Product Developer

Product Developer Liverpool Performance Apparel / Ath-Leisure Circa 35000 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 youre 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 were looking for a Product Developer whos 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.

Youll be the key link between design suppliers and product leadership - owning development from first tech pack to final production. This isnt a support role; its 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.

Your Categories Your Call - What Youll Own:

• 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 brands 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 youre 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

What Youll Bring:

• 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!)