Associate Product Development Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Style, Tech Pack, and BOM management: Manage accurate creation and maintenance of style records, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) within PLM (Centric), ensuring development integrity.
• Preseason concept raw material development: Collaborate with Design and Sourcing to develop raw materials aligned with seasonal concepts, innovation targets, and cost goals.
• Centric Style Creation/Carryover: Build new styles and manage seasonal carryovers in Centric PLM, ensuring data accuracy throughout the development lifecycle.
• Create Style Colorways: Generate and maintain seasonal colorways per style, ensuring alignment with creative and merchandising direction.
• Style Status Updates: Monitor and update style statuses including additions and drops, providing rationale and ensuring timely communication across teams.
• Bill of Materials Ownership: Create and manage BOMs with complete and up-to-date information on fabrics, trims, and construction details.
• Supplier Sample Request Management: Submit and track development sample requests with vendors; ensure timely receipt and escalate delays when necessary.
• Target Margin Support (EB Goals): Support cost optimization efforts by recommending fabric or trim alternatives to help meet enterprise-wide margin targets.
• Trim Package Development: Lead the development and approval of seasonal trim packages, ensuring aesthetic alignment and cost efficiency.
• Lab Dip, wash, print/pattern development: Coordinate lab dip, print, and wash submissions; track approvals to ensure calendar alignment and aesthetic consistency.
• Sample Tracking and Risk Management: Manage and track samples across all development stages; prepare for key milestone meetings and escalate risk as needed.
• Partner with Tech Design for Sample Fittings: Work closely with Technical Design to support fittings and ensure sample quality aligns with brand standards.
• Style Comments and Communication: Document and distribute development and fit comments to vendors and internal partners for action.
• Line Handoff Management: Facilitate final handoff of product lines to both Technical Design and Production teams post-Line Freeze.
• WIP and PLM Data Management: Maintain accurate development work-in-progress reports and ensure Centric PLM data is current across all style records.

Demonstrates

• High level of quality work
• High degree of professionalism in communication, attitude, and teamwork with customers, peers, and management
• Adherence to all local, federal, and state laws in addition to Company policies, procedures, and practices