PRODUCT MANAGER

  • Full-time

Company Description

HIS International is a leading Children's sportswear company doing business in licensed and private label with ALL major retailers across the USA.

Job Description

  • Understand and execute HIS International/account product initiatives of assigned programs from fabric sourcing through style development up until official bulk production handoff.
  • Manage key calendar deliverables (development t&a) and serve up creative solutions as needed to meet key deadlines.
  • Partner with designers to understand key ideas and executes product/program intent seasonally with a right the first-time product execution goal.
  • Lead the charge in tech set up meetings to engineer right first-time product in an efficient and cost-effective manner; presenting style engineering recommendations, cost effective components, and market research. 
  • Manages raw materials strategy for assigned programs, and partners with cross-functional teams/partners to leverage pricing, best time and action, and quality.
  • Understand and use learnings from global raw materials opportunities to manage business by keep track of historical piece goods costing and materials/yarn price hike.
  • Procure raw materials (fabrics, trims, wash) with supply base and all necessary components in preparation for style execution.
  • Coordinate with sample room and technical designers for timely specs ad best final sample execution.
  • Align with sourcing team to execute regional factory allocation strategy.
  • Create and upkeep of seasonal sample status charts/WIP reports, providing visibility and real time product status to cross-functional partners (sales and design), ensuring accuracy.
  • Daily communication with oversea factories/partner on sample developments to ensure timely and right the first-time sample execution.
  • Communicate design color, lab dip and strike-off comments to suppliers and track in submits for approval.
  • Track in final samples for internal sample reviews; working with sample room or factories to make corrections as needed to meet design intent and key deadlines.
  • Ship final approved samples to accounts for final consideration.
  • Manage seasonal actualization reporting tools and outline and create best practices to improve product life cycle/product manage process.

 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.