Product Development Responsibilities:

• Manages end-to-end development process for adult/kids/infant/active apparel in North American business unit.


• Collaborates with internal partners (Design, Category Management, etc) and external resources (agents, suppliers, mills, factories, etc.) to optimize product development life cycle.


• Negotiates prices to achieve gross margin targets.


• Knowledge/experience required in the fields of knit and woven manufacturing and associated levers to drive development (e.g. fabric development, dying, construction, materials, duties, etc).


• Value engineers products to meet financial objectives in collaboration with design leads.


• Partners with Global Quality and Safety Organization to insure products are manufactured to Regional, Federal and State regulations.


• Develops sourcing strategy.


• Develops rules of engagement  (flexibility and responsiveness).


• Develops vendor relationships.


• Monitors vendor KPI's (Key Performance Indicators).


• Monitors product category trends.


• Recommends product piece types for development and inclusion in the line.


• Drives and owns category profitability targets and optimization (PTC inputs).

• Bachelor's Degree.
  


• Minimum five (2) years of direct responsibility for apparel sourcing and negotiations.
  


• Extensive knowledge in garment manufacturing (e.g. knitting, sewing, dying, etc) and component sourcing/manufacturing (e.g. yarn development, trims, fabric development, dying, etc).
  


• Extensive knowledge of Asian and developing market apparel sourcing.  
  


• Proven track record in developing strong vendor partnerships while achieving financial objectives.
  


• Team leader and talent developer.