Product Development Specialist

COMPANY PROFILE:

In 2024, Dedar acquired Mariaflora, a brand owned by Filippo Uecher Srl.

Established in 2015 in Biella - a hub of textile excellence for Made in Italy - Mariaflora has developed a collection with an international appeal over the years, offering outdoor and performance fabrics defined by understated elegance and timeless style. As a supplier to some of the world’s leading furniture brands and with a strong presence in the luxury yachting sector, the brand produces solution-dyed acrylic fabrics for outdoor use, manufactured locally through a carefully controlled, vertically integrated supply chain—from fiber to finished fabric.

Today, Dedar have an international team of over 200 employees: a group of people growing together with the company, united by a shared passion for the beauty of textiles. Dedar’s headquarters and operations are based in Italy, with commercial branches in France, the UK, the USA, Russia, and the UAE, and distributes its products in over 80 countries worldwide.

PURPOSE:

Directly reporting to the Creative Director, the Product Development Specialist is in charge of ensuring and managing the development and realization of textile & wallcoverings collection in line with specifications received, defined strategies and planned timelines.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

More specifically, the main job duties are:

• Research of materials and suppliers (yarn or new weaving techniques).
• Know processes and techniques of weaving (jacquard and dobby etc.), printing (digital, flat-bed screen printing, rotary etc.) and identify the most suitable for the realization of the product.
• Follow the development of the product and its industrialization up to the definitive prototype in agreement with and following the guidelines of creative direction.
• Collaborates and discuss with the Creative Director for the expressive, stylistic and technical refinement of the product.
• Make graphic and chromatic proposals coherently with the artistic guidelines and with the techniques used.
• Guarantee the functional conformity of the product in collaboration with the product and quality offices.
• Transfer the qualitative evaluation criteria of the product to the quality department.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Superior textile studies;
• Knowledge and mastery of weaving and printing techniques.
• Work experience in a similar role. Previous experience as product specialist on finished products (pillows, plaid, carpets) is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate with spinning, weaving and finishing factories in the design phase, also through repeated visits.
• Fluent in Italian and English.
• Knowledge of Adobe suite and textile CAD.
• Researcher, explorer, curious.
• Oriented to innovation and creativity.
• Autonomous and collaborative in carrying out projects.
• Knows how to speak on an artistic, technical and qualitative level.
• Taste, sense of beauty and sensitivity to details.
• Listens to the technical needs but is rigorous in pursuing the expressive purposes of the product.
• Organized, persevering, patient and goal-oriented.

We look forward to speaking with you!