an opportunity in our 45 year history to define this next chapter of supporting our customers and incredible community of new and expectant parents (and gifters) around the world. Interested?
Then take those amazing first steps and APPLY TODAYfor a member of the recruitment team to reach back out to you to chat through, and bring this role to life some more for you. NOTE: This role is full time, 5 days a week, with 3 days based at our Huddersfield Head Office (HD5 0RH) with 2 from home. (Hybrid working)