Position OverviewWe are looking for a Senior Color, Material and Finish Development Manager to join our growing community at Stanley 1913. This position reports directly to the Director of Color Material Finish Studio. Serve as a player-coach for the Color Material Finish Development team and collaborate closely with CMF Development leaders, CMF Design Manager, Industrial Design & Innovation, Product Management & Supply Chain. In your role you will be responsible for leading Color Material Finish Development and Production Art execution, workflow, and cross-functional alignment across Softgoods and Hardgoods product categories while reinforcing brand consistency, innovation, and operational excellence.
What You'll Do- Lead CMF Development and Production Art execution across Softgoods and Hardgoods, ensuring alignment with Stanley 1913's creative vision, brand standards, and product strategy.
- Translate CMF Design intent across Inline, Express Lane, Partnerships, and Collaborations in close partnership with CMF Design, Product Management, and Supply Chain.
- Oversee CMF development workflows, timelines, deliverables, and PLM data to ensure visibility, accuracy, and alignment across the end-to-end product development process.
- Partner with manufacturing and internal teams to resolve development challenges, mitigate risk, and support new product development, prototyping, and innovation.
- Drive continuous improvement of CMF standards, commercialization processes, digital color systems, PLM tools, workflows, documentation, and SOPs.
- Lead sample reviews and manage development samples, seasonal storage, and archives.
- Lead, mentor, and develop CMF Developers and Production Artists while fostering an inclusive, collaborative CMF Studio culture.
- Travel to the APAC region approximately twice annually to support onsite development activities.
- Must have Superior Discrimination of Farnsworth Munsell Hue 100 test.
Who You Are- Minimum of 10 years of experience within Color Material Finish Development with global manufacturing experience.
- Minimum of 5 years experience as people manager.
- Hardgoods and Softgoods experience with CMF Development.
- Shown experience leading sophisticated CMF Development programs within cross-functional product development environments.
- Strong understanding of color, materials, finishes, decoration methods, and on-product artwork application of hardgoods and softgoods.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, and partners simultaneously.
- Strong decision-making abilities grounded in brand-led product design and supply chain capabilities.
- Experience with soft goods construction methods and documentation preferred.
- Strategic, consumer-focused and logistics-inclusive solutioning skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both visual and verbal.
- Highly collaborative, organized, and adaptable in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Comfortable working through iterative, test-and-learn development and systems enhancement processes.
- Flexible and adaptable due to the evolving needs of a growing brand.
- Proficiency in PLM Systems.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.
- Digital color management required with ability to use and interpret spectral data.
- Ability to travel if required.
Stanley 1913 is a total rewards company, which includes rewards beyond base salary. At Stanley 1913, full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus, based on company and individual results. In addition, we offer a variety of employee benefits, personalized time off, 14-Paid holidays, dental, vision, 401(k), and much more.
The base pay range for this position is for a successful candidate within the state listed. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on multiple factors such as work location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, and experience.
Salary Range
$140,000-$160,000 USD
