Manager Raw Materials, Shoes

In this role you drive raw materials development and procurement in partnership with Design and Sourcing. You translate creative vision into tangible product by assessing technical feasibility and coordinating with vendors. You manage development timelines, quality, and costs to protect the design and brand standards. You collaborate across design, product development, and operations to mitigate risks and ensure on-time delivery. Join a values‑driven, collaborative team shaping Burberry’s sustainable luxury journey.

• Partner with Design to translate creative vision into product through technical feasibility reviews and ideation
• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships, assessing capability and capacity to meet demands
• Research and develop new raw material concepts and technologies aligned with briefs
• Manage raw material development critical path with Design and Product Development, ensuring deadlines and issue resolution
• Order and deliver raw materials on time and within budget and quality targets
• Ensure material functionality, standardization, and customer-fit across products with ongoing risk assessment
• Collaborate with Operations during collection development and product testing to standards, negotiating any aesthetic changes
• Support production meetings and prep for proto and samples
• Maintain 100% accuracy in PLM records

• Experience managing vendor relationships and delivering clear briefs
• Strong project management and critical path management skills
• Commercial awareness and ability to balance creativity with cost
• Expert technical product knowledge in leather, fabrics, textiles, and related processes
• Site experience with vendors and operational knowledge of factories
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Knowledge of fashion trends and luxury consumer expectations
• Proficiency in PLM and Excel

• collaboration
• communication
• negotiation
• PLM
• Excel
• leather processing and tanning