Product Development Associate - Los Angeles, United States - Buck Mason
Description
Product Development Associate role will work to support the Product Development & Raw Material Sourcing Teams in managing and tracking the development of seasonal products for all categories.
As a Product Development team member, you will work with design to understand, own and communicate development needs and deadlines to vendors and cross functional teams.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide support to Sr. Product Developers and Sr. Raw Material Sourcing partners through the development cycle
- Work closely with cross functional teams to track fabric and product development progress while maintaining calendar milestones.
- Ensure all developments meet calendar requirements. Work cross functionally to solve deadline conflicts.
- Work directly with domestic and import vendors on development, sample tracking and maintaining deadlines.
- Communicate daily regarding sample timing, and product management; address and manage exceptions.
- Attend weekly WIP meetings to keep the team on track for approvals and sample status.
- Learn aesthetic and technical direction of product to guide decisions.
- Responsible for launching and tracking new developments from design to vendors.
- Assist with and maintain Tracker reports for supported categories.
- Manage and update Tech Packs & BOMs with Tech and Design teams.
- Gather, review & negotiate costing.
- Attend all fittings and take notes.
Experience Required:
- 26 years applicable experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, organizational skills to interact with internal teams & outside vendors.
- Must have experience in working with apparel import vendors.
- Knowledge of fabric, trim sourcing, and product development required.
- Must have strong attention to detail.
- Highly motivated, organized, Collaborative.
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Gmail, Google meet, Google calendar, Apparel Magic,
- MULTILINGUAL speaker is a plus.
- Experience in woven or sweaters categories preferred.
- Knowledge of apparel garment development required.
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