Senior Product Management Associate, Lauren & Polo Women's Handbags, SLGs, and Belts

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Execute and drive processes in Production Order Management with focus on Strategic Planning, gaining alignment across teams and Regional Buying Offices to ensure seamless ordering.
• Drive End to End BSR & Replenishment ordering, maintaining clear communication across Regional Buying Offices to coordinate and align teams for on-time deliveries.
• Partner with teams to optimize lead times across product categories and manage calendar milestones, informing managers of opportunities to shorten lead times.
• Embed with teams to help drive PIR Process across the business, tackling ambiguous factory allocations and ensuring complete costing data entry for timely order placement.
• Identify and escalate risks to on-time production, ensuring correct delay codes are entered and working toward KPI reporting related to on-time deliveries.
• Troubleshoot errors in order placement, enforce policies and procedures, and maintain system data accuracy.
• Identify knowledge gaps in Production and Pre-Production, utilize RL Learning Portal and Systems Trainings to implement new ways of working.
• Partner with team members to attend key milestone meetings such as Sample Hand-off, Long Lead Time Reviews, MOQ calls, and showroom setups to anticipate final order needs and troubleshoot.

Requirements

• Product development or production related experience preferred, with full product lifecycle understanding from design to production.
• Strong Excel skills (e.g., VLookUp, Pivots).
• Subject matter expert (SME) in a specific product category such as accessories, including experience in product development, engineering, or production.
• Proven ability to optimize production outcomes through understanding manufacturing processes, factory capabilities, machinery, and capacity.
• Strong communication, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills to work with Commercial, Merchandising, Operations, Design, and Sourcing teams.
• Ability to quickly pivot and problem solve with innovative solutions.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and specific product information.
• Ability to navigate and troubleshoot in systems.
• Effective time management and prioritization skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Microsoft Office, and PLM systems.

Nice to Have

• Factory visits experience.
• Experience with systems training and implementing new ways of working.

Qualifications

• Experience in product development or production preferred.
• Full product lifecycle knowledge from design to production.

Benefits & Perks

• Robust benefits package.
• Above-market time off.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Incentive compensation where applicable.
• Varied learning opportunities.