Product Developer - Technical Footwear

As a Product Developer, you will develop compelling footwear products that will delight our consumers, working collaboratively with Design to take new projects from design concept stage, through prototype development to commercialisation and production.

You will Support on-time development of all footwear products using advanced product engineering techniques, ensuring consumer relevance, optimal cost, quality assurance, reliability and speed-to-market.

The role you’d play as Product Developer – Technical Footwear

• Working hand in hand with the Design teams throughout the product creation process, champion a right first-time approach to development, guiding the principles of ‘design to cost’ and ‘design for manufacture’.
• Proactively maintain an awareness of specific market intelligence and innovation, identifying opportunities to implement new materials and technologies into seasonal product briefs.
• In partnership with design, create comprehensive, detailed Tech Packs that fully communicate design intent and product build with clarity and precision.
• Ensure consumer insight and customer needs are at the center of all development and product engineering decisions.
• Review briefs, design tech packs, 3D models, and samples to identify opportunities to improve cost, construction, performance, materials, fit & comfort.
• Interface with Asia team counterparts through all prototyping stages to optimise development process and prototype approval, empowering ‘close to source’ responsibilities and ensuring all costs are on time and to target.
• Implement procedures to assure quality from the earliest stage of product development through to commercialisation.

What you’d bring

• Good computer skills including Adobe suite, Word, Excel. Knowledge of both 3D CAD & PLM systems is advantageous.
• Footwear Product Development experience within sport/performance/outdoor
• Experience developing cleated footwear advantageous.
• Up-to-date knowledge of technical footwear innovation, product construction, materials, design applications, and moulding technologies gained within the footwear industry.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
• Proven ability to project manage, multitask and problem-solve.
• Ability to identify, work with & influence key stakeholders.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive remuneration package
• Hybrid / smart working
• Brand and retail perks
• Financial perks
• Travel perks
• Time out perks
• Wellbeing commitment

Who we are

Pioneering Brands that Make Life Better

We are Pentland Brands, a global business touching the lives of millions through some of the world’s most-loved active and footwear brands. We own Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Mitre, Ellesse, SeaVees, KangaROOS and Red or Dead. We’re the UK licensee for Kickers and have a joint venture with Lacoste footwear.

We have a rich and remarkable history, of family, of ambition and of innovation, of leading from the front with a legacy of outstanding brands and equally outstanding people. Of pioneering brands that make life better. Brands that create an emotional connection with our consumers and help keep people on the move. Brands that do good, that form part of a positive business that takes action for people and planet.

We celebrate differences and give everyone the freedom to innovate and develop because we know this is an exceptional place to build brands and build your career. We want you to come to work every day excited about what we can achieve when we have a clear and single-minded focus on being consumer-centric and relentlessly focused on improving our performance.

Always guided by our principles, we not only do a great job, but we also do it in the right way; success is a team game; with clarity and courage; better as standard; in good conscience. We believe every individual has the power to shape the Pentland of the future, by making sure that every day we’re better than the day before. Join our team of passionate, exceptional individuals, and do the best work of your life.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

To find out more go to www.pentlandbrands.comor follow @pentlandbrands on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• On-site gym
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sunderland