Product Development Manager
Vor 7 Tagen
As a Product Development Manager at Adidas, you will be responsible for managing the product development process for assigned styles from seasonal kick off through to commercialization. You will work with the cross-functional activity team to understand the consumer and market environment for the focus activity. Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to provide effective transition from brief/design through to development "buy-ready" commercialization, on time, within the agreed margin parameter and at the required quality standards.
Main Responsibilities:
- Work with the cross-functional team to understand the consumer and focus activity and translate findings into performance apparel development, construction, and testing requirements.
- Work as part of a cross-functional team to agree and manage the creation process agreeing alignment sessions and handovers in line with seasonal calendar.
- Communicate all necessary development information to Marketing, Design, Suppliers, and LO/OC to ensure the effective and efficient creation of outstanding product.
- Ensure target price and product designs are aligned through predictive costing. 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.
- Ensure timely and accurate data entry by T1 regarding AD/BOM, costing, or other data as required at calendar milestones.
- Evaluate all prototypes for compliance with AD, manage fit approval/size specification, approval of color, accessories, and materials. Manage comments to T1.
- 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.
- Research innovation from market or supply chain as far as garment construction, pattern/fit, embellishment, trims. Work cross-functionally with BOPS teams, aIT, Sourcing, and T1/T2 to implement into product creation.
Key Relationships:
- Design, Marketing, and Product Operations – Development, Materials, Costing. Pattern Maker, Testing
- T1 - Merchandising and Patternmaking
- LO/OC Merchandising, Technical Services, and Costing
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to translate consumer preferences and activity requirements into apparel constructions
- 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
- 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:
- College or University degree in clothing technology and/or manufacturing or comparable education
- Minimum 2-3 years of work experience in garment/textile industry in a development/creation/production-focused role
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