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Junior product developer- Lingerie / SwimHead Office
About the Role
We're looking for a Junior Product Developer to join our team and help create high-quality, fashion-forward lingerie, swimwear and beachwear that customers love. Working alongside experienced technologists and cross-functional teams, you'll support the development of products from concept through to production, ensuring they meet our standards for fit, comfort, quality, value, safety and compliance.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a foundation in garment technology who is passionate about product, enjoys solving problems and wants to develop their career in a fast-paced retail environment.
Customer first. Fabric first. Right product, right factory, right quality.
What You'll Be Part Of
- An experienced technical and product development team dedicated to helping customers feel confident and comfortable in our products.
- The opportunity to learn from and work alongside some of the UK's most experienced garment technologists.
- A collaborative culture built on teamwork, innovation, quality and customer focus.
- A growing team that encourages learning, development and fresh ideas.
- Exposure to global suppliers and the opportunity to travel internationally to factories and supplier locations where required.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll play a key role in bringing our lingerie, swimwear and beachwear collections to life, working with teams across Design, Buying, Merchandising and our global supplier base.
In this role, you'll:
- Support the development of products from concept through to production, helping deliver exceptional fit, quality and value.
- Lead fit sessions and provide clear technical feedback to suppliers to ensure products perform as intended.
- Review specifications, testing and compliance requirements to help ensure products are safe, legal and customer-ready.
- Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal teams to solve problems, manage critical paths and improve product performance.
- Use customer feedback, returns data and competitor insights to identify opportunities to enhance fit, quality and customer satisfaction.
- Support initiatives that improve product engineering, sustainability, speed to market and commercial performance.
- Continuously develop your technical and commercial knowledge while learning from an experienced team of industry experts.
This role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to the full product lifecycle, influence products seen by millions of customers and build a successful career within a highly experienced product development team.
About You
We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic, detail-oriented and passionate about product development and garment technology.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Around two years' experience in garment technology or product development.
- Strong understanding of garment construction, fit and sizing principles.
- Knowledge of stretch fabrics, product testing and quality standards.
- Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to work with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to balance quality, customer expectations and cost considerations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Teams, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience in lingerie, swimwear, nightwear or other stretch-product categories.
- Knowledge of bra construction, wire grading, components and fit.
- Pattern-cutting knowledge or pattern-room experience.
- Understanding of product testing, compliance requirements and corrective action processes.
- Experience using customer feedback and returns data to drive product improvements.
- A degree or diploma in Garment Technology, Fashion Textiles, Contour Fashion or a related discipline.
Why Join Us?
This is a hands-on role that combines technical, operational and commercial responsibilities, offering exposure to the entire product lifecycle. You'll work closely with Buying, Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, Compliance and our global supply base to deliver products that customers trust and love.
If you're looking to develop your technical expertise, broaden your commercial understanding and play a key part in delivering great products, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of our lingerie, swimwear and beachwear collections.
Everything you'll love
To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including:
Discretionary company bonus
Company pension up to 7% matched
15% colleague discount in store and online
Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves
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Why Asda?
We’re a really values-led organisation. Our mission means we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively with each other, valuing everyone’s input. We get on with things, we make them happen. As so many people across the UK rely on us, we have to.
Our Creating Change for Better programme tackles the major challenges facing our business and society today and guides our efforts on where we can make the biggest difference by reducing our environmental footprint, creating healthier products and supporting our communities.
Big businesses like ours offer big opportunities. With more than 1,000 stores across the UK, from superstores and Asda Living to petrol stations, as well as depots and Express stores. £60m+ in revenue taken every day. We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles 2 million transactions a month. And 75% of the UK shop in Asda every year.
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Pension
Save for retirement with contributions paid into your pension account by you and Asda.
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Helping you and your partner take care of yourselves with 8 free sessions per year.
Colleague discounts
15% off at our stores - get discounts on groceries and George all year round.
Car cash allowance
Eligible colleagues will receive a cash allowance as part of their benefits package. In addition, all salaried colleagues can choose to register for the Salary Sacrifice Electric Car scheme*.
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Sharing our success with a discretionary bonus scheme for salaried colleagues that really rewards your contributions.
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Paid time off
From holiday to sick leave and other types of leave, such as parental leave.
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Hybrid working
To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots
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As part of the team, you’ll get life assurance.
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All colleagues are guaranteed weekly contracted hours / guaranteed weekly shifts via their contract of employment which is agreed with the hiring manager.
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Once a year our salaried colleagues are able to buy up to 5 additional days holiday via salary sacrifice (subject to eligibility).
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Our stores, distribution centres, and head offices work in local communities across the UK – and we want to be a real part of making a difference for them. From our amazing 400 Community Champions to our charity, The Asda Foundation, we’ve got loads of ways to help local groups and charities. Our outreach programmes, grants, and Community Champions are all about listening to our communities’ needs – to shape projects and initiatives that will make a real impact for local people.
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Here at Asda, we’re dedicated to helping the Armed Forces rediscover their everything after service. We guarantee interviews for people who have left service and meet the minimum criteria for a role, provide leave for reservists’ training, support for cadet training, and employment opportunities for their partners. And that’s why we have over a thousand new colleagues from the Armed Forces Service Leaver Community join us every year.
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