Senior Product Development Manager | Handbags

G-III Apparel Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) with company match

PTO and paid holidays

Employee discounts across G-III brands

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative environment

Job summary

G-III Apparel Group, New York, seeks a Senior Product Development Manager for Handbags to drive end-to-end development, ensure design integrity, and manage costs with overseas partners. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential for coordinating design, merchandising, production, and global teams.

The role emphasizes handbags expertise, timelines, and margin focus in a fast-paced, collaborative environment within a global fashion organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in handbag or accessories product development.
• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong teamwork and multitasking ability.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Ability to interact with others and resolve conflict within various levels of the organization.
• Must be able to perform efficiently in a high pressure, fast paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day tasks per VP priorities and drive task completion.
• Oversee development timeline with PD teams, Design, Merchandising, Materials and Production.
• Send development packages to overseas partners and sample facilities; ensure accuracy.
• Track material and sample requests; alert management to exceptions.
• Support prototype reviews to meet milestones and maintain margins.
• Maintain Design Cards, Functionality Chart, Development Logs and Matrices.
• Communicate daily with overseas offices.
• Work with PLM systems and tools.
• Build cross-functional relationships to enable collaboration.
• Understand costing implications in the development process.
• Manage development, final and monthly PO costs.
• Review cost sheets and validate components against tools.
• Update costs in internal costing tools and communicate changes.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Conflict resolution

Multitasking

Working under pressure

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

PLM

Job description

G-III Apparel Group New York, New York, United States

Success Profile:

We are seeking a Senior Product Development Manager for Handbags, who will play a pivotal role in driving the end-to-end development process, ensuring design integrity, cost efficiency and on-time delivery. The Senior Manager acts as the central liaison between Design, Merchandising, Production and overseas partners. The ideal candidate combines a strong understanding of handbag construction, costing and development timelines, with exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Execute day to day based on priorities set by Vice President, and drives task completion and issue resolution.
• Operate with working knowledge of the development process and how it relates to the Product Development Timeline and business partners (PD teams, Design, Merchandising, Materials, Production).
• Send development packages to overseas partners and sample facilities. Ensure accuracy of information.
• Initiate and keep track of status of material and sample requests, approvals, and alert management of exceptions.
• Support the review of prototypes to meet Product Development Timeline milestones with a focus on product execution, consistency of details, and target margin.
• Understands and upholds Designs aesthetic intent. Executes, updates and maintains necessary tools (Design Cards, Functionality Chart, Development Logs and Matrices).
• Responsible for daily communication with overseas offices.
• Work within and demonstrate proficiency in PLM.
• Build effective relationships with internal partners in Design, Merchandising, Materials and Production to help execute cross functional synergy and collaboration.
• Demonstrate understanding of costing implications as they relate to the Product Development process.
• Manage development costs, final costs and monthly PO costs.
• Review cost sheets and validate cost components/ factory charges against necessary tools (i.e. Matrices, Samples).
• Update and maintain accurate costs in all internal costing tools based on product updates and costing milestones.
• Communicate on cost corrections and updates.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in handbag or accessories product development
• Bachelor's Degree
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong sense of teamwork and ability to multitask
• Strong analytical and decision making skills
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Ability to interact with others and resolve conflict within various levels of the organization
• Must be able to perform efficiently in a high pressure, fast paced environment

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO and paid holidays
• Employee discounts across G-III brands
• Career growth opportunities within a global fashion organization
• A collaborative, innovative environment working with industry-leading brands

Pay Range

$95,000 - $105,000 per year

Please note that the foregoing compensation information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Salary Transparency Law.

About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.

G-III excels at bringing excitement and confidence to customers through the fashion we create. We are global experts in design, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing, enabling us to fuel the growth of a substantial portfolio of brands. With more than 30 licensed and owned brands- including some of the most sought-after names in global fashion-our success is driven by our entrepreneurial spirit and deep industry relationships.

G-III's owned brands include DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Donna Karan, Vilebrequin, Sonia Rykiel, G.H. Bass, Bass Outdoor, Andrew Marc, Eliza J., GIII Sports and more. G-III has fashion licenses under Cole Haan, Dockers, Guess?, Converse, Kenneth Cole, Levi's, Vince Camuto, Margaritaville, and more. G-III also operates retail stores for the DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, and Donna Karan brands.