Product Development Associate Manager

4 days ago

Vernon CA USA, United States Reformation Full time
Join Our Team as an Associate Manager, Product Development

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Associate Manager to join our Product Development team at Reformation. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for coordinating various aspects of product development, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of high-quality products that meet our brand's sustainability and product excellence standards.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle of assigned vendors and/or categories, including the hand-off between Product Development, Technical Design & Production
  • Manage day-to-day operations pertaining to effective product management, strategic costing, brand and factory compliance, sample management, and quality assurance
  • Communicate daily with overseas vendors to monitor and track development statuses, ensure timely sample delivery, cost sheets are completed accurately and on time; attend weekly calls with overseas vendors for exception management
  • Collaborate with vendor(s) to oversee and maintain accurate WIPs for each vendor; review, track, and troubleshoot issues to uphold key milestone dates
  • Partner and prioritize with cross-functional departments that are related to product development to ensure calendar deadlines are met, keeping processes and teams constantly moving towards their goals
  • Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams (Design, Merchandising, Technical Design, Materials R&D, Purchasing, Production); update the teams regularly on deliverables and alert the teams of any unexpected issues and negotiate resolutions with vendors
  • Have a strong understanding of product knowledge and cost construction to negotiate costs and deliveries with vendor partners to ensure best profit margin and lead times are achieved
  • Manage, maintain & provide vendors with accurate BOMs in accordance with delivery deadlines
  • Keep PO statuses, materials, and calendar dates in our ERP system up to date with real-time accuracy from Design pass-off stage through the production hand-off stage
  • Attend daily fittings to ensure design intent, cost margins, and quality standards are met. Take notes, follow up with internal & external partners as needed
  • Track sample ETAs; coordinate with QC & Technical Design to ensure samples are ready for design fittings
  • Partner with Production team counterparts regularly for exception management
  • Provide regular reports to managers/team to include but not limited to calendar delays, margin challenges, at-risk styles, etc
  • Assist in new vendor sourcing projects
  • Plan and prioritize workload to meet deadlines based on business priorities
  • Support the manager & director in executing and reinforcing both team and Supply Chain/Product Development objectives as discussed in regular one-on-one and group meetings
  • Aim to understand and achieve department-level financial top-line and inventory goals (weekly deliverables, quality, receipt $s)
  • Manage a clear stream of work and execute flawlessly against key responsibilities
  • Support special projects as needed
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or a related field
  • 3-5 years of apparel product development experience
  • Overseas apparel manufacturing operations experience
  • Basic understanding of apparel product lifecycle and factory WIP follow-up
  • Intermediate understanding of garment construction, components, as well as technical knowledge of apparel production
  • Must be proactive and possess the ability to meet multiple tight deadlines
  • Must have exceptional organizational skills
  • Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Must have strong knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel (Google Doc and Sheets); ability to compile and synthesize complex data and utilize it to solve problems
  • Highly collaborative with a 'no task is too small' attitude, willing to jump in as needed to support the team
Benefits & Perks:
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance for eligible employees
  • Paid vacation, sick, holidays & volunteer time-off for eligible employees
  • Mission-based company + casual and entrepreneurial work environment
  • Clothing discount, dog-friendly office, company events + parties and much more
  • 401K with company match

The Reformation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status

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