About Our Client
An exciting opportunity for a Product Technologist in the Home Furnishings industry, supplying UK High Street retail and e-commerce sectors. Your job is to ensure a product moves from its design and development stage into the hands of the retailer or end user.
Job Description
* Attend and contribute to pre-prod handover meetings via close liaison with Design, Development and Customer Account stake holders to ensure selected products are suitable and compliant for bulk manufacture, performance, presentation and customer expectation.
* Ensure timely completion and issue of detailed product, imagery and outer packaging specifications both to our overseas manufacturers and internal e-commerce stakeholders via a PIM based system and using Illustrator to create packaging templates. Strong admin and organisational skills required for this aspect of the role.
* You will populate, maintain and manage relevant sections of a detailed critical path to ensure timely customer product launches through analysis and proactive actions including chasing suppliers for fabric, product sampling, also packaging proofs.
* Take a hands-on role with the sample sealing process involving checking of strike/bulk fabrics, packaging proofs, test/inspection reports and gold seal samples to ensure compliance to internal and customer requirements. Communicate appropriate approvals and rejections back to the supplier.
* Provide regular updates with internal and external stake holders on sample activity and progress.
* Hold suppliers accountable and maintain KPI's for performance on sampling, testing and inspection dates including 'right first time' sample submission within agreed deadlines.
* Deal quickly and effectively with daily email communications to and from suppliers, customers and internal stake holders.
* Control, evaluate and approve pre-shipment inspection reports in partnership with our overseas teams via strong communication.
The Successful Applicant
* Experience in a similar role
* Enthusiastic team player, with a proactive approach, good communication skills and a collaborative attitude.
* Organised, and capable of prioritising multiple tasks.
* Exceptional attention to detail.
* Confident to make decisions and take responsibilities, yet unafraid to seek advice.
* An inquisitive mindset, with a keen interest in developing themselves, and ambition to grow their insight and knowledge within the industry.
* A desire for continuous product excellence, and improvements.
* A 360 thinker able to see the bigger picture when problem solving.
* A strong communicator with ability to present confidently via email, audio conferencing and face to face with internal stake holders, suppliers and customers.
* A positive approach and mentality to product data harvesting, document population, maintenance and management.
* Ability to work effectively in a high volume, fast paced environment.
* Previous experience in the Home Textile, Ceramic and / or Furniture industry, essential.
What's on Offer
Free Parking
Hybrid Working
Progression Opportunities
Death in Service Life Assurance
Employee discounts on all product
Employee Assistance Programme
Product Technologist
Product Technologist
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