Product Developer

SUMMARY: 

This position is responsible for Nike swim apparel & swim gear product development. Works with appropriate cross-functional partners (Design, Merchandising, Sourcing & external partners) to develop trims, fabrics, prints, & accessories for Nike swim ensuring high product integrity. Making sure all development hits key calendar dates and gates.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Daily communication with liaison office partners & external suppliers for all aspects of swim development
• Concise & direct email communication
• Ensure all appropriate development documentation is maintained
• Maintain in-house color standard library and send out standards as needed to vendors
• Send out lab dip requests and print artwork for development
• Review lab dip, trim and print submits with team and advise comments/approvals
• Attend various weekly development meetings
• Manages follow-up and problem resolution in a timely manner with attention to detail.
• Collaborates with design, merchandising, & technical design to effectively execute product development deliverables.
• Leads on time development according to critical dates, specific product needs, and profitability goals.
• Support an efficient process and communication flow between all cross-functional departments.
• Assist in packaging, hangtag, & label development
• Maintains and manages PLM
• Use PLM to maintain development records and build databases for all product components.
• Ensure all fabrics & trims are production ready.
• Reviews all PP samples to ensure all components are correct before production buys.
• Maintains style development status hitting calendar deadlines for fabric, trims, and proto approval.
• Tracks and facilitates sampling process
• Issues PO by factory and follows up to ensure sample deadlines are met.
• Facilitate samples review & allocation process for on time samples delivery.
• Check in all samples and organize for hand off to merch & marketing teams

SKILLS: 

• Excellent interpersonal skills and problem-solving skills in a fast paced environment. Ability to work under tight timelines and while juggling multiple deadlines.
• Strong communicator. Superb written and verbal skills with an ability to clearly articulate.
• Experience with communication with global vendors
• Understand the product creation process & effectively executes on product development goals and deliverables.
• Superior color/hue discrimination
• Team player, proactive, & self motivated with ability to adapt to change quickly.
• Knowledge and skill in PLM, Essentus and other software programs.
• Knowledge and experience in how materials/trims work and function in apparel development

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with a focus on Product Development, Product Design, Sports Product Management or related field
• 2-3 years of experience in product development