Coordinator, Product Development presso VopCo

Title 

Product Development Coordinator - Women's Soft and Hard Woven's

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Partner with Design to ensure products are executed with design specifications. Ensure Development execution is in accordance with the Mill / Vendor Brand strategy.
• Partner with Raw Materials team to allocate and track yardage, raw materials, and trims. 
• Responsible for design-based initiatives: managing the development calendar/timelines to ensure accuracy in the approval process and meeting all deliverables: level set priorities with cross-functional teams accordingly.
• Continuously communicate to all team members on, timing, calendar, product updates, approvals, and issues.
• Counter-source and provide options to design where necessary to ensure global margin goals are attainable for production execution.
• Anticipate and identify any potential obstacles in the development process and facilitate the effective resolution of issues by partnering with cross functional teams.
• Identify and maintain seasonal development metrics using global line plans. Responsible for maximum style/cc development ratios at the category level and also managing Design capacity
• Partner with Sourcing, Production teams for challenges and issues while maintaining brand standards.
• Partner with Production Teams and Allocate design prototypes based on mill/vendor strategies
• Manage data on linesheets to ensure integrity and accuracy of the information
• Execute and deliver on assigned seasonal pipeline department activities:
  • Issuing development PO’s
  • Requesting, tracking, reviewing both PROTO & SMS costing 
  • Tracking Labdips and Maintaining Standards/Approval Library
  • Tracking All prototypes
  • Tracking and Allocating SMS raw materials and ensuring color/material standards have been met.
  • Dual Costing/Counter-sourcing
  • Managing deadlines and logistics of ALL markets SMS
  • Responsible for Style Detail Handover to Production: color, quality, trim, samples.
• Communicate and direct seasonal design development calendar, product development, price requirements and needs to Vendors

• Manage sample room handoff and workflow for fits, proto’s, SMS remakes/fixes based on priorities which includes timing & fabric in factory dates.

Qualifications/Experience We’re Looking For:

• Degree in Merchandising/Product Development, Design, preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Must have three (3) years of experience in product development or production in garment manufacturing
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural and high paced environment
• Ability to partner cross functionally and build strong working relationships with respect 
• Exceptionally strong problem solving and negotiating skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including meeting facilitation and process implementation
• Demonstration of a high level of organization in the product development process
• Strong experience in use of programs such as Word, Excel, Outlook
• Strong ability to be proactive and prioritize 
• Solution oriented and strong initiative 

Compensation Range: $75,000-$78,000 annually depending on experience and years of experience

Benefits at VopCo:
 

• Competitive Paid Time Off, minimum vacation starts at 3 weeks annually, currently piloting unlimited PTO
• Very generous holiday schedule including week closure between Dec. 25^th – Jan. 1^st
• Beautiful creative offices, open concept with lots of natural lighting, secured parking lot
• Elective Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance effective the 1^st of the month following your 30^th day
• Monthly data/phone stipend for eligible roles
• Clothing Allowance & Merchandise Discounts
• Up to $600 Annual Gym Reimbursement 
• A variety of mental health support tools and programs
• 401(k) auto-enrollment with employer match (traditional and/or Roth)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and/or Health Savings Account (HSA) 
• A minimum of 12-weeks fully paid parental leave after 1 year of service
• Supplemental coverage for infertility treatments 
• Employer-paid Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Discounted Pet Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Legal Insurance
• Work from home on Friday’s
• Summer Friday’s