Aje was created in 2008 to translate the effortless Australian lifestyle into fashion.
Designed for an elegance grounded in ease, our garments empower our customers to feel relaxed, assured and beautiful.
Our company strives to invite freedom of self-expression in each architectural store environment, bringing our customers a confidence and beauty that elevates their every day to an occasion.
Join icon fashion house Aje as a Product Developer at our Aje Head Office in Surry Hills.
About this opportunity :
Assist in managing product development across various categories, ensuring design, quality, fit, sustainability, pricing, and margins align with brand standards.
Ensure development deadlines are met, prioritizing workflow under the Design Room Manager's guidance.
Source and develop fabrics and trims to meet design, quality, sustainability, pricing, and margin goals.
Oversee colour standards, prints, and embroidery developments from initiation to production approval.
Create and maintain accurate tech packs, including BOMs, throughout the development process.
Maintain seasonal sampling tracker and costing spreadsheet, updating teams on proto and SMS delivery dates.
Collaborate with the design team to ensure timely completion of CADs.
Assist in factory allocations to build a balanced manufacturing structure.
Maintain positive relationships with suppliers and introduce new ones to improve profitability and expand into new categories.
Work with garment technicians to ensure consistent quality, fit, and finish.
Negotiate with suppliers to achieve target margins, reporting potential costing issues with solutions.
Manage quality issues and risks proactively.
Hand over the entire collection to the production team in line with critical path dates.
Manage development and sampling budgets across all categories under the Design Room Manager's guidance.
You will bring :
3 years' experience specialising in development
Highly Proficient in Excel
Experience and extensive understanding of creating tech packs
Strong technical knowledge of fit, pattern making and construction across woven and knitwear.
Experience with adobe illustrator to make CADS
Exceptional understanding of fabric and garment construction techniques.
Excellent interpersonal and technical communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders
A proven track record working with offshore manufacturing and technical management of suppliers
Ability to manage competing priorities and timelines and ensure deadlines are met
What do we offer?
Generous salary packaging
It is hard not to embrace the Aje style with generous employee discounts, staff wardrobes, pre-order programs, clothing allowances and regular sample sales
Your growth is our growth, training and development programs are recommended and encouraged!
Celebrate milestones such as, Birthdays with Aje leave benefits
Access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program designed to support your wellbeing
No key achievement and success goes unnoticed
Referral incentives
Increasing positive corporate responsibility, reflected through our Aje Aware Charter
Stepping away from the traditional, Aje HQ is a sunlit space within Surry Hills that influences creative and collaborative thoughts.
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