Product Developer- Knits

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As a Product Developer, your main objectives will be to ensure the Production teams and suppliers know our customers and are aware of the latest trends.  You have ownership in securing product development process end to end, which involves product risk assessment & best product from a customer perspective, in alignment with the assortment strategy.  

• Setting and executing global development strategy in alignment with the assortment, and in close collaboration with the Development Lead 

  
  

• Always work with the customer in mind, observe how customers react to trends and contemporary life to be prepared to communicate with the designer 

  
  

• Follow the trends and draw conclusions on what to prioritize and focus on in the specific market  

  
  

• Provide the business team with necessary information based on customers, section trends and developments 

  
  

• Responsible for educating and developing suppliers in the product flow in terms of capabilities growth, complexity level, and ensuring alignment on customer understanding towards self-reliance 

  
  

• Involved in securing product development flow and sample handling process, and work proactively towards a sustainable product development process 

  
  

• Acting as a product representative on the ground and play an important role in problem solving 

  
  

As a Product Developer, you have extensive Customer and Product knowledge, along with a very good knowledge in Price, Material, Stuk, Experience in Component attributes, wash and print is preferred.  

• 4-6 years of experience as a Product Developer 

  
  

• Fabric knowledge on knits/jersey

  
  

• Knowledge on kids/ baby product fabric is an added advantage

  
  

• Always see possibilities, improvements, and simple solutions  

  
  

• A strong team player with great communication skills cross teams and country collaboration 

  
  

• Result oriented and used to work in a fast pace 

  
  

• Negotiation skills and good follow ups

  
  

• Have a good sense of fashion, trends and is strong on products 

  
  

What you need to succeed:  

• You have a clear T1 and T2 supplier understanding, continuously update/inform suppliers on trends and support them in building supplier collections for H&M, Identifying and informing them on what is big and what is new. 

  
  

• Consistently develop supplier/vendor’s capability so that they can fulfil our business need 

  
  

• Analyze proposed fashion lines and determine which will be commercially viable in your markets 

  
  

• You are collaborative and business minded, you work hand in hand with key stakeholders to co-execute the set strategies and activities.  

  
  

Benefits

We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

Inclusion & Diversity

H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplaces throughout our organization. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience, and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process. 

We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases.