Job description
Client Overview: Our client is a women's contemporary RTW brand.
Product Development Assistant Responsibilities:
- Manage the customer lifecycle and recommend opportunities to increase user engagement
- Maintain and create product development calendars to ensure key milestones are met and product launches are delivered within schedule
- Partner with Buying, Sample Operations and warehouse teams to access samples, help resolve any product issues with vendors, and manage the returns to vendor process
- Develop and implement product management strategy and design concepts to build a product roadmap in partnership with design and engineering teams
- Track and communicate cost margin updates with an understanding of cost engineering
- Identify opportunities for cost savings that meet quality expectations
- Facilitate strong external and internal communication around product and specs
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and sourcing partners
Product Development Assistant Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 2+ years’ product management experience
- Excellent follow up skills
- Strong knowledge of sourcing, sampling, and the costing process
- Experience with Excel/Google Sheets, and PLM systems
