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Product Manager / Asst Product Manager / Senior Product Developer, FOOTWEAR DEPARTMENT

Next Sourcing Limited

  • Company Industries:Clothing/Garment/Textile

Job Information

  • Post Date:2018-04-17
  • Career Level:Senior
  • Location:Not Specified
  • Salary:Salary provided
  • Employment Type:Full Time, Permanent
  • Job Function:Product Development / Management  Footwear  

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for all Footwear Product Development, correct sample execution and interpretation. Working closely with factories and suppliers (in China & offshore)  to ensure beautiful samples are developed that can be presented to the buying team.
  • Management of Development sample critical path, working to key deadlines, ensuring samples are presented at the right time
  • Create and execute departmental strategies with our suppliers, driving NS sales and increasing NS pn%’s
  • Maintain market awareness and stay updated with UK footwear trends, catwalk shows, suppliers ranges and collections
  • Work in collaboration with UK buying, Sales and Design teams to understand the needs of customer and Range requirements. Use this information to deliver best products and ensure they are fit for purpose and cost parameters are achieved
  • Source and negotiate with potential vendors / suppliers for best price, sample development ,  product offer and service.
  • Interact and work closely with Merchandising and Technical team to ensure the product offer by providing excellent service and quality on sourcing, sampling, costing, quality
  •  Inspirational shopping trips to source newness
  • UK customer trips to work with Buying and Sales teams

Requirements:

  • Degree holder in related disciplines
  • Strong design or development background in footwear for UK/EU market
  • Good fashion sense and product knowledge of footwear sourcing, product development with good vendors network in Southern China or Southeast Asia would be an advantage
  • Ability to demonstrate proactive sales driven approach with high initiative, energy and passion
  • Strong ability to present with confidence and passion, key footwear trends to Buyers, Designers, Managers,  Directors.  Have the ability to be an influential presenter
  • Good team player, great communication skills, self motivator with leadership & management skills and good problem solving techniques
  • Proficiency in spoken and written in English, Mandarin would be an advantage
  • Be Travelling to China

  • Title will be allocated appropriate to experience

 

We offer good career prospects with an attractive salary remuneration including 5-day working week, double-pay, discretionary bonuses and medical insurance to the right candidate. Interested parties, please send your Curriculum Vitae with expected salary and availability by clicking "Apply Now".

To know more about NEXT, please visit www.next.co.uk.

(Applicants not contacted within six weeks should consider their application unsuccessful. Personal data provided by applicants will be strictly used for recruitment purpose only.) 

Company Info

NEXT Sourcing is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEXT plc. We provide around 40% of NEXT Brand stock from our global supplier base, sourcing from 18 countries. From Istanbul to Shanghai, our sourcing teams live and work in some of the most iconic cities in the world. They're at the heart of finding, developing and delivering products our customers love. We currently employ over 3,800 talented individuals in 12 countries including 2,700 in factories which we own. And the roles we offer are as diverse as the countries we work in.

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