Descrizione:
DESIGNATION : Senior Product Developer – Sweater
PACKAGE : Open to discuss in US Dollars
COUNTRY & COMPANY : Bangladesh | Leading Multinational Apparel Manufacturing Company
ROLE :
A leading multinational apparel manufacturing organization is looking for a highly creative and technically strong Senior Product Developer – Sweater to support its expanding knitwear and sweater operations in Bangladesh.
The role requires a passionate product development professional with strong exposure to sweater innovation, knitwear engineering, and customer-focused development execution. The ideal candidate should possess the ability to transform design inspirations into commercially viable and technically executable products while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and international customers.
This opportunity is ideal for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced development environment and has strong expertise in sweater construction, yarn applications, knit techniques, garment aesthetics, and development management.
Key Responsibilities
- Interpret customer inspirations, seasonal concepts, sketches, mood boards, and trend directions into innovative sweater product developments.
- Convert design concepts into technically feasible sweater constructions suitable for large-scale manufacturing environments.
- Collaborate closely with Design, Technical, Merchandising, Sampling, and Production teams to ensure smooth development execution.
- Drive product innovation by introducing modern knit structures, yarn combinations, stitch developments, washes, and finishing applications.
- Ensure product aesthetics, fit, construction quality, garment functionality, and commercial viability are maintained throughout development stages.
- Support the preparation and review of technical packs, ensuring development accuracy and completeness for sampling and production teams.
- Work closely with sampling teams to ensure proper execution of knit structures, gauges, trims, embellishments, and finishing techniques.
- Provide technical troubleshooting support during development and coordinate solutions with relevant teams to avoid delays.
- Monitor sample progress, development timelines, and approval processes to ensure timely delivery of development samples.
- Coordinate with internal manufacturing teams to align factory technical capabilities with customer development expectations.
- Participate in development reviews, customer presentations, product discussions, and range-building initiatives.
- Support customer visits, development meetings, and product review sessions while strengthening customer confidence and relationships.
- Partner closely with UK and overseas development teams to ensure alignment between customer expectations and factory execution capabilities.
- Ensure strong communication flow across all development stages to achieve speed-to-market and operational excellence.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across sweater product development processes and innovation capabilities.
Candidate Profile
- Minimum 8–12 years of relevant experience in Sweater / Knitwear Product Development within reputed apparel manufacturing organizations.
- Strong technical expertise in sweater constructions, knitwear development, yarn behavior, stitch techniques, and gauge management.
- Proven exposure in handling international apparel customers and global development processes.
- Strong understanding of sweater sampling, proto development, fit management, and commercialization processes.
- Ability to convert creative concepts into technically executable and production-friendly sweater products.
- Excellent coordination skills with Design, Technical, Merchandising, Production, and Customer teams.
- Strong understanding of garment aesthetics, product engineering, and technical problem solving.
- Exposure to multinational apparel manufacturing environments will be considered a strong advantage.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and execution capabilities.
- Ability to work effectively within fast-moving, deadline-driven development environments.