Graduate Trainee, Product Development & Raw Materials

Main Duties

• Provide administrative support to the PD team in all daily collection development tasks.
• Daily monitors the progress of developments.
• Centralize supply needs and prepare for shipment to factories.
• Participate in sending packages throughout the development of the collection.
• Prepare normalisation meetings in support of the developer.
• Help on the organization of the archiving of the samples at the end of the season.
• Input and update product information into database inventory systems, ensuring accuracy is maintained throughout the collection.
• Liaising with vendors on shipments, tracking and monitoring deliveries to ensure they arrive on time.
• Sample/stock management.
• Organising, filing, and archiving samples, swatches, and raw materials.
• Collection overview documentation management.
• PO management- prototypes, samples, excess stock, organising and recording all invoices.
• Tracking and reporting on budget for product development, prototypes, and samples.
• Providing support to the product development team and design team regarding product information (spec sheets, colour cards, sample archives).
• Updating boards and collection books.
• Supporting with administrative tasks as required.
• Work with launch sheets and give launch packs to teams, shipping, labels on garments.
• Logging all raw materials and inventory on System.
• House keeping and general organisation of the stockroom.
• Collect and process deliveries.
• Regularly check stock levels and report any low stock.
• Perform cycle counts and stock takes.

Skills and Experience Required

• Degree in Fashion, Design, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Technology, or Apparel Production & Manufacturing
• Strong attention to detail
• Good communication skills, able to effectively share information with the team in a clear, concise way
• Knowledge and passion for fashion and products – ‘fashion sensibility’ – knowledge of trends, the market, the luxury consumer and peer awareness
• Demonstrated ability to operate at pace with flexibility, initiative and solution orientated
• Strong organisational skills
• Computer skills: Excel, Zedonk, Database inventory systems