Brand Product Developer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Commercial team to develop product opportunities, to drive key initiatives and to achieve sales objectives for assigned accounts.
• Execute the product development process from customer briefing to artwork development, costing/pricing, sampling, and final approval.
• Guide customers to the greatest value solution for their branding needs by gathering product specifications for new programs, or redesigns of existing programs, and re-engineering options to meet target prices.
• Coordinate with GPD team and variable data end-to-end specialists to deploy new items into production.
• Prepare global price proposals using established tools and guidelines and escalate price approval in competitive situations.
• Participate in store audits, customer calls, and the creation of the selling narrative, as needed.
• Support digital sampling, re-engineering and smart sampling initiatives.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in new product development.
• Knowledge of the retail, apparel or label industries.
• Passion for products, trends, insights, possibilities, and development.
• Ability to establish and maintain customer relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to be highly organized while managing multiple projects to completion against tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of printing, weaving, heat transfer, variable data, and manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Highly effective oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Thrive in a collaborative, matrixed environment, coordinating with multiple people and global functions.
• High level of PC skills, including use of Word, Excel, ERP (Oracle preferred), pricing tools, product/customer databases.
• Solid mathematical skills for pricing.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent knowledge gained through training and experience.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of printing, weaving, heat transfer, variable data, and manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent knowledge gained through training and experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary range of $61,200 - $81,600 per year.