Senior Manager of Product Creation, Apparel
Senior Manager of Product Creation, Apparel
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Job Description
Were looking for an intensely motivated Senior Manager of Product Creation Apparel based near Denver CO with an insatiable desire to roll up their sleeves and build remarkable product experiences. With a focus on agile project management youll contribute to important material and product creation decisions to help us grow our impact on the lives of our consumers. Youll have a direct line to our factories and suppliers and will nurture important supply chain relationships. This person will report to the Senior Director of Product and work closely with our established Operations Marketing and Channel functions.
In this role you will:
- Proactively immerse yourself with our customers and the environments where our products are used to recognize their day-to-day needs feel their pain points and uncover actionable insights to meaningfully solve problems and enhance the product experience
- Clearly communicate consumer needs and pain points to factories mills and suppliers and support associated development efforts in a hands-on capacity to ensure quality improvements and timely production of apparel gear and accessories
- Embrace and champion a fast-moving iterative product development culturepivoting quickly testing bold ideas learning from failure and refining concepts to deliver high-impact user-driven products
- Focus on minimum viable products by recognizing the point of diminishing returns in product development
- Partner with finished goods and material suppliers to develop innovative product and gear capabilities and introduce new material concepts that support product development and business goals
- Adapt to shifting priorities using 3-week sprint cycles within the seasonal release calendar; maintain timeline management across factories mills trims and development resources
- Maintain product commercialization reporting and contribute to sourcing plans aligned with development and business objectives
- Execute scale and maintain tech packs to provide clear direction across all stages of development
- Coordinate fit sessions to drive improvements in fit comfort construction design and performance and then relay needs to suppliers vendors and factories
- Manage seasonal color palettes including new colors and prints in partnership with internal and external resources
- Participate in design reviews and support production readiness for graphic and print files
- Conduct quality assurance through Top of Production video reviews quarterly bulk case inspections and inline inspections during supplier visits
- Contribute to the development and upkeep of quality manuals for finished goods and material suppliers
Qualifications :
- 10 years of professional experience in apparel or industrial design and development specifically within the technical workwear gear or outdoor spaces
- Expert knowledge of garment construction seams grading fit analysis technical fabrics trims decorations and pattern solutions
- Expertise building technical data packages specifying dimensions creating BOMs and providing written and verbal technical comments to factories
- Experience partnering with and managing overseas suppliers vendors factories and resources
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally on a quarterly basis
- Innate level of handiness and understanding of our consumers work with an ability to communicate in their language and talk trades; capable of jumping in on the job site
- Proven success in managing design and development projects against timelines to stay on track with seasonal delivery schedules
- Experience with PLM systems and project management methodologies
- Ability to analyze trade-offs between aesthetic performance and functional attributes of products
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Illustrator
Additional Information :
TRUEWERK is committed to providing fair and competitive compensation through a combination of base salary and performance-based bonuses. Other benefits include but are not limited to:
- Employer-paid medical coverage
- Employer-paid dental coverage
- Optional vision coverage
- Employer-paid Life and AD&D insurance
- Employer-paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability coverage
- Affordable coverage for dependents and domestic partners
- Additional out-of-pocket insurance options
- HSA account with employer contribution
- 401K with company match
- Monthly technology stipend
- Annual performance bonus
- Unlimited PTO policy
- 11 company holidays
- Hybrid working schedule
- Employee Assistance Program for mental health support
- Free workwear for you and discounts for friends and family!
Salary Range: $110000 - $115000 base bonus
Applications for this role are expected to be accepted through May 31 2025.
TRUEWERK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at TRUEWERK are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color age religion family or parental status pregnancy sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state and local laws.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
