Product Developer

Your Mission

Puma Teamwear has an exciting job opportunity for a Product Developer to work on the development and delivery of our Licensed match wear and replica kit for our contracted UK and Ireland Football Clubs.

• To work with our suppliers to develop high quality performance apparel for our customers from prototype to final product.
• Working with and building strong supportive relationships with local and overseas product suppliers.
• Working in conjunction with the PUMA product design team on product concepts, prototypes, testing and development through to bulk production.
• Supporting internal PUMA Teamwear departments with product specific needs and expertise.
• Ensuring suppliers meet and exceed PUMA’s high standards of product excellence, quality and performance
• Previous experience in a similar apparel development position or capacity is necessary.
• Work directly with the garment suppliers and support the strong relationship Puma UKI has built with them which will include yearly factory visits.
• Work with garment suppliers on product quality and negotiate cost prices to deliver against financial targets.
• Work with a specialist football design team to develop the seasonal kit base garments based on Puma’s Global seasonal creative direction.
• Develop and perfect product prototypes for fit and function to present to Puma UKI’s Licensed Club partners and bring these to life with bespoke seasonal designs and product stories
• Work directly with Clubs and their account Managers and to approve print strike-offs, trim and product embellishment including Club badges

Your Talent

• A natural team player able to develop strong working relationships with both internal PUMA colleagues and our suppliers.
• Experienced in Apparel Product Development with knowledge of Garment Tech and Order Management.
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral as a core requirement of the role is to coordinate information between product suppliers and internal departments
• Detail oriented, resourceful, self-motivated and proactive.
• Excellent computer skills including, Excel, Outlook, Illustrator, Power Point and Word.
• Able to prioritize workloads and manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Willing to travel periodically as required by the business.
• Ability to work independently and multi-task.
• A strong team player within the department and the business.