Product Development Manager - Man's Apparel

OUR STORY

Quince was started to challenge the existing idea that nice things should cost a lot. Our mission was simple: create an item of equal or greater quality than the leading luxury brands and sell them at a much lower price.

OUR VALUES

Customer First. Customer satisfaction is our highest priority.

High Quality. True quality is a combination of premium materials and high production standards that everyone can feel good about.

Essential design. We dont chase trends and we dont sell everything. Were expert curators that find the very best and bring it to you at the lowest prices.

Always a better deal. Through innovation and real price transparency we want to offer the best deal to both our customers and our factory partners.

Environmentally and Socially conscious. Were committed to sustainable materials and sustainable production methods. That means a cleaner environment and fair wages for factory workers.

OUR TEAM AND SUCCESS

Quince is a retail and technology company co-founded by a team that has extensive experience in retail technology and building early stage companies. Youll work with a team of world-class talent from Stanford GSB Google D.E. Shaw Stitch Fix Urban Outfitters Wayfair McKinsey Nike etc.

As Product Development Lead you have a critical role in ensuring that Quince is able to rapidly develop and commercialize new products so that we can expand our catalog of high - quality essential products at radically competitive pricing. New product introduction and rapid high - quality catalog expansion is core to Quinces growth and is the driving objective for this role.

You are a critical member of the sourcing and product development team working closely with merchants and sourcing team members on:

• Product Development and follow up
• Prior to product approval by the New Product Committee (NPC): Inform NPC decisions by providing a perspective on the development complexity of potential new items.
• After product approval by NPC:
• Starting with the hand - off of the Product Development Sheet from the merchants work with factory partners to develop products and ensure readiness to meet first shipment.
• Work with partners to identify opportunities to increase speed (in both development and replenishment lead time) and reduce cost of product through potential product changes (e.g. change to stock colors or stock fabric that closely match original specifications);
• Ensure that Quinces standards of high product quality are met.
• Flexibly adapt to new processes introduced at different stages of the company such as recent Go to Market Collection Ceremonies.
• Partner Ambassador - In your engagement with our manufacturing partners you represent the Quince brand.
• You will treat every engagement as an opportunity to continue to build a strong partnership with our manufacturers.
• Additionally you will share with the sourcing team any opportunities that you observe to improve the partner relationship.
• Product Development Performance and Process Improvement

• Ensure data in the product development pipeline is up-to-date and highlight any dates at-risk.
• Drive continuous improvement in the Product Development process identifying and executing opportunities to reduce time from NPC-approval to On-Site.
• Minimum 3 price testing with credible signed vendors before sampling