Apparel Development Manager

vor 1 Monat

Herzogenaurach, Bayern, Deutschland adidas Vollzeit
Job Title: Apparel Development Manager

At adidas, we're passionate about creating innovative products that inspire athletes and fashion enthusiasts alike. As an Apparel Development Manager, you'll play a crucial role in leading the end-to-end development process for assigned medium complexity products from concept brief to production readiness.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Oversee the entire apparel development management process for assigned products, ensuring product integrity, product engineering, and timely completion of all tasks in accordance with the corporate operating calendar.
  • Manage fit approval and size specification process, lead fitting meetings, and take decisions on workmanship and construction.
  • Provide technical solutions by analyzing designs for manufacturability, production, and material properties that address desired function and market appeal.
  • Manage handover of design packs to T1 to ensure that all technical information provided to T1 is complete.
  • Act as a technical expert and guide/consult design and product marketing on T1 manufacturing efficiency suggestions. Manage comments to T1.
  • Research innovation from market or suppliers regarding garment construction, pattern, fit, embellishment, and trims. Partner with Innovation, Sourcing, Tier-1 suppliers to implement into product creation.
  • Review, validate, and approve T1 costing information to ensure products are engineered in accordance with cost targets throughout the entire creation process. Secure initial FOB cost quotes and follow-up price adjustments. Ensure final costs adhere to adidas costing standards.
  • Ensure that all fabrics, trims, colors, processes, and development samples are fully tested to ensure adherence to adidas' quality and testing standards.
  • Manage quality and process escalations with senior manager as needed.
  • Review and sign off sealing samples 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 the final product.
  • Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of data by continuously updating the system.
  • Responsible for achieving specific KPIs (e.g., on-time buy-ready, target FOB, margins, sustainability, and on-time SMS delivery, CR2 finalization) for assigned articles/product.
  • Live and foster a knowledge-sharing culture, and mentor junior team members.
  • Support cross-functional projects as required.
Key Relationships:
  • Product Design
  • Product Marketing
  • Product Operations (Product Development, Materials Development, Pattern Making, Testing & Quality, Costing, Planning)
  • Sourcing
  • Tier 1 supplier
  • Digital Creation
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Advanced knowledge of material construction and related testing
  • Advanced knowledge of wear and physical product testing
  • Advanced knowledge of production garment construction and manufacturing
  • Ability to fit a garment and comment to T1 on changes required
  • Advanced knowledge of costing and ability to negotiate as required
  • Effective communication and negotiation skills
  • 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. University degree in clothing technology or manufacturing, or technical degree as apparel technician.
  2. Alternatively, combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
  3. Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in apparel product development.

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