Product Development Specialist
3 weeks ago
Our company, u&i Search, is a leading provider of talent acquisition solutions. We're seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Graduate Assistant Buyer to join our team.
Main Responsibilities:
- Critical Path Management: Manage the critical path planner for our brands' new product development (NPD) process, ensuring timely delivery and escalating any issues to the Head of Brands.
- Sample Management: Oversee the sample library, ensuring that all samples are properly stored, organized, and easily accessible.
- Supplier Management: Foster strong relationships with suppliers, resolving issues promptly and escalating concerns to the wider team as needed.
- Approvals: Collaborate with the Merchandiser and Brand Manager to ensure timely delivery of samples and product components from suppliers.
- Barcoding: Design and create bespoke barcodes for key customers, leveraging in-house expertise.
- Market Awareness: Conduct competitive shopping analysis, providing insights that inform our commercial pricing strategy and support suggestions for range and price strategy improvements.
- Range Development: Analyze market trends and competitor activity to suggest seasonal range strategies that drive new product development and best value for customers.
- Creative Support: Provide graphic support to our Brand Manager, assisting with packaging briefs and marketing initiatives as needed.
- Selling Tools: Develop and deliver selling tools to support our agent network, including seasonal product catalogues, sales prospecting packs, and salesmen samples.
Requirements:
- Market and Industry Knowledge: Stay up-to-date on retail, consumer, and product trends, showcasing creative and innovative ideas.
- Organizational Skills: Demonstrate high organizational skills, managing multiple priorities and responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
- Creative Ability: Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office is desirable, with a flair for creativity and technical capability.
- Analytical Support: Excel skills are essential, with the ability to prepare data-driven insights to support product meetings and accurately input data into systems.
- Passion for Product: Show a personal drive to succeed, a passion for products, and an entrepreneurial approach.
- Effective Teamwork: Collaborate effectively at all levels, building positive relationships with colleagues and demonstrating a willingness to flex workload to support the wider team.
What We Offer:
- Salary commensurate with experience
- Excellent benefits package, including holiday entitlement, private healthcare, bonus, and pension
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