Product Development & Production Manager (Mandarin speaking)

Responsibilities

• Cook up activities across the full product lifecycle
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Monitor timelines, calendars, and key deliverables
• Serve as a liaison between internal teams and external partners
• Track strike-offs, lab dips, and fabric development, escalating timeline risks as needed
• Track development-to-production status, samples, materials, and approvals
• Ensure products meet quality standards, cost targets, and seasonal milestones
• Coordinate with vendors and factories
• Confirm production readiness by ensuring key requirements are complete before order release
• Create and maintain bulk production style setups, purchase orders, and cutting lists
• Maintain production status and resolve issues in partnership with factories and suppliers
• Manage daily communication with factories, mills, trim suppliers, and overseas partners
• Partner with logistics teams to support shipment tracking and delivery coordination
• Support product reviews and fittings
• Assist in resolving development and production issues
• Maintain product information, development and production documentation, and related records
• Recommend process improvements and support seasonal and ongoing initiatives
• Provide support for special projects and other assigned responsibilities
• Communicate updates, specifications, and project requirements
• Identify and escalate risks or issues that may affect timelines, quality, or business objectives

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 8+ years of experience
• Experience working with products from concept through production
• Knowledge of full product life cycle processes, materials, sourcing, and manufacturing workflows
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners
• Strong project management, organizational, and time management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated team player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Mandarin or Cantonese fluency is a MUST