Apparel Product Development Specialist

Centric Brands; New York (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Matching 401(k)

Summer Fridays

Generous PTO

Merchandise discounts

Excellent career development

Industry leadership environment

Job summary

Centric Brands is seeking an Associate, Product Development to support the product lifecycle from concept to production. You will work with Design, Production, Sales, and overseas offices to deliver timely samples that meet aesthetics and customer requirements.

The role emphasizes collaboration, documentation, and system management of FlexPLM and SAP, with 1–3 years in apparel and strong Adobe Illustrator skills as a priority.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years related experience and/or training in apparel.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and FlexPLM systems is priority for this position.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe products, Mac computers.
• Superior organizational skills and excellent communication skills; team oriented; highly detail oriented and meticulous.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines, balance creativity with technical capability, and interpret design sketches for tech packs.
• Ability to work in a fast pace, high performance environment while maintaining a high level of accuracy and accountability.
• Basic knowledge of garment construction, pattern making, silhouettes, color ways, sewing techniques, seam classifications, fabrication, trim and art techniques.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design teams, Technical Designers and Production Teams to ensure the garment details align with the design concept.
• Organize color standards, fabric standards and trim standards to hand over to Production Team for develop for sampling and for production.
• Create and update details pages for all styles including the manufacturing details, art techniques, fabrication and colorways, trims and packaging.
• Create and maintain FlexPLM info for all styles including all images, and all BOM info.
• Maintain FlexPLM including the materials, palettes, reference numbers, assigning colorways, and pushing images to SAP.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Accountability

Tools

FlexPLM

SAP

Adobe Illustrator

Microsoft Office

Adobe products

Job description

Centric Brands is seeking an Associate, Product Development to support the product lifecycle from concept to production. You will work with Design, Production, Sales, and overseas offices to deliver timely samples that meet aesthetics and customer requirements.

The role emphasizes collaboration, documentation, and system management of FlexPLM and SAP, with 1–3 years in apparel and strong Adobe Illustrator skills as a priority.