Product Development Manager- Apparel and Headwear

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

The Product Development Manager is a creative, tenacious and customer-centric team player who is passionate about building the Hard Rock brand from a global perspective. They work in collaboration with the Director of Product Development & Merchandising, as well as other cross functional team members, to : Identify Global Trends, communicate Creative Direction, Source & Manage Vendors, Negotiate Cost, Develop Seasonal & Core Assortments, Manage Line Plans and Influence Marketing and Sales teams to achieve sales, profit and inventory goals in an Omni-channel environment. The PD Manager is highly organized and manages to deadlines while always seeking efficiencies in improved process or new technology.

Responsibilities

• Product Development : Strong Understanding of the product development process with the ability to manage vendors and owns PD process from concept to delivery for assigned categories.

Provide initial direction to vendors based on established Delivery Calendar and or special requests.

Be a champion of process improvement and contribute to best practices to drive for continuous improvement.

Work with Internal Cross Functional Partners to support all company initiatives

Create visual documents and story boards and present to internal team & vendors.

Strong Negotiation Skills across multiple vendor models.

Source new suppliers as needed to develop global product aligned with business strategy while maintaining brand quality standards.

Provide key product selling points and quality descriptions to educate and train sales team.

Qualifications