Apparel Product Developer — Hybrid Role

Randa; Rosemont (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Randa Apparel & Accessories is seeking a Product Developer to own development execution from initial development through production readiness in Rosemont, IL. The role collaborates with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, suppliers, and factories to meet design intent, quality, cost, and timing goals.

The position requires strong product-knowledge, experience managing BOMs, specs, and samples, plus ability to drive cross-functional follow-through and manage deadlines in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience in product development, sourcing, supply chain, merchandising, or related product-creation role.
• Strong knowledge of product construction, materials, components, style setup, product information management, BOMs, specifications, samples, approvals, and production readiness.
• Experience owning products through development, PP and TOP sample evaluation and approval, commercialization, and production handoff.
• Ability to evaluate product feasibility and workmanship, troubleshoot issues, and drive cross-functional follow-through.
• Ability to balance design intent, quality, cost, manufacturability, and timing when making recommendations.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience using PLM, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve product-development execution.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day development execution from initial development through production readiness.
• Maintain and evaluate style setup, BOMs, product records, specifications, and development documentation.
• Ensure product information is complete and aligned across systems, suppliers, factories, and internal teams.
• Evaluate development, pre-production and TOP samples against approved direction and quality standards.
• Drive sample corrections, approvals, revisions, and documentation for production readiness.
• Identify risks early, determine recovery actions, and escalate issues as needed.
• Collaborate with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, suppliers, and factories to balance design, quality, cost, and timing.
• Share knowledge and provide guidance to junior product developers.
• Leverage PLM and analytics to improve execution and processes.

Skills

Product development

Sourcing

Merchandising

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

PLM

Tools

PLM software

Analytics tools

Job description

Randa Apparel & Accessories is seeking a Product Developer to own development execution from initial development through production readiness in Rosemont, IL. The role collaborates with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, suppliers, and factories to meet design intent, quality, cost, and timing goals.

The position requires strong product-knowledge, experience managing BOMs, specs, and samples, plus ability to drive cross-functional follow-through and manage deadlines in a hybrid work model.