Job description
Product Development Associate, KidsClient Overview: Our client is a leading global apparel company specializing in intimate apparel and fashion and basic apparel for leading retailers and brands around the world.
Product Development Coordinator Overview: Our client’s product team is looking for a Product Development Associate to support product development projects. Our client is seeking a highly organized and motivated team member to help them continue to innovate. As a Product Development Associate, your role is critical in supporting Product Managers as they develop and launch new products and monitor product quality.
Product Development Responsibilities:
• Partners with the Merchandising and Design to ensure all development calendars with multiple seasons overlapping are maintained and all deadlines are met
• Responsible for sending out all development sample requests and managing T&A on samples
• Collaborate with Design and Merchandising to make sure samples are executed to design’s vision
• Manage samples from vendors, and keeping them organized and available for meetings
• Develop new fabrics and develop and maintain new ways of working based on needs
• Good fabric knowledge of construction and finishes
• Ability to identify fabrics within budget guidelines to develop into products
• Creating fabric library and standard of core fabrics used seasonally and maintain liability chart
• Develop new fabric sourcing strategies and understand new technologies and fabric finishes
• Knows and understands all the children’s product laws and maintains them in our product
• Work with fabric mills to review key fabric performances, including: shrinkage, pilling, color fastness, stretch, and recovery
• Work with design to establish and maintain color palettes seasonally, conduct all lab dips and strike off commenting and libraries for kids and sleep
• Negotiate fabric prices, minimums and lead-times
• Collaborate with design on SMS order placements and follow-up
• Other duties assigned by design and PD to support the needs of the departments
Product Development Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• 2-4 years’ experience
• Must have experience in kids apparel and have knowledge of kids apparel laws
• Strong understanding of garment construction within development and production time-line
• Ability to build and manager relationships with vendors and mills, as well as develop partnership with sales team, directors, and department heads
• Proficient: Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, PLM and Word
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Motivated, proactive, highly organized and strong adaptability to be a self-starter
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, strong attention to detail
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