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Job Title: Product Development Administrator
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Product Development team at our Elgin Mill. This role is ideal for someone with strong organisational skills looking to develop their career in a fast-paced and engaging role. You will be working on our luxury brand and world-class products, supporting the team to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
This is a permanent position working 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Salary is starting from £24,897 per annum, dependent on experience.
About the role
You will support the Product Development team by:
* Collating and maintaining all amendments to technical information
* Attending fit sessions, providing input, and recording details
* Creating and managing the product critical path, ensuring stakeholder adherence
* Developing and updating range plans
* Preparing pre-production tech packs for factories/internal production and issuing clear feedback
* Arranging shipments for sampling and production
* Inputting and managing data accurately
* Developing sample bill of materials and collating costings
* Supporting the sourcing and onboarding of new factories, trims, and lining suppliers
* Allocating styles with factories, negotiating pricing, lead times and minimum order quantities (with stakeholder support)
* Tracking budgets and monitoring costs
* Providing general support to internal and external production teams
* Carrying out general administration tasks for Product Development
About you
We are looking for someone who is:
* Flexible, proactive and eager to learn
* Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
* A confident communicator, able to build strong working relationships at all levels
* Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
* Equipped with good colour vision
* Ideally experienced in wovens or knowledgeable about the industry
* Capable of managing multiple tasks and projects while effectively prioritising workload
About Us
Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating 225 years of experience in working with the world's finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family-owned company has carefully sources cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, applying the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high-quality designs that are made to last. Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.
Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.
We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us at
Don't meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Please note all applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to remain and take up paid employment in country job is based.
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Closing date - Wednesday, 24 August 2025
Diversity & Inclusion
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