Manager Development
vor 4 Wochen
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation
We’ll never launch a product unless we consider it perfect. Our product development teams create every shirt, every shoe, and every piece of equipment for thousands of athletes and fashion lovers as if it was one of a kind. And it truly is, as they weave their passion into every single product. But translating designs, drawings and renderings into real products requires a lot of decision making.
As Manager Digital Development / Pattern Making Apparell, you manage the product development process for assigned styles from seasonal kick off through to commercialization both physical and digital end-to end. Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to provide effective transition from brief/design through to development “buy-ready” commercialisation, on time, within the agreed margin parameter including 3D and at the required quality standards
Key Responsibilities
• Communicate all necessary information to Marketing, Design, Suppliers and LO/OC to ensure the effective and efficient creation of outstanding product both 3D and physical where needed
• Manage feasibility checks. Review, validate and approve T1 costing information throughout the entire creation process. Ensure compliance to agreed standards. Negotiate with T1 as needed
• Manage handover from design to T1 to ensure that all information provided to T1 is complete. Manage T1 feedback to design and marketing and incorporate where quality or cost can be improved without sacrificing product aesthetics
• Proactively ensures timely and accurate data entry by T1 regarding AD/BOM, costing or other data as required at calendar milestones according to critical path.
• Evaluate all prototypes for compliance with AD, manages fit approval/size specification, approval of color, accessories and materials. Manage comments to T1.
• Engineering design concepts into the format of Clo file content of patterns and fit, garment workmanship and print or AOP execution for T1. To increase the speed and efficiency of processes by eliminating non-value adding steps and try to execute “Right the First Time”
• Ensure that all materials and accessories as well as prototypes are tested and adhere to adidas quality, safety and A01 standards. Manage quality exceptions with senior management as needed
• If required, review size sets for accuracy of measurements and merchantability of complete size range including logo placement and fit. (LO/OC to approve size sets not requested by CC and to review size sets approved by CC after buy ready release)
• Review and sign off sealing sample with complete AD including all related documents prior to buy ready dates. Ensure full conformity to published policies to ensure a final legal AD for final product
• Researches innovation from market or suppliers as far as garment construction, pattern/fit, embellishment, trims 3D technologies and capabilities g. Work cross functionally with BOPS teams, aIT, Sourcing and T1/T2 to implement into product creation
• Ensure product changes are limited during development stage to avoid eg. delay, cost increase
• Implement company’s strategic business and systems direction into digital through product creation and technical infrastructure for apparel 3D within adidas.
• Support line manager and Sr. Director on tasks related to ISC activities / department: e.g. Work on projects that help to assess and improve ISC operations.
• Leads and drives the Basic Pattern selection process, and understand future business needs to determine future basic pattern requirements
• Develop basic and model patterns , drive the pattern creation of fully graded technically innovative basic and fit critical model patterns in cooperation with Xfunctional partners based on market requirements; maintains the information in the product creation system and ensures that new patterns are wear tested as needed
• Take on Pattern Making tasks upon needs
Key Relationships
• ISC Team, Design, Marketing and Product Operations – Development, Materials, Costing, Pattern Maker
• T1 -Merchandising and Patternmaking
• LO/OC Merchandising, Technical Services
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Knowledge of material construction and related testing
• Knowledge of wear and physical product testing
• Knowledge of production garment construction and manufacturing
• Ability to fit a garment and comment to T1 on changes required
• Knowledge of costing and ability to negotiate as required
• Effective communication and negotiation skills
• Proactive, engaging and impact-oriented mindset. Willingness to take risks on decision making
• Understanding of the respective vision and strategy for the brands. Ability to communicate to LO/OC/T1 the vision and strategy as well as success criteria needed from sourcing and T1 teams
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong IT skills (MS Office) and ability to work with Product Data Management Systems
• Domestic and International Travel as required
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications
1. College or University degree in clothing technology and/or manufacturing or comparable
education
2. Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in garment/textile industry
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