Associate Product Developer, Accessories
$75,000–$85,000 year
On-siteCommerce, California, United States
Job Summary
Support the development of accessories styles from concept through production, ensuring alignment to quality, construction, margin, and calendar goals. Own assigned styles and development tasks while partnering cross-functionally with Design, Tech Design, Raw Materials, Production, and Color teams to maintain product integrity from prototype to final approval. Manage style-level development tracking, seasonal WIPS, and key milestone follow-up, maintaining PLM data including general style pages, BOMs, and cost sheets with high accuracy. Review cost sheets to analyze details and identify opportunities to support margin goals, communicating with vendors on timelines, sample status, costing follow-up, and MOQ alignment. Escalate risks to calendar, costing, construction, or testing promptly and attend fit sessions to ensure changes are captured and executed.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 3-5 years of experience in product development, preferably in accessories
- Knowledge and understanding of product construction, testing protocols and product lifecycle timelines
- Ability to manage multiple projects, with strong attention to detail and sense of urgency
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust with cross functional teams and oversees vendor partners
- Proficiency in Microsoft office, (esp. Excel) and PLM systems
- Self-starter, ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects on an ongoing basis
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with appropriate sense of urgency
Desired Qualifications
- Understanding of socks and knits is a plus
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