Product Developer

Barco Uniforms Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401k with 3% employer match

Employee Discounts

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Barco Uniforms Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Development professional to drive future uniform development and lead R&D for innovative textile and product solutions.

You will coordinate the full product development lifecycle from concept through design, development, launch and market rollout. You will collaborate with Design, Sales, Sample Dept, Production, Planning and QA to ensure a coordinated engineering process, maintain technical packages, and manage fittings and approvals with timely,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Fashion Merchandising, Product Development, Apparel Manufacturing, or related field preferred.
• 3-5+ years of apparel product development experience.
• Experience in pattern/garment engineering preferred.
• Visual acuity for analyzing textile samples and color.
• Prior Uniform experience preferred.
• Proven ability to manage large SKU counts and multiple product categories simultaneously.
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, textiles, costing, sourcing, and product lifecycle management.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to thrive in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment while managing competing priorities.
• English speaking is required, fluent in Mandarin/Chinese preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Design in developing future uniform development and spearhead research and development of textile and product solutions.
• Coordinate and execute the product development process from conceptual stage through design, development, launch and market rollout.
• Collaborate with Design, Sales, Sample Dept, Production, Planning and Quality Assurance to ensure coordinated product engineering.
• Develop and maintain technical packages including technical sketches, BOM, construction details, size spec, and grading.
• Manage artwork coordination for packaging and garment embellishment.
• Publish production technical packages to intranet and distribute to suppliers.
• Attend garment fittings and ensure timely approvals with clear comments on lab dips, trims, fabric quality and pre-production samples.
• Ensure concepts and raw materials meet Barco and customer quality standards; maintain tracking chart from development to rollout.
• Partner with Product Development Manager to achieve corporate target margins and review product for price, quality, and deliveries.
• Set up cost breakdown sheets with fabric, trims, labor, duty, and freight; negotiate materials domestically and overseas.
• Set up Estimated and Actual cost sheets in Full Circle upon approval.
• Other duties as needed.

Skills

Apparel product development

Pattern/garment engineering

Garment construction

Textiles & color analysis

Costing & sourcing

Project management

English fluency

Mandarin/Chinese (preferred)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Fashion Merchandising, Product Development, Apparel Manufacturing, or related field

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Full Circle knowledge

Job description

Summary

Job Description:

Partner with Design in developing future uniform development and spearhead the continual research & development of fresh and innovative textile and product solutions for Barco. Efficiently coordinate and execute the product development process from conceptual stage through design, development, launch and market rollout. Partner with Design, Sales, Sample Dept, Production, Planning and Quality Assurance to ensure a coordinated and efficient product engineering process. Collaborate with Design to procure critical design information related to the technical development requirements of a style or product including; material, trim and color direction, style intent and quality.

Product Life Maintenance

• Set up all styles in Full Circle (Style Master and BOM) by calendar due dates and update as needed
• Develop & maintain accurate and complete technical packages including technical sketches, BOM, construction details, size spec, and grading.
• Work with graphic designer or design department to coordinate artwork for packaging and/or garment embellishment (I.E. embroidery, screen-print, etc.)
• Publish production technical package to intranet and distribute to appropriate suppliers
• Attend garment fittings
• Ensure clear and concise comments on ALL approvals including lab dips, trims, fabric quality, counter/fit and pre-production samples to suppliers within timely manner
• Partner with QI dept to ensure all concepts, treatments and raw materials, construction and finished products meet Barco and customers required quality standard
• Maintain and manage tracking chart by style starting with development to the production roll out

Costing

• Partner with Product Development Manager to achieve corporate target margins
• Assists in reviewing product to ensure continued improvement in product price, quality and deliveries
• Partner with Quality Assurance, Pattern Makers, and Design to ensure product is executable & profitable and according to construction and cost requirements
• Obtain cost breakdown sheets containing fabric, trims, labor cost, duty rate and freight charges from suppliers & review with Product Development Manager
• Negotiate and counter source materials and trims domestically and overseas
• Set up Estimated & Actual cost sheets in Full Circle upon approval

Calendar (NPDL)

• Responsible for meeting all PD calendar target dates, including communicating and handling off all information for correct costing / BOM setup by calendar due dates

Product Library

• Establish, organize & maintain all approvals & new raw materials/ sample library for continual future development

Sampling

• Responsible for clearly communicating sample requirements and ensure on time quality sample s
• Reviewing pre-production prototypes to verify the quality of the fabric, imprint placement, and color accuracy before giving the green light for bulk production.

Other duties as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities: No supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Fashion Merchandising, Product Development, Apparel Manufacturing, or related field preferred, or
• 3-5+ years of apparel product development experience
• Experience in pattern/garment engineering preferred
• Visual acuity for analyzing textile samples and color
• Prior Uniform experience preferred.
• Proven ability to manage large SKU counts and multiple product categories simultaneously.
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, textiles, costing, sourcing, and product lifecycle management.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to thrive in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment while managing competing priorities.
• English speaking is required, fluent in Mandarin/Chinese preferred

Computer Skills

• Illustrator,
• Photoshop,
• MS Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Full Circle knowledge highly desirable.

Benefits

Compensation:

$80,000 - $90,000 annually

Plus

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance for you and your family
• Employee Wellness program
• Competitive PTO plus Holidays
• Two additional floating holidays
• 401k with 3% employer match
• Company sponsored Life Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistant Program
• Employee Recognition Activities
• Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Additional Life Insurance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, etc.