MRTW Precollection Product Development Manager

About LOEWE

Created in Spain in 1846, LOEWE approaches 180 years as one of the world’s major luxury houses. Now under the Creative Direction of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, the brand presents itself to the world as a house focused on craft and culture, evidenced through an intellectual yet playful approach to fashion, bold and vibrant Spanish lifestyle, and unmatched expertise with leather.

LOEWE has a rich legacy of craftsmanship dating back to its beginnings as a collective workshop and has long valued artisanal techniques in its approach to design and manufacture. These core values are reflected in the brand’s belief in the importance of craft in today’s culture, its modern interpretations of historical artistic achievements and its commitment to supporting contemporary art, craft and culture around the world.

At LOEWE, we value the uniqueness of our clients and our teams, whoever and wherever they are. We are committed to a culture that welcomes all genders, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and abilities, including people with disabilities of all types. Our aim is for everyone to feel valued, included and empowered to contribute their best.

Role: MRTW Precollection Product Development Manager

Reports to: Head of MRTW PD Location: Paris CDD - Maternity cover, temporary contract Sept 2026 - Jan 2027 (approx)

THE ROLE

Sitting within the Ready-to-Wear Development Team, you will be responsible for driving the development of LOEWE’s Men’s ready-to-wear precollection, from sketch handover with the Studio, following the development of prototypes and final launches in close collaboration with suppliers, until sealed samples handover to production.

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

• Be the collection development driving force, by coming up with proposals according to the creative vision and requirements of the studio: good knowledge of garment construction and mastery of technical language.
• Anticipate issues of feasibility, price and industrialisation and propose solutions accordingly.
• In close collaboration with manager, organize factory allocation after each session of post-fittings, and dispatch launches within the team, according to category split per developer
• Actively participate in fittings, write comments, prepare technical files, nomenclatures, launch sheets.
• Have a constant and fluid communication channel with the studio in order to follow and translate all their requests, being able to solve each problem raised.
• Coordinate information between the various departments in order to facilitate the process and communications between the material purchasing team, the fabrics and trims development team and the suppliers
• Update PLM daily, be the guarantor of system referencing and information reliability.
• Ensure the accuracy of BOMs, and different media, such as Sketch to fabric, fabric to sketch and pre-buy documents.
• Ensure compliance with schedules, delivery dates and collection deadlines.
• Check the conformity of the models to the delivery of the collection, collect and coordinate the flow of information relating to product development.
• Update budget tracking tools, track billing and supplier invoices.
• Update prices at each fitting and be able to make price estimates on models in development and ensure target margins are met.
• Maintain a strong link with the Merchandising team in order to ensure the smooth running of the collection in terms of commercial development.
• Ensure the reliability of information: material prices, component prices, manufacturing prices, jobs or finished product prices.
• Maintain a strong link with the Industrialization/Production teams all along development process of each collection, actively participate in standardisation trials after each fitting, in order to ensure the smooth running of the collection in terms of commercial development.
• Ensure the smooth transition of the collection to the production team during handover and standardisation.

TEAM

3 Product Developers + 1 Intern

THE CANDIDATE

• Graduated from a fashion or business school with 5-6 years minimum experience.
• Excellent knowledge of computer tools (Office / PLM).
• Organised, rigorous, precise and with a good sense of priorities.
• Dynamism, agility, curiosity, autonomy.
• Passionate about the world of fashion.
• Very strong product sensibility, sense of detail and quality.
• Good technical knowledge of the garment construction, with a special focus on woven – shirts, trousers, outerwear, denim.
• Good understanding and sensibility to industrialization/production imperatives
• Excellent interpersonal skills, enjoys working in a team.
• People management experience desirable.
• Good writing, analytical and synthesis skills, a confident communicator/presenter.
• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines in a demanding environment, keeping a caring atmosphere
• Good knowledge of the luxury sector.
• Excellent level of English, written and spoken. Italian and/or French a plus!

Encouraging diversity in all its forms, LOEWE is committed to the employment of people with disabilities. We celebrate diversity and are committed to create and foster an inclusive environment for all.