Product Developer

Responsibilities

• Daily communication with liaison office partners & external suppliers for all aspects of swim development
• Concise & direct email communication
• Maintain in-house color standard library and send out standards as needed to vendors
• Send out lab dip requests and print artwork for development
• Review lab dip, trim and print submits with team and advise comments/approvals
• Attend various weekly development meetings
• Manages follow-up and problem resolution in a timely manner with attention to detail
• Collaborates with design, merchandising, & technical design to effectively execute product development deliverables
• Leads on time development according to critical dates, specific product needs, and profitability goals
• Support an efficient process and communication flow between all cross-functional departments
• Affiliate in packaging, hangtag, & label development
• Maintains and manages PLM
• Use PLM to maintain development records and build databases for all product components
• Ensure all fabrics & trims are production ready
• Reviews all PP samples to ensure all components are correct before production buys
• Tracks and facilitates sampling process
• Issues PO by factory and follows up to ensure sample deadlines are met
• Facilitate samples review & allocation process for on time samples delivery
• Check in all samples and organize for hand off to merch & marketing teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with a focus on Product Development, Product Design, Sports Product Management or related field
• 2-3 years of experience in product development