The Senior Product Development Associate will work alongside the Product Development team in managing and tracking the development cycle for all categories across both Men's and Women's. As a Senior Product Development Associate, you will own and communicate our development needs and deadlines to vendors and cross functional teams.
Primary Responsibilities- Understand aesthetic and technical direction of product to guide decisions.
- Own all steps of product development process for categories under management.
- Responsible for launching and tracking new developments from design to vendors.
- Manage and update Tech Packs & BOMs with Tech and Design teams.
- Manage and maintain Tracker reports for categories under management.
- Gather, review & negotiate costing.
- Ensure all developments meet calendar requirements.
- Own the development requests & monitor delivery of samples from vendors. Report status to cross functional teams & troubleshoot roadblocks.
- Work directly with domestic and import vendors on development, sample tracking and maintaining deadlines.
- Communicate daily regarding sample timing, production issues, and product management; address and manage exceptions.
- Work with Design and Fabric sourcing teams to bring in/develop seasonal fabrics and trims.
- Makes decisions on acceptable substitute materials for sampling, cost options for development to deliver production ready styles.
- Run weekly WIP meetings to keep the team on track for approvals and sample status.
- Responsible for building and maintaining effective working relationships with vendors.
- Attending all milestone meetings (concept, product review, fittings etc) to implement changes and comments into development.
Experience Required- 5-7 years applicable experience
- Previous experience in product development, production, or material development required. Outerwear, Tailoring, Wash, Accessories experience preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree preferred.
- 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, product development required
- Must have strong attention to detail
- Highly motivated, organized, Collaborative
- Strong communication skills, Hard-working. Detail oriented
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Gmail, Google meet, Google calendar, Apparel Magic,
- MULTILINGUAL-speaker is a plus.
$85,000 - $110,000 a year
Here at Buck Mason, we're all about transparency and fairness, especially when it comes to compensation. While the base salary range for this role is $85,000-110,000 per year, your total compensation package may include commissions, bonuses and other perks tailored to your performance and dedication to our craft.
