Uniform Product Developer: Textiles, Costing & Launch

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

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,