Junior Product Developer

Competitive salary plus benefits.

• Ensure all products meet Asda/George safety, legal, and quality standards.

• Support end-to-end product development, including fit, sizing, and quality.

• Identify and manage risks early to maintain critical path timelines.

• Collaborate with buying, merchandising, design, and global supplier teams to ensure timely delivery.

• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships to support quality, cost, and innovation.

• Drive product improvements through fabric innovation and product engineering.

• Monitor product performance (e.g. quality, returns, testing, DC rejections) and support action plans.

• Conduct competitor benchmarking and in-store audits to inform improvements in fit, quality, and value.

• Support sustainability and ethical trading standards across the product range.

• Use customer feedback, returns data, and insights to drive continuous improvement.

• Commercial acumen, with experience in garment construction and factory management.
• Knowledge of industry regulations, guidelines, and legal compliance.
• Product insight with commercial awareness and problem-solving abilities to address issues proactively before they escalate into bulk production problems.
• Ability to maintain strong supplier relationships and work collaboratively to achieve positive outcomes.
• Improve garment quality, with fabric knowledge fabric first mindset.
• Some experience in factory audits, implementing corrective actions.
• Ability to conduct in-store product audits regularly, providing clear action plans for improvements.

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