Apparel Product Developer - Ready-to-Wear & Active

Z Supply, Llc.; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Half-Day Fridays

Costa Mesa office near restaurants

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K with employer match

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Z SUPPLY, a California lifestyle brand in Costa Mesa, seeks a Product Developer to manage full product development across Ready to Wear, Lounge, Active, and Graphics. You will coordinate with design, tech, production, merchandising, and sales to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role entails hands-on development, fabric sourcing, and collaboration to meet seasonal calendars and margin targets, with a hybrid schedule in Orange County.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred but not required.
• 5+ years in women's apparel development; swim & accessories a plus.
• Experience negotiating with overseas vendors.
• Strong understanding of product costing and development calendar.
• Ability to do basic cad work in Illustrator; print file handling a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of products across Ready To Wear, Lounge, Active and Graphics.
• Communicate with factories to ensure product execution meets price and margin goals.
• Develop new fabrics and manage fabric pricing within cost structures.
• Collaborate with merchandising, design, sales, tech and production teams.
• Review prototypes and approvals from concept to production.
• Ensure artwork, prints, and fabrics are supplied in correct formats to suppliers.

Skills

Hands-on experience in product costing

Communicating with overseas vendors

Multi-tasking in fast-paced env

Strong verbal and written skills

Creative problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

PLM System

Illustrator

Excel

Google

Outlook

Job description

Z SUPPLY, a California lifestyle brand in Costa Mesa, seeks a Product Developer to manage full product development across Ready to Wear, Lounge, Active, and Graphics. You will coordinate with design, tech, production, merchandising, and sales to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role entails hands-on development, fabric sourcing, and collaboration to meet seasonal calendars and margin targets, with a hybrid schedule in Orange County.