Product Development Coordinator - Own brand

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

Working as a Product Development Coordinator for own brand, you will drive the product lifecycle from concept through to delivery, working closely with internal teams and external partners to bring timely, high-quality products to market. This role focuses on supporting the creation of innovative, premium products and combines hands-on coordination, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic administrative support to ensure a seamless and successful product development and launch process.

• Conduct thorough research on market trends, materials, and emerging technologies to inform and support product development decisions
• Stay informed on industry standards, innovations, and best practices to ensure our products are competitive, high-quality, and aligned with market demands.
• Facilitate fit and wear tests, gathering and analysing feedback to ensure products meet the highest standards of comfort, functionality, and quality.
• Coordinate closely with manufacturers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to oversee production progress, monitor quality, and adhere to timelines, conducting quality assurance checks at key stages to ensure all standards are met.
• Manage stakeholder engagement from a project management standpoint by leading weekly or bi-weekly meetings, sharing performance and ROI reports, and ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Develop and maintain detailed project timelines, budgets, and documentation for all product development activities, ensuring all milestones are met within scope.
• Partner with internal teams such as marketing and buying to provide technical product information, enabling successful product launches and cohesive brand messaging.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to facilitate smooth collaboration throughout the development process.
• Travel to factories and supplier locations as needed to monitor production quality and timelines, ensuring all deliveries align with planned schedules.
• Track accountability across various teams (e.g., Creative for content and imagery, Commercial for launch plans and performance metrics) to ensure project success and consistent communication.
• Collaborate directly with key executives, including the CEO, Director of Brand & Creative, Buying Director, and Business Development Director, to align own brand development with overall business strategy and objectives.

What you will need to succeed:

• Previous experience dealing with factories when it comes to sourcing products
• Thrives in a fast pace environment and can execute
• Excellent organisation skills
• Can bring in value and influence based on experience
• Communication skills, enjoys collaborating cross functionally
• Business acumen, can review numbers and see sales opportunities, understand margins
• Fluent in Italian would be advantageous

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.