Sr. Manager, Product Development

About the role

The Sr Manager, Product Development RTW is an individual contributor responsible for the product development process from initial design concept to commercialization. This role leverages proficiency in Product Development & Production to collaborate with Design, Merchandising, Materials, and Technical Teams. The successful candidate will support the Director of Product Development in sourcing strategies, align cross-functionally on development and implementation strategies, and manage timelines and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Key cross-functional partner for Design, Merchandising, Materials, and Technical Teams
• Executes product development activities based on strategies and priorities set by Director of PD
• Supports Director of PD in creation and implementation of sourcing strategy
• Manages all aspects of development while engaging Design to ensure aesthetic intent
• Creates and maintains seasonal calendars to ensure timeliness of deliverables
• Liaises with Tech and Materials Management regarding sending of development packages, materials, and trims to sample rooms and service providers
• Led weekly cross-functional team PTM meetings
• Attends seasonal buy review meetings guiding Merch and GMP on product MOQ and manufacturing allocation
• Supports investigation and development of new SP’s

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in product development, costing, and production
• Proficiency in advanced computer skills, tech pack and/or BOM building experience, PLM, Microsoft Access, Outlook, Excel

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and communicate cross-functionally with all levels of the organization
• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of urgency
• Strong, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills for building working relationships within teams
• Strong time management and organizational skills to establish priorities and meet specific timelines
• Ability to proactively trouble shoot and problem solve
• Work out of the box, multitask and juggle ad hoc projects and processes for quick accurate turnaround

Skills

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401 (K)
• Paid Paternity and Maternity leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Disability insurance
• Tuition assistance