Product Development Coordinator
About The Position
The Product Developer owns development execution for assigned products from initial development through production readiness. The role is accountable for accurate product information, product feasibility, sample evaluation, issue resolution, and the cross-functional actions needed to deliver products that meet design intent, quality, cost, manufacturability, and timing objectives. Working with internal global teams, Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, suppliers, and factory partners, the Product Developer applies product and technical judgment to identify risks early, recommend practical solutions, drive follow-through, and ensure products are ready to support established business commitments. The role also shares product-development knowledge and provides guidance to Associate Product Developers, while using PLM, analytics, reporting, automation, AI-enabled tools, and emerging technologies to improve execution and processes.
Requirements
- Experience in Product Development, sourcing, supply chain, merchandising, technical product development, or another related product-creation role.
- Strong knowledge of product construction, materials, components, style setup, product information management, BOMs, specifications, samples, approvals, factory communication, and production readiness.
- Experience owning products through development, PP and TOP sample evaluation and approval, commercialization, and production handoff.
- Ability to evaluate product feasibility and workmanship, troubleshoot product and manufacturing issues, recommend solutions, and drive cross-functional follow-through.
- Ability to balance design intent, quality, cost, manufacturability, and timing when making product-development recommendations.
- Strong organizational, communication, product judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple product-development priorities and seasonal deadlines.
- Ability to work independently, escalate appropriately, and influence internal teams, suppliers, and factory partners.
- Experience using PLM, reporting, analytics, automation, AI-enabled tools, and emerging technologies to improve product-development execution and processes.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day development execution for assigned products from initial development through production readiness.
- Maintain and evaluate accurate style setup, Bills of Materials (BOMs), product records, specifications, and development documentation.
- Ensure product information is complete, accurate, and aligned across systems, suppliers, factories, and internal teams.
- Evaluate product construction, materials, components, fit and specifications, workmanship, and manufacturing feasibility throughout development.
- Partner with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, suppliers, and factories to balance design intent, quality, cost, manufacturability, and timing.
- Identify material, construction, and manufacturing solutions that support product, quality, and cost objectives.
- Troubleshoot product, material, construction, quality, cost, and manufacturing challenges and recommend practical solutions.
- Evaluate development, pre-production (PP), and top-of-production (TOP) samples against approved product direction, specifications, workmanship, and established quality standards.
- Drive sample corrections, approval cycles, revisions, and documentation required to achieve production readiness.
- Maintain visibility to customer, licensor, factory, business, and production deadlines, dependencies, open actions, and risks.
- Identify development or execution risks early, determine appropriate recovery actions, and escalate issues requiring cross-functional or leadership decisions.
- Partner with Sourcing and factory teams to assess manufacturing capabilities and identify appropriate construction methods and development solutions.
- Own accurate documentation, tracking, follow-up, and development-to-production handoffs for assigned products.
- Make informed product-development recommendations and drive actions needed to protect product readiness and established business commitments.
- Share product-development knowledge, reinforce established best practices, and provide guidance to Associate Product Developers.
- Identify recurring execution challenges and use PLM, analytics, reporting, automation, AI-enabled tools, and emerging technologies responsibly to improve consistency, quality, speed, and productivity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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