The Senior Product Developer supports the Director Product Development in all aspects of daily product development requirements of women's, men's, and any capsule knits.
Key Responsibilities: • Manage the product development life cycle from inception of sketch to production ready • Allocates and prioritizes workflow for pattern makers, tech designers and sample room • Oversee both domestic and import product development for knits • Owns the development milestone dates to guarantee the on-time transition to production • Supports Tech Designers in the creation of tech packs • Works with design partners on seasonal fabric and trim development • Selects trims and ships to import vendors • Responsible for managing the full history of fabric and lab dips • Creates and manages seasonal WIP's • Creates send out cost sheets for domestic styles • Manages import costing file • Creates care labels • Ensures quality and on time delivery of protos and sale samples • Works with cross-functional partners to manage and report out seasonal styles and costing through style master • Coordinates and attends fittings to ensure on time approvals • Organizes and maintains sample racks, garment paperwork and fabric/trim libraries • Creating/updating seasonal BOM's • Communicate with full package vendors to ensure quality and on-time product • Manages team of development sewers and cutters
Position Requirements: • Degree in Fashion Design • 5 years' experience in domestic and import product development • Experience in domestic sweater/knit production is a plus • Knowledge of production: testing protocol, production integrity, production cycle times, fabric and garment construction • Computer proficiency in MS Office: Outlook, Excel, Word • Strong knowledge of product life cycle and calendar deadlines • Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage workload with multiple deadlines • Excellent organization and communication skills • Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus