Product Developer on Footwear & Leather Goods & Accessories: Freelance or temp to perm role available. Great opportunity to join a highly successful Design Led Brand. My client is looking for a freelance or temp to perm candidate as a Product Developer on Footwear & Leather Goods & Accessories. Ideally to start asap but happy to wait a little - for the right candidate. Product Developer on Footwear & Leather Goods & Accessories: The Company Based in London fabulous office, friendly team. Hybrid role available with a few days WFH Product Developer on Footwear & Leather Goods & Accessories: The Role Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, design and production teams Working very closely with the design team to ensure that the designers vision is well executed and functional Liaising with merchandising, production, ecommerce and sales teams Negotiate costs and maintaining target costs Create tech packs and give comments to suppliers Manage and update the Accessories critical path and follow deadlines Responsible for ordering and delivering protos and SMS on time Technical knowledge of Bags and Footwear Research and source new suppliers for Bags, Footwear and Jewellery Knowledge of supplier capabilities, materials Technical knowledge of processes and constructions for ideally Bags and Footwear Seasonal material research and development General admin Product Developer on Footwear & Leather Goods & Accessories: The Candidate You will be responsible for the product development of all Footwear, all Bags and Small Leather Goods and some general Jewellery/Eyewear admin tasks, from sketch through to production. Previous experience in a similar Accessories PD role is essential, ideally with Footwear, Bags and Accessories, however this can be flexible to more specialised experience Skills in interpreting a designers vision Experience in keeping strong relationships with suppliers Enthusiastic and passionate Excellent communication skills Really organised and pre-emptive of tasks Self-motivated and comfortable multi-tasking Solutions orientated Confident identifying any risks or challenges that come up at all stages, and making recommendations for solutions Proactive and a team player Knowledge of Office package, Adobe and Zedonk systems Knowledge of Italian language is a plus but not essential