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Assistant Product Technologist – Electricals & Accessories

My client, a leading international fashion retailer, is seeking an Assistant Product Technologist – Electricals & Accessories to join their Quality Assurance team. This role supports the development of safe, compliant, and commercially sound products in line with Primark Quality Assurance Standards. Dublin-based, permanent position.

Package

• Generous Salary DOE
• Bonus
• Pension
• Health
• Career Progression

Responsibilities of this Assistant Product Technologist – Electricals & Accessories include:

• Support product development and ensure samples follow best practice processes and timelines.
• Assess commercial quality standards and testing requirements across electrical and accessories categories.
• Investigate sample rejections and quality issues, ensuring clear communication with Buying teams and suppliers.
• Review and approve product specification sheets and instruction manuals, providing feedback where necessary.
• Manage testing submissions and reporting by supplier, product area, and product type.
• Compile and analyse tech packs and scorecards to support delivery of key line programmes and cost efficiencies.
• Monitor returns reports and customer feedback to identify recurring issues and support corrective action plans.
• Support risk assessment for pre-shipment and CFS inspections with guidance from the Product Technologist.
• Build competitor awareness to benchmark product quality and performance against key retailers.
• Partner with Compliance teams to ensure quality standards and labelling requirements align with legal and industry standards, particularly for electrical products.
• Liaise with suppliers on technical development, testing queries, and improvement plans.

Requirements of this Assistant Product Technologist – Electricals & Accessories include:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience within Product Technology, QA, Compliance, or Product Testing in a retail environment.
• Knowledge of electrical product standards, labelling requirements, and compliance processes.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance quality, cost, and speed to market in a volume retail environment.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and experience working with reports, testing submissions, and tech packs.

Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.

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