Reiss is hiring a
Trainee Product Developer

Summary

Join our Womenswear Production team as a Trainee Product Developer, responsible for supporting the development process of our womenswear product by working closely with our Design and Buying Teams.

Requirements

• Experience within product development, fabric, buying or merchandising is desirable
• Attention to detail and strong communication skills- both verbal and written
• Organised and able to prioritise workload
• Reliable and focused
• Self-motivated and team oriented

Responsibilities

• Working closely with our Design and Buying teams to ensure the cost and production is viable for the development of our collection
• Critical Path management, keeping Vision updated for costings and retail selling prices
• Attending weekly progress meetings and assisting the Product Developer in any actions as required
• Supporting Merchandising, Buying and Technical team once product is signed off to ensure all categories are progressed through delivery
• Assisting team in sending out development specs to suppliers and chase samples back for seasonal buy meetings
• Chase back all proto samples from suppliers and update tracker with sample due dates, send priority list to suppliers each week to confirm required dates for samples
• Log in all samples when they arrive and steam in preparation handover to Product Developer and design team
• Working with the Product Developer, cross source key fabrics with factories and develop new fabrics based on key trends
• Assisting in the development of new routes by sending out tech packs/samples/process information to get costings and enable supplier to understand Reiss processes
• Support Product Developer to identify opportunities to improve the product and margin including cross costing as required

Benefits

• Provide you with a competitive salary
• Company pension
• Generous employee discount
• Company bonus scheme
• Health & Wellbeing perks