Apparel Product Developer

About ZelusZelus is Nike Inc.’s exclusive global licensee for teamwear apparel and equipment, serving athletes and teams from grassroots to elite level across football, rugby, basketball, athletics, hockey, and more. Based in Hilversum, we bring together creative, passionate people to deliver high‑quality product for teams around the world — with a Swoosh on every kit.The roleAs a Product Developer, you will lead the development of asset or team-specific products, ensuring their successful commercialisation and production. You will manage the end-to-end development process for assigned styles, balancing timelines, quality, sustainability, and profitability goals. Working closely with Design, Product Management, Materials, and Manufacturing teams, you will play a pivotal role in translating design concepts into market-ready products while maintaining high standards of quality and performance.This role is based in our Altrincham office, with a hybrid working pattern of three days in the office (Monday to Wednesday) and two days working remotely (Thursday and Friday). Occasional travel to our Netherlands office will be required.What you’ll doHandle assigned style count from Brief to Buy Ready according to critical dates, product specifications including silhouette and graphic elements, sustainability, quality and performanceEngage in concept work and Design reviews and give a strong opinion on design achievability through a quality, manufacturability, and cost lens. As well as input of factory capabilitiesCreate, revise and maintain documentation for assigned styles including product specs, BOMs, and trackersPre-cost applicable styles to ensure target FOBs are being hit, work with factories and vendors through the development process to ensure best cost is achievedYou will facilitate and track sampling; identify and mitigate key issues and challenges from concept through development, and lead fit sessions and product/strike off review meetingsMonitor and communicate pr