Product Development Specialist (Milano)

Product Development Specialist (Milano)

Position

The resource will be included in the Product Development Man RTW team and will directly collaborate with the Product Manager of the related category in all the activities related to the function. In particular, the resource will be involved in the following activities:

Job responsibilities

- Prototyping
- Works together with the Product Manager in understanding and sharing stylistic design and organizing related activities;
- Follows launches of separate trials/researches requested from design team;
- Collaborates with supplier management for prototype production (planning, timing and quality);
- Launches prototypes and canvases with support from product room team;
- Support cost negotiation and verification of cost sheets;
- Provides guidance for compilation of bills of materials in collaboration with product room team;
- Ensures that style boards and files are always updated with all the necessary changes;
Participates in fitting for the clearance of canvases and prototypes.

- - Samples
- Launches sample book and manages sample return with support from product room team;
- Collaborates with styling in defining accessory pairings (buttons, drawstrings, leather, various metallics and linings);
- Collaborates with product and style team in checking pattern books and line sheets;
Checks and controls sample garments (matching, fit, raw material yield) and manages the implementation of any changes.

- - Pre-production
- Checks collection color matches for compilation of production bills of materials;
- Participates in fit and shedding tests also in collaboration with the technical department;




- Launches eventual pre-production samples with support from product room team;
- Sharing info to merchandising dept specifying production alterations.

Profile

- At least 3 years of previous experience in the industry;
- Professional knowledge of Microsoft Office, ProJ, PLM and/or SAP;
- Fluent Italian and English (both written and spoken);
- Excellent result oriented, customer focus, integrity, reliability and interpersonal skills;
- Willing to business trip in Italy to visit subsidiaries and suppliers.

LORO PIANA
MAISON

Originally from Trivero in northern Italy, the Loro Piana family began trading wool in the early 1800s. In 1924, Pietro Loro Piana founded Ing. Loro Piana & C., the current company. Pietro’s nephew Franco took over in 1941, and after the war the firm began to establish its reputation as a supplier of premium wool and cashmere textiles for a growing haute couture industry, both home and abroad. In the 1970s, Sergio and Pier Luigi Loro Piana took up the reins, diversifying into luxury goods and developing an international retail arm. Now the world’s foremost cashmere processor, Loro Piana prides itself on sourcing the very finest, rarest raw materials the world has to offer, including unique cashmere from baby goats in northern China and Mongolia, vicuña from the Andes, extra-fine Merino wool from Australia and New Zealand and lotus flower fiber from Myanmar. The company draws on both time-honored traditions and state of the art technology to offer its discerning customers products that are renowned for their peerless quality. All of the company’s collections of ready-to-wear garments and accessories are made in Italy to the highest standards of craftsmanship and sartorial excellence.

📌 Product Development Specialist (Milano)
🏢 Loro Piana
📍 Milano