AddressTHE BRAND
Founded in 2017 by Creative Director Richard Jarman, COMMAS visualises a contemporary Australian seaside culture. One with effortless silhouettes, original painted prints, and a sophisticated free flow of comfortable and dynamic designs.
The name COMMAS represents a purposeful pause, a reminder to catch your breath, to recalibrate, and take pleasure in the moment.
COMMAS was the first swimwear brand to represent Australia at Pitti Uomo in 2017, it was named the number one swimwear brand of choice by Vogue Paris in 2020, and in 2021, Creative Director Richard Jarman was awarded Emerging Designer of the Year at the Australian Fashion Laureate, the fashion industry’s highest award honours, alongside the National Designer Award and Honourable Mention for Sustainability.
COMMAS believes in responsible business practices, community, and craftsmanship. Our graphic printed designs are from original hand painted artworks, each garment is handcrafted using family-owned factories and mills across the world.
THE ROLE
The Senior Product Developer supports the growing design department delivering end-to-end product development and supporting production with the seamless execution of collections.
Key responsibilities include:
- Close working relationships with Design, ensuring the vision is translated into product.
- Establishing effective working relationships with vendors and developing a strong working knowledge of their capabilities.
- Collaborating with and communicating across Merchandising, Design, Production, Garment Technology and Buying teams to ensure all interests are represented in deliverables.
- Understanding aesthetic and cost demands and communicating them effectively to vendors.
- Responsible for timely handover of collection with feedback from internal stakeholders.
- Ensuring initial product costings are in line with margin targets and managing cross costing where necessary.
- Sourcing new suppliers and ongoing review of supplier capabilities.
- Continually developing trims, fabrics, finishes and techniques.
- Creating tech packs and managing fabric and trim library.
- Work with team to support the delivery of on-time bulk production.
- Managing the critical path.
- Driving expense reduction and productivity enhancement across all product lines.
- Handling Fit & grading, supply chain compliance, and product compliance.
- Raising purchase orders for bulk orders.
- Handling shipments, communicating tracking, and packing list information directly to the internal team.
- Reviewing seasonal vendor performance and identifying areas for improvement.
- Identifying new CSR opportunities to advance sustainability goals.
PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in fashion (product development, garment construction, printing processes, manufacturing, quality control compliance, procurement cycles).
- Excellent communication organizational, people management, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to deliver within deadlines and budgets.
- Excellence in relevant software such as Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Adobe, and Excel.
- Offshore manufacturing experience essential.
- Strong belief in sustainable and ethical production practices.
