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Product Manager (Apparel)
24 Seven Talent • New York, NY 10261 • Posted 2 days ago via LinkedIn
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The Product Manager at 24 Seven Talent will coordinate and manage product needs between sales, design, and manufacturing entities overseas. This role involves creating and managing seasonal production calendars, coordinating cross-functional team meetings, assessing customer requirements, and managing sampling and swatch book needs. The Product Manager will also be responsible for negotiating with suppliers, managing production, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products.
Responsibilities
- Create, manage, and assume ownership of seasonal Time and Action Calendars
- Coordinate, prepare and lead cross functional team meetings
- Assessing customer requirements and creating/ update, approve and communicate customer compliance requirements
- Operate and responsible for all brand specific finishing requirements in PLM system (YPLM)
- Order sample yardage and pre-position greige
- Manage all sampling and swatch book needs
- Follow up and drive resolution with PD teams on all strike-off, lab dip and fabric development needs
- Coordinate with Sales and Production Operations on factory bulk capacity planning and costing
- Negotiate with suppliers and comply with MOQ’s, lead times and surcharges
- Accountable for defining development risk in; cost, lead-time, customer requirements, etc.
- Create bulk production Style Set up, purchase orders and cutting lists
- Understand and utilize ERP system (Blue Cherry) to communicate any production or development issues
- Communicate with factories, fabric and trims suppliers as needed
- Track and log factory liabilities, expenses/invoices
- Participate in production WIP’s follow-up
- Communicate and manage delivery risks with Sales Teams, Asia counter parts, suppliers and in some cases customers
- Work with Sales and Warehouse for inventory transfers to ensure work orders are complete and accurate
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's Degree preferred
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in production
- Must possess strong computer skills (Microsoft Office)
- Must be able to work with numbers at an advanced level (Retail Math)
- Must be available to work with overseas offices/suppliers after work hours via phone or email
- Strong working knowledge of YPLM and Blue Cherry a plus
- Experience in swimwear or intimate apparel a plus
- Must have experience working with Walmart as a direct client in the last 3-5 years
About 24 Seven Talent
24 Seven is a global creative and digital marketing recruitment agency specializing in helping brands and emerging companies find freelance and full-time talent. They offer services in digital marketing recruitment, creative staffing, executive recruitment, and more, providing customized solutions for businesses seeking skilled marketers, creatives, tech professionals, and data analytics experts.
Full Job Description
Client Overview: Our client is an industry leading branded, licensed and private label swimwear company.
Role Overview: To coordinate and manage product needs between sales, design, and manufacturing entities overseas
Product Manager Responsibilities:
Product Development/Pre-Production
- Create, manage, and assume ownership of seasonal Time and Action Calendars
- Coordinate, prepare and lead cross functional team meetings.
- Assessing customer requirements and creating/ update, approve and communicate customer compliance requirements
- Operate and responsible for all brand specific finishing requirements in PLM system (YPLM).
- Order sample yardage and pre-position greige
- Manage all sampling and swatch book needs.
- Follow up and drive resolution with PD teams on all strike-off, lab dip and fabric development needs.
- Coordinate with Sales and Production Operations on factory bulk capacity planning and costing.
- Negotiate with suppliers and comply with MOQ’s, lead times and surcharges.
- Accountable for defining development risk in; cost, lead-time, customer requirements, etc.
Production
- Create bulk production Style Set up, purchase orders and cutting lists
- Understand and utilize ERP system (Blue Cherry) to communicate any production or development issues.
- Communicate with factories, fabric and trims suppliers as needed.
- Track and log factory liabilities, expenses/invoices.
- Participate in production WIP’s follow-up.
- Communicate and manage delivery risks with Sales Teams, Asia counter parts, suppliers and in some cases customers.
- Work with Sales and Warehouse for inventory transfers to ensure work orders are complete and accurate
Product Manager Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in production
- Must possess strong computer skills (Microsoft Office)
- Must be able to work with numbers at an advanced level (Retail Math)
- Must be available to work with overseas offices/suppliers after work hours via phone or email
- Strong working knowledge of YPLM and Blue Cherry a plus
- Experience in swimwear or intimate apparel a plus
- Must have experience working with Walmart as a direct client in the last 3-5 years.
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