Job Title: Product Developer / Senior Buyer Location: High Wycombe (Easily accessible from Amersham, Beaconsfield, and the M40) Are you an experienced Senior Buyer / Product Developer with a passion for quality, innovation, and growth? Join my client, a dynamic global supplier and manufacturer celebrated for delivering outstanding, quality products worldwide. Due to their ongoing success and expansion, they're looking to add skilled individuals who can drive product development from initial concept through to market launch. About the Role In this pivotal role as a Senior Buyer / Product Developer , you'll be engaged in every phase of product creation, from ideation through to launch. Working with cross-functional teams, you'll ensure that all products align with customer standards, values, and market demands. This role requires close collaboration with merchandisers, supply chain, and quality assurance teams to achieve successful product outcomes. Key Responsibilities Project Management: Collaborate with merchandising, supply chain, and QA to ensure projects are delivered on-cost, on-spec, and on-time, meeting ethical and safety standards. Global Coordination: Work daily with the Hong Kong office, factories, and QA to manage a successful Product Development and Release (PDR) process. Creative Collaboration: Partner with the Design team on concepts, artwork, packaging solutions, and copy, ensuring consistency in branding. Range Development: Build and propose product ranges including SKU counts, pricing structures, and planogram solutions. Specification and Compliance: Draft and sign off on detailed product specifications and ensure all products are costed to deliver target ROI. Team Leadership: Oversee and evaluate team assignments, prioritize workloads, and adjust resources as needed. Issue Resolution: Proactively address and resolve project issues, offering creative solutions to stakeholders. Customer Engagement: Present products, ranges, and categories to customers, and assess product performance based on retail sales. Competitive Salary Hours: Monday-Friday, 8.30am 5.30pm About You Experience: Proven experience as a Senior Buyer, Merchandiser, or Product Developer, ideally in retail or manufacturing. Skillset: A unique balance of creativity and analytical abilities with strong attention to detail and a positive, proactive mindset. Industry Knowledge: Experience with licensed and/or construction products is a strong advantage. Growth Mindset: Enthusiastic about contributing to a thriving, fast-paced environment. Please contact to apply and learn more.

Are you looking for an exciting new role for 2024 and looking to join a company that invests in people? We have an exciting opportunity to work for one of the fastest growing toy companies in the business. Our client is part of a large international group and are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Technologist to join their very experienced Product Development Team in the UK. Reporting into the Quality and Compliance Manager you will be working within a team to ensure all their toy products are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. Responsibilities Support UK Quality Assurance & Compliance Manager Support other departments to ensure QA policies are being met. Provide advice on the quality, safety & compliance of new product initiatives. Conduct, document & communicate new product risk assessments, identifying test requirements and potential quality and safety risks. Provide details of the required technical information for packaging to design team and check & approve subsequent artwork. Provide advice on the quality, safety & compliance for international markets. The role will require occasional visits to the companies Hong Kong office, their suppliers & factories, their UK customer Head Office, stores and distribution centre. The ideal candidate will have a great work ethic, a logical thinker with the ability to analyse numerical and written data and perhaps has some form of engineering qualification. Our client is easily commutable from High Wycombe, Amersham, Beaconsfield and accessible from the M40. Competitive Salary up to £40K and Hours: Monday-Friday 8.30am 5.30pm (Hybrid x 1 day a week from home) If you have worked as a Product Technologist, Quality Assurance Officer, QA/QC or within Quality and Compliance and have experience within consumer goods, product development, textiles, retail, technology, toys or chemicals please get in touch with