Manager, Product Development – Women’s Rack (HYBRID, SEATTLE)

Nordstrom • Seattle, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

NOTE: This position is located at Nordstrom's downtown Seattle headquarters and follows a hybrid work model, with four days in the office and one remote workday each week. We don't just sell cutting-edge fashion and accessories, we create it. Our talented fashion design team — the Nordstrom Product Group (NPG) — develops, designs, produces and sources Nordstrom label products. From traditional to trendy, this team is shaping the styles and looks our customer love. We have an opportunity for a Manager, Product Development – Women’s Rack to join the NPG team and lead a cohort of skilled professionals in the Product Development function. A day in the life… Lead, manage, and mentor teams through product development cycle and calendar milestones.  Ensure deadlines, costing KPI’s and quality standards are consistently met. Support the team balancing the workload between categories, encouraging those closest to the work to provide solutions, and removing barriers to allow the team to do their best work. Be a servant leader that attracts, retains and develops talent by providing continuous mentoring and a commitment to common vision and shared values. Establish strong working relationships with suppliers, cross function divisional teams and leaders with customer at forefront of all decisions. Identify process improvement needs, encouraging and supporting team led problem solving. Lead the product development team through the execution of the sourcing strategy Lead and support team in resolving any quality issues post production Lead teams in tracking product development milestones and calendar due dates with pre-production tracking and reporting (prototype, color, sample yardage, testing, etc.). Support, coach and mentor teams with vendor negotiations through product lifecycle i.e. costing, time and action, minimums, etc. Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing and CSR (social compliance) leaders to ensure the source base meets development and production capability needs and aligns back to our company goals and initiatives. Support PD team in achieving standards for costing rollups for brand and/ or classification at final cost.  Develop into specified costing targets that achieve IMU goals.

Requirements

• Minimum 10+years with leadership experience in product development in garment manufacturing
• Bachelor's degree in Textile, Fashion Merchandising, Design or equivalent years of experience
• Experience managing, developing, and supporting large and diverse team
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Exceptionally strong problem solving, negotiating skills and out of the box thinking – curious and ever changing, and strong quantitative skills
• Highly skilled in Microsoft 365 Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, etc.), Tableau, Flex PLM, Adobe Illustrator (a plus)
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout the U.S., Asia, South and Central America & Europe

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor teams through product development cycle and calendar milestones.
• Ensure deadlines, costing KPI’s and quality standards are consistently met.
• Support the team balancing the workload between categories, encouraging those closest to the work to provide solutions, and removing barriers to allow the team to do their best work.
• Be a servant leader that attracts, retains and develops talent by providing continuous mentoring and a commitment to common vision and shared values.
• Establish strong working relationships with suppliers, cross function divisional teams and leaders with customer at forefront of all decisions.
• Identify process improvement needs, encouraging and supporting team led problem solving.
• Lead the product development team through the execution of the sourcing strategy
• Lead and support team in resolving any quality issues post production
• Lead teams in tracking product development milestones and calendar due dates with pre-production tracking and reporting (prototype, color, sample yardage, testing, etc.).
• Support, coach and mentor teams with vendor negotiations through product lifecycle i.e. costing, time and action, minimums, etc.
• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing and CSR (social compliance) leaders to ensure the source base meets development and production capability needs and aligns back to our company goals and initiatives.
• Support PD team in achieving standards for costing rollups for brand and/ or classification at final cost.
• Develop into specified costing targets that achieve IMU goals.

Benefits

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
• 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees