Job Title: Product Development Assistant
Department: Buying
Reports to: Product Developer
Hours: Working hours 5 days out of 5, no of hours 40 hrs per week
Company: Eurosonic (UK) Ltd
Location: Stretford
Salary: TBA
Job Purpose:
As a Product Development Assistant (PDA), you play a vital role in driving the success of our buying operations. By supporting the Category team and collaborating across departments, you help streamline processes and maintain accurate product data. Your proactive communication with suppliers and close coordination with Merchandisers ensures timely delivery of goods aligned with purchase order requirements. Through your attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence, you directly contribute to product availability, sales performance, and customer satisfaction—making a meaningful impact on the company’s growth and profitability.
Key Responsibilities
Supporting the Product Developer (PD) with administrative range planning.
Consolidating and centrally recording all supplier quotes
Maintaining and updating the pricing master sheet by category, supporting commercial accuracy.
Coordinating sample orders with factories, ensuring timely and responsible communication.
Uploading new products to Business Central with 100% accurate information, supporting our commitment to quality and operational excellence.
Supporting the PD by updating product quotes for key customers, enabling informed decisions and timely progressions.
Key Tasks
Assisting the PD with progressing new lines through their critical path as efficiently as possible to meet launch dates.
Managing the full sample process (development, pre-production, production), ensuring the sample log is consistently updated and accurate.
Reviewing Supplier Information Sheets (SIS) from factories to ensure completeness and integrity of data.
Using SIS sheets to set up items in Business Central as directed by the PD, ensuring seamless product onboarding.
Obtaining cutting guidelines and instruction manuals for products identified for development.
Maintaining accurate item cards in Business Central, updating data as needed to reflect product evolution.
Onboarding new factories into the system, ensuring responsible supplier management.
Assisting the Buying and Merchandising teams with product issue escalations, demonstrating a solution-orientated approach.
Supporting the planning and execution of trade shows, including design, sampling, admin duties, and setup, contributing to brand value and customer engagement.
Carrying out any additional duties as reasonably required, showing flexibility and a commitment to team success.
Supporting the PDs with day-to-day ad hoc and administrative duties.
Liaising with sourcing agents and factories as and when required by the PDs.
Skills Required
Strong organisational skills with proven administrative ability and a high level of attention to detail reflecting our value of integrity.
The ability to prioritise workload, adapt to change, and address challenges with a solution-orientated mindset.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration across teams.
Effective computer skills, particularly in Excel, support data-driven decision-making.
Confidence working in a fast-paced environment, balancing competing priorities to deliver value for both the company and our customers.
A collaborative approach to working across functional and interdepartmental teams, ensuring shared responsibility and customer satisfaction.
A demonstrable commitment to exceeding expectations and contributing to the company’s ongoing evolution.
Confident to use own initiative in progressing tasks pro-actively and making suggestions in order to protect launch dates.
