Junior Product Developer
- Job Reference Code: R\-096479
- Employment Type: Full time
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 37\.5
- Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits.
- Closing Date: 8 July 2026
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Responsible for developing commercially viable and fashion\-forward products that meet both customer and market demands manage an entire department within a division. Support the George Product Development Manager in achieving departmental objectives and executing strategies across the full product lifecycle from initial concept through to pre\-production and delivery. Ensure products are developed with the right supplier, delivered right the first time, and meet the brand’s standards for fit, quality, and value. Consistently uphold safety, legal, and quality requirements to enhance the customer experience.
'Find your role'
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- 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.
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- 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.
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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.
Find your everything
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Location
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*Coventry Road, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, LE17 4XH*
View directions
Why Asda?
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We’re a really values\-led organisation. Our mission means we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively with each other, valuing everyone’s input. We get on with things, we make them happen. As so many people across the UK rely on us, we have to.
Our Creating Change for Better programme tackles the major challenges facing our business and society today and guides our efforts on where we can make the biggest difference by reducing our environmental footprint, creating healthier products and supporting our communities.
Big businesses like ours offer big opportunities. With more than 1,000 stores across the UK, from superstores and Asda Living to petrol stations, as well as depots and Express stores. £60m\+ in revenue taken every day. We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles 2 million transactions a month. And 75% of the UK shop in Asda every year.
Rewards and Recognition
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Benefits you’ll only find here
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10% off Asda pet insurance
10% off selected Asda Pharmacy services
10% off Asda Tyres
10% off Asda Travel insurance
20% off Asda Mobile bundles
Free remote GP service
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Available to you, your partner and your children, 24/7, year round.
Pension
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Save for retirement with contributions paid into your pension account by you and Asda.
Free physiotherapy consultations
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Helping you and your partner take care of yourselves with 8 free sessions per year.
Colleague discounts
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15% off at our stores \- get discounts on groceries and George all year round.
Car cash allowance
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Eligible colleagues will receive a cash allowance as part of their benefits package. In addition, all salaried colleagues can choose to register for the Salary Sacrifice Electric Car scheme\*.
(\*Conditions apply)
Mortgage advice
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Whether you’re a first\-time buyer, renewing your mortgage, looking at buy to lets, or simply after some advice in getting a mortgage, get free\* unbiased advice through the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), one the UKs largest mortgage brokers.
Confidential support helpline
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Find free emotional, practical, and financial support that’s fully confidential, through a helpline that’s available 24/7, year round.
Cycle to work
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Buy a bike through this scheme and save on tax and national insurance.
Financial support
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Find financial wellbeing tools and support, including the ability to stream your pay.
Free eye tests
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Head to our in store opticians for a free checkup and take care of your vision.
Bonus
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Sharing our success with a discretionary bonus scheme for salaried colleagues that really rewards your contributions.
Cancer support
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Guidance and support for you and your family, from before diagnosis, to treatment and beyond.
Paid time off
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From holiday to sick leave and other types of leave, such as parental leave.
Mental health support
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Access free mental health support for you and your family.
Support and advice with care
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If you’re supporting older family or friends with care and support, find free, confidential information, expert support, and guidance about later life care for your loved ones through the Legal \& General Care Concierge service.
Hybrid working
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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. Each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots
Save money on every day spends
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Access to hundreds of high\-street discounted Vouchers, discounts on days out, gym memberships, airport parking, and more
Setting your loved ones up for the future
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As part of the team, you’ll get life assurance.
Guaranteed contracted hours
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All colleagues are guaranteed weekly contracted hours / guaranteed weekly shifts via their contract of employment which is agreed with the hiring manager.
Holiday buying
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Once a year our salaried colleagues are able to buy up to 5 additional days holiday via salary sacrifice (subject to eligibility).
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