Junior Product Developer - Trapstar in Rochdale

Our Product Creation team is looking for a Junior Product Developer - 12mths FTC to join Trapstar. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about product and wants to contribute to the continued growth of one of the world's leading streetwear brands. As Junior Product Developer, you will support the end-to-end development process of seasonal collections working across North Manchester and London offices. Working closely with Product Developers, Designers and Product Manager, you will play an important role in ensuring the successful delivery of departmental and business objectives. We are looking for someone who is proactive, organised, and commercially aware, with a strong attention to detail and a collaborative approach. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, embrace new challenges, and contribute positively to both your team and the wider business.

Responsibilities:

• Successfully support the wider development team in the end-to-end development process of your brands, making sure best in class multi-category product is achieved according to the required critical path timelines.
• Supporting and attending fitting/sealing meetings across both Head office and London office.
• Support in the process of meeting deadlines, checking of submissions sent from the factories including lab dips, bulk fabric and print submissions within specified timeframes.
• Demonstrate good understanding of size specifications, fits and fabric knowledge.
• Support the team to ensure the manufacture of own brand products are to the highest standard. Join fit meetings, and feedback on samples/fabrics/lab dips approvals/safety standards/testing/QC.
• Ability to understand technical issues and sending clear, concise and accurate comments to suppliers; processing samples in a timely manner.
• Build strong internal relationships (e.g. Design, Supply chain, Sourcing, etc).
• Assist in the approvals of bulk QC checks from Ekol and warehouse in a timely manner whilst leading general QC function.
• Responsible for creating AQL inspection sheets and measurement sheets for QC inspections. Also responsible for reviewing master AQL sheets for factories.
• Communicate clearly and concisely with global suppliers.
• Responsible for ensuring all photo samples and SMS are arranged when needed and tracked/logged correctly.
• Mentor and support assistant members of the Product Development team ensuring a culture of continuous improvement and development through clear direction and feedback and encouraging collaborative ways of working.
• Send parcels with trims/submissions/samples to factories for the team where needed.

About You:

• Minimum 2 years’ Product development experience in a fast-moving brand/retail environment.
• Experience of working with Suppliers.
• Excellent organisational & communication skills.
• Passion for Streetwear and Lifestyle products.
• Collaborative team player, with ability to react quickly to changing demands and priorities.

Personal Attributes:

• Passionate about Trapstar, fashion, and streetwear culture.
• Positive, proactive, and adaptable.
• Strong work ethic and accountability.
• Collaborative team player with a 'can-do' attitude.
• Keen to learn, develop, and grow within the business.

The Team:

From Design, Production, Merchandising, Ecommerce, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and People teams, Trapstar's collaborative working environment provides opportunities to build strong relationships across the business. You will work closely with colleagues who are passionate about the brand and committed to delivering exceptional products and experiences for our global community.

Diversity:

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are iterating concepts for Trapstar. Diversity for us is about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process:

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you. We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you. Please note, this is not a remote role, and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.