Development Manager
adidas
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Guangzhou • 🇨🇳 China
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage the product development process for assigned styles from seasonal kick off through to commercialization.
- Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to provide effective transition from brief/design through to development “buy-ready” commercialization
- Communicate all necessary information to Marketing, Design, Suppliers and LO/OC to ensure the effective and efficient creation of outstanding product
- Ensure target price and product designs are aligned through predictive costing.
- Review, validate and approve T1 costing information throughout the entire creation process.
- Ensure compliance to agreed standards.
- Negotiate with T1 as needed
- Manage handover from design to T1 to ensure that all information provided to T1 is complete.
- Manage T1 feedback to design and marketing and incorporate where quality or cost can be improved without sacrificing product aesthetics
- Ensures timely and accurate data entry by T1 regarding AD/BOM, costing or other data as required at calendar milestones
- Evaluate all prototypes for compliance with AD, manages fit approval/size specification, approval of color, accessories and materials.
- Manage comments to T1
- Ensure that all materials and accessories as well as prototypes are tested and adhere to adidas quality, safety and A01 standards.
- Manage quality exceptions with senior management as needed
- If required, review size sets for accuracy of measurements and merchantability of complete size range including logo placement and fit.
- Review and sign off sealing sample with complete AD including all related documents prior to buy ready dates.
- Researches innovation from market or supply chain as far as garment construction, pattern/fit, embellishment, trims.
- Work cross functionally with BOPS teams, aIT, Sourcing and T1/T2 to implement into product creation
Requirements
- College or University degree in clothing technology and/or manufacturing or comparable education
- Minimum 2-3 years of work experience in garment/textile industry
- Knowledge of material construction and related testing
- Knowledge of wear and physical product testing
- Knowledge of production garment construction and manufacturing
- Ability to fit a garment and comment to T1 on changes required
- Knowledge of costing and ability to negotiate as required
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Strong IT skills (MS Office) and ability to work with Product Data Management Systems
Benefits
- adidas quality, safety and A01 standards
- diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
garment constructionmaterial constructioncostingproduct testingfit approvalsize specificationnegotiationdata entryquality assuranceprototype evaluation
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailtime managementcross-functional teamworkadaptabilityleadershipcritical thinkinginnovation
Certifications
degree in clothing technologydegree in manufacturing