Role Overview

Own the end-to-end journey from design intent to bulk delivery across Women’s Swim, Apparel, Resort and Accessories. Drive accuracy, timelines, cost, quality, and data hygiene while keeping vendors and internal partners moving in lockstep.

Responsibilities

Product Development (all categories) CADs & Technical Drawings

• Create accurate vector CADs in Adobe Illustrator with stitch/trim callouts, BOM references, and colourways.

• Prepare placement guides for prints, embroideries, heat transfers, and appliqués; supply layered artwork files to mills/factories.

  Tech Packs & Spec Sheets

• Build complete tech packs (BOM, graded measurement charts, construction details, tolerance tables, care/labelling, packaging).

• Maintain version control and change logs; ensure all vendors work off the current revision.

Fit Process

• Schedule/join remote fittings; prepare fit agendas; measure samples, record photos, and issue clear fit comments with action owners.

• Track samples by round (Proto/SM/PP/TOP) and drive closure on each comment until approval.

  Sampling & Material Development

• Request/track lab dips, strike-offs, handlooms, trim cards, hardware finishes; manage approvals and shade bands.

• Source alternative fabrics/trims when cost, MOQ, or performance requires.

Costing & Feasibility

• Build cost sheets; assess CM, fabric yield, trims, and packaging; propose construction/value-engineering options to hit target margins.

Testing, Care & Compliance

• Book/track product tests as required (e.g., colourfastness, dimensional stability, pilling/abrasion, corrosion on hardware).

• Draft care instructions based on fibre content, finishes and test results; maintain a simple register of compliance documents for AU/UK/US markets.

  Category specifics Women’s Swim

• Develop fits for bikinis, one-pieces, rash guards, and cover-ups; manage cup options, removable pads, underwires, elastication specs and stitch types (zig-zag/coverstitch/bartacks).

• Manage swim-specific performance needs: stretch & recovery, chlorine/salt/sunscreen resistance, lining opacity, hygienic liners, hardware plating/coatings.

• Approve prints on stretch substrates; confirm strike-off scale distortion and placement at graded sizes.

• Validate UPF claims (where applicable) and ensure care/labeling reflects fibre blends (e.g., nylon/elastane, recycled blends).

  Women’s Apparel (Knit & Woven)

• Build graded specs for tops, bottoms, dresses, skirts, outer layers; account for fabric shrinkage and mechanical stretch.

• Specify key constructions: necklines/rib specs, seam allowances, interlinings, closures, button sizes/placements, zipper specs, waistband constructions, pocketing and bar-tacks.

• Manage wash effects/garment dye/enzymes; create shrinkage allowances and pre-wash size sets where needed.

• Coordinate placement prints, embroideries, and trims; approve hand‐feel, drape, and hanger appeal. Resort

• Focus on lightweight, breathable fabrics (linen, viscose/rayon, cotton voiles, crochet/knits); ensure transparency, seam slippage, and skew checks.

• Develop embellishments (tassels, fringing, beading) with pull tests and secure attachment construction.

• Validate print/embroidery coverage vs. needle heat/hoop marks; specify pressing and packing to avoid creasing.

Accessories

• Manage soft accessories (hats, scarves, sarongs, soft bags/small leather goods depending on range).

• Create spec sheets for hardware (buckles, sliders, clasps), strap pull-tests, stitch frequency, edge paint specs, lining and pocketing.

• Check metal finish fastness/corrosion, colour migration, and dimensional tolerances; confirm packaging and hangtag placements.

  Production Management

• Critical Path & T&A: Build season timelines from range plan; keep trackers live; keep milestones green and escalate risks early.

• Vendor Management: Onboard factories (e.g., Vietnam/China/Cambodia); align on QA standards/AQL, test protocols, packaging and carton marks; hold bi-weekly WIP touchpoints and issue minutes with actions after every call.

• POs, WIP & Delivery: Create and maintain Production POs in Cin7; ensure SKUs/variants, costs, Incoterms, and delivery windows are accurate. Track from fabric booking to ex-factory, including pre-shipment approvals and TOPs.

• Quality Control: Arrange inline/final inspections (internal or 3rd party); manage CAPAs; monitor defect trends and implement prevention.

• Logistics Prep: Coordinate packing lists, carton dimensions, care/label compliance, and shipment documentation with 3PL/logistics.

• Risk & Insurance: Maintain a simple register for product/test certificates and shipment insurance coverage; ensure declarations match commercial invoices.

  Data, Systems & Tooling

• Excel/Google Sheets: Own trackers for critical path, sampling, fit rounds, testing, costing, and WIP; no silent edits—log every change.

• PIM/PLM: Create/maintain product records (attributes, care, dimensions, media); ensure 100% data completeness for go-live.

• Cin7: Create SKUs/variants, POs and receipts; reconcile variances; keep inventory statuses up to date.

• Shopify & Style Arcade (bonus): Support product setup/content checks; assist size curves, option counts and assortment insights.

• Collab tools: Confident in Google Drive; comfortable with Slack/ClickUp (or similar) for task assignment and follow-through.

• Documentation & SOPs: Write clear SOPs and continuously improve systems to speed up recurring work.

Ways of working

• Highly organised and systems-driven; militant with timings.