Overview
The Senior Product Development Associate will work alongside the Product Development team in managing and tracking the development cycle for all categories across both Men’s and Wo
Full job description
The Senior Product Development Associate will work alongside the Product Development team in managing and tracking the development cycle for all categories across both Men’s and Women’s. As a Senior Product Development Associate, you will own and communicate our development needs and deadlines to vendors and cross functional teams.
Understand aesthetic and technical direction of product to guide decisions.
Own all steps of product development process for categories under management.
Responsible for launching and tracking new developments from design to vendors.
Manage and update Tech Packs & BOMs with Tech and Design teams.
Manage and maintain Tracker reports for categories under management.
Gather, review & negotiate costing.
Ensure all developments meet calendar requirements.
Own the development requests & monitor delivery of samples from vendors. Report status to cross functional teams & troubleshoot roadblocks.
Work directly with domestic and import vendors on development, sample tracking and maintaining deadlines.
Communicate daily regarding sample timing, production issues, and product management; address and manage exceptions.
Work with Design and Fabric sourcing teams to bring in/develop seasonal fabrics and trims.
Makes decisions on acceptable substitute materials for sampling, cost options for development to deliver production ready styles.
Run weekly WIP meetings to keep the team on track for approvals and sample status.
Responsible for building and maintaining effective working relationships with vendors.
Attending all milestone meetings (concept, product review, fittings etc) to implement changes and comments into development.
5-7 years applicable experience
Previous experience in product development, production, or material development required. Outerwear, Tailoring, Wash, Accessories experience preferred.
Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, organizational skills to interact with internal teams & outside vendors
Must have experience in working with apparel import vendors
Knowledge of fabric, trim sourcing, product development required
Must have strong attention to detail
Highly motivated, organized, Collaborative
Strong communication skills, Hard-working. Detail oriented
Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Gmail, Google meet, Google calendar, Apparel Magic,
MULTILINGUAL-speaker is a plus.
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