Senior Manager, Apparel and Accessories Product Development - F1 Apparel
About The Position
Insomniac is seeking a highly motivated and proactive Senior Manager, Apparel and Accessories Product Development within our festival division to join the team. This role will be responsible for leading all factory cost conversations, materials and trims, building and maintaining accurate BOM’s, maintaining costs in accordance with financial objectives, communicating adjustments and corrections to international and domestic vendors, suppliers, overseeing sampling, resolving any issues that may arise, and providing insight and feedback to the team. This position reports to the VP of Consumer Products. This is not a remote position.
Requirements
- 8-10 years+ experience in product development, design or production in garment manufacturing
- Must have extensive knowledge of raw materials and garment construction
- Extensive experience working and communicating with domestic and international manufacturers
- Proven ability to provide leadership, supervision and direction to peers through development process
- Ability to demonstrate capabilities through a costing exercise
- Familiarity leading a team and working with a PLM system
- Proficient in Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written and must be able to actively and attentively listen
- Proven ability to network effectively
- Must be able to travel 50%
- Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization, which does not require sponsorship by Insomniac for a visa.
Responsibilities
- Must have relationships and recommend new manufacturers in the apparel space
- Must have experience building yearly development schedules, always keeping development on track.
- Develop products and review prototypes for quality, brand aesthetic and design intent that meets minimum order quantities and follows line plan
- Will lead cost negotiations with international and domestic and local factories and vendors through product lifecycle i.e., costing, time and action, minimums, etc.
- Meet product development milestones and deadlines with pre-production tracking and reporting
- Provide costing rollups for brand or classification at final cost
- Analyze and leverage company reports to review business, category needs and trends
- Partner with Creative Director to refine seasonal concepts, color pallets and materials
- Create technical packages and specifics
- Manage the approval process of all items in development
- Create cost sheets for all inventoried items
- Maintain timelines and WIP reports throughout all phases of development and production, both for vendors and in-house management
- Must travel to factories to oversee all manufacturing QC and make sure factories are complying with proper audit policies
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
