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SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Employer
Dundas Worldwide
Location
Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater)
Salary
Up to £50,000 per annum + benefits
Closing date
22 Jun 2021

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PURPOSE OF ROLE

To oversee the entire development process, taking design to final SMS and handover to production. Working with the Creative Director and Heads of Department/Managers across the business to ensure that critical path is adhered to and that the collection is both creative and commercial and meets its deadlines throughout the entire process.

This role is to be responsible for the creation of the collections, to guide the product development and external supplier base to deliver a quality collection, that meets business target budgets, margins, timelines and Dundas World standards.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for following designs through to SMS for all RTW and accessories collections, including private clients and any other adhoc projects.
  • To accurately interpret designs, to guide and grow the development teams and external suppliers to understand the brand aesthetic, technical detailing and techniques for creation of the collection.
  • To build and train the team to understand the importance of the finished piece, ensuring that it can be produced at bulk, meeting or exceeding the business target margins.
  • Responsible for creation and maintenance of technical sheets for supplier reference from start of design through to handover to production.
  • To ensure that fabric development is in constant flow and that the collection is balanced.
  • To ensure that all sourcing of fabrics, trims and accessories are made to meet meeting and ordering deadlines.
  • Responsible for preparation of the season set up following meetings to define the seasonal merchandising plan and fabric allocation.
  • To liaise with sales and merchandising team regularly throughout the development of the collection, to ensure that we deliver a rounded collection season on season, following commercial feedback and sell throughs.
  • To work hand in hand with the design team to ensure that the links between design, development and suppliers are smooth, and communication is clear.
  • To organise styling dates.
  • To manage workflow from design, to supplier, and then to manufacturers.
  • Responsible for the organisation of regular liaison with factories for sampling including regular visits, maintaining strong relationships.
  • Responsible for pricing with factories and preparing all information required for pricing the collections, liaising with appropriate departments and ensuring the correct information is contained within Zedonk.
  • Organise and be responsible for preparation of pricing meetings with internal teams and higher management.
  • Responsible for setting and meeting critical path deadlines for all collections of RTW and accessories.
  • Responsible for setting and managing the product development budgets offering support to those in the team managing the day-to-day, and ensuring teams are keeping trackers up to date, regularly updating the Finance team if there are any concerns.
  • To maintain collection seasonal analysis information required for seasonal range plan reviews, ensuring the appropriate teams are involved where necessary.
  • Responsible for regular meetings with the Senior Production Manager to give update of development throughout the season, ensuring regular communication.
  • To work closely with the Senior Production Manager to ensure that critical paths work between the seasons, ensuring a smooth flow from development to production at handover stages, reviewing processes where necessary.
  • To work hand-in-hand with the Senior Production Manager to allocate the seasonal collections to manufacturers at development through to production stages, to then have sign off from CEO.
  • Ensure all areas of development are prepared for handover to production at the appropriate times.
  • To be present in all production handover fittings to ensure accurate understanding of the collection.
  • To work on creating smoother workflow processes for all teams in product development, engaging team members throughout the process.
  • Compiling weekly department updates for product development for submission to senior management.
  • Facilitating the link between design and product development, ensuring that design needs are met.
  • Attend all fit meetings.


 

Note:

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to the job. They are not construed to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in the job. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

 

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES

  • Previous executive support experience (preferably in a luxury/fashion/creative environment)
  • Administration skills
  • Strong organization
  • Ability to clearly communicate with people across the company
  • Initiative
  • Time-Management
  • Workload Management
  • Discretion and confidentiality
  • Ability to multitask
  • Strong proficiency in English to be able to respond appropriately to correspondence on behalf of the Founders
  • Professional
  • Microsoft Office skills
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Confidence
  • Flexibility
  • Self-Motivated
  • Team-Oriented
  • Persistence

 

 

Based in London, the company culture is dynamic and entrepreneurial but with a strategic vision and a perception of a widely known, well established brand. The brand is headed by its two Founders, Peter Dundas and Partner Eve Bousis.

The culture of this fast-growing brand requires strong organisational skills, team players, good communication skills and a “Can Do” and 360 approach.

Company

Born in Norway, Dundas studied at Parsons in New York. It was there that his obsession with the female body began; an obsession he would take through his design roles, with an eye for complementing the female figure with his talent for cut and pattern. In 1992, Dundas became design assistant to Jean Paul Gaultier , where he stayed for eight years. All the while building up his experience, in 2000 Dundas moved to Lacroix, where he developed a sense for striking colours and patterns. In 2002 Dundas went to Roberto Cavalli as Chief Designer where he designed some of the brands most successful and heralded collections. Dundas was in 2005 subsequently recruited creative director of Emanuel Ungaro. After his tenure as creative director at Ungaro, Dundas was appointed artistic director at Emilio Pucci, owned by LVMH, in 2008, before returning to Cavalli. During his seven-year tenure at Pucci, Dundas developed the brand’s history of glamorous, colourful and patterned collections. Focusing on nightlife as a key inspiration, Dundas took Pucci in a new, youthful direction making the brand highly covetable with international celebrities. It was under the creative helm of Dundas that LVMH identified the label as a key future-growth vehicle, branching into new product categories such as shoes, handbags and eyewear. In 2015 Dundas returned to Roberto Cavalli as creative and artistic director, a move he described as a “homecoming” While at the brand Dundas continued his reputation as the go to designer for celebrities dressing Kim Kardashian and Gong Li for the Met Ball. After the sale of Cavalli in 2016 Dundas parted ways with the brand and in 2017, started his own namesake label with co-founder Evangelo Bousis. The brand was launched with Beyonce at the 2017 Grammys. The looks launched exclusively with Moda Operandi in July. The label is conceived around a non-seasonal structure, released in drops to coincide with the demands of clientele both in usage and at competitive price points . The Dundasworld brand has shown annually in Paris as well as fashion shows closing Beijing Fashion Week and in Los Angeles, January 2019 for the Art of Elysium charity gala In February 2020 Dundas dressed Shakira for the Super-bowl Halftime show, an event seen by more then 190 million viewers. March 2020 was followed by Dundas Activewear a collection premiered exclusively on Forward

Company info
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Telephone
07534403081
Location
15 Bishopsgate
London
London
EC2N3AR
GB

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