Brand Product Developer

Brand Product Developers  lead the product development process end to end from defining new product requirements in collaboration with  teams to working directly with customers through to approval. This position coordinates new developments across multiple customers and product lines.

Brand Product Developers provide product knowledge within our Heat Transfer Woven Printed Fabric and Paper product lines by bringing insights solutions and options to the Commercial team and the customer. Brand Product Developers partner closely with our Global Program Deployment (GPD) team to deploy new items into production. Brand Product Developers are critical members of the Commercial team and have functional alignment with the product development job family.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with the Commercial team to develop product opportunities to drive key initiatives and to achieve sales objectives for assigned accounts.

Execute the product development process from customer briefing to artwork development costing / pricing sampling and final approval.

Guide customers to the greatest value solution for their branding needs by gathering product specifications for new programs or redesigns of existing programs and re-engineering options to meet target prices.

Coordinate with GPD team and variable data end-to-end specialists to deploy new items into production.

Prepare global price proposals using established tools and guidelines and escalate price approval in competitive situations.

Participate in store audits customer calls and the creation of the selling narrative as needed.

Supportive of digital sampling re-engineering and smart sampling initiatives

Qualifications :

2 years of experience in new product development.

Knowledge of the retail apparel or label industries.

Passion for products trends insights possibilities and development.

Ability to establish and maintain customer relationships.

Demonstrated ability to be highly organized while managing multiple projects to completion against tight deadlines.

Knowledge of printing weaving heat transfer variable data and manufacturing strongly preferred.

Highly effective oral and written communication and presentation skills. Thrive in a collaborative matrixed environment coordinating with multiple people and global functions.

High level of PC skills including use of Word Excel ERP (Oracle preferred) pricing tools product / customer databases.

Solid mathematical skills for pricing.

Bachelors degree or equivalent knowledge gained through training and experience.

Additional Information :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE / M / F / Vet / Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Children Activity,Instrument,Customer Service,Cement,Government

Department / Functional Area : Marketing

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1