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Overview
As the Head of Product, you will be the cornerstone of our product operations from development through pre-production. This role oversees vendor relationships, drives operational efficiency, and ensures the team can scale without sacrificing creative bandwidth.
Key Responsibilities Vendor Management & Sourcing:
Strengthen current vendor relationships and diversify the vendor base to support brand growth and scalability.
Operational Streamlining & Documentation:
Analyze and optimize existing operational systems and documents, consolidating them into a more efficient and user-friendly structure.
Maintain and continuously improve these systems to ensure all documentation remains up-to-date and streamlined.
Product Development Calendar:
Create and maintain a comprehensive product development calendar, aligning internal milestones with external vendor timelines, lead times, and holidays (e.g., Chinese New Year).
Serve as the point person for coordinating timelines across design and technical teams, ensuring all cross‑functional partners are aligned.
Product Development / Pre‑Production Oversight:
Oversee the full product development lifecycle, including sourcing, building Bills of Materials (BOMs), wash development, proto development, salesman sample development, and fit samples from PPS through TOP.
Manage all aspects of sample logistics, including receiving, shipping, organizing samples, and coordinating fittings in partnership with the design and technical teams.
Own product costing from proto through final cost confirmation, ensuring costs meet margin targets while maintaining product quality.
Act as the primary liaison between factories and internal teams, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and timely execution to deliver high-quality products.
Maintain and communicate weekly T&A updates across all active styles, proactively identifying delays and partnering with cross‑functional teams to troubleshoot and stay on schedule.
Raw Material & Trim Management:
Manage fabric, trim, and wash development with suppliers, ensuring materials meet aesthetic, quality, cost, and lead‑time requirements.
Maintain organized raw material libraries and track MOQs, liabilities, and seasonal material needs.
Quality Control (QC):
Work closely with the customer service team to address product issues, coordinate repairs, and ensure any necessary fixes are completed efficiently.
Implement improvements in future products based on repair learnings and feedback relayed by customer service and QC partners.
Budget & Team Management:
Manage the product team, overseeing direct reports and ensuring the team operates efficiently and collaboratively.
Partner with the COO/CFO to manage the team’s budget, balancing financial resources to meet development goals and timelines.
Qualifications
Minimum of 8 years in a management role in the Production Department at a denim brand or a luxury fashion house; If denim brand, is your experience in premium denim (e.g. $300 retail)
Experience in denim is a plus; If yes to denim experience, how many years?
Benefits Health insurance, PTO and sick leave, clothing and tech allowance
Location: New York City, NY (Downtown)
Employment Type: Full‑time
Schedule: Monday — Friday, 9:00 AM — 6:00 PM
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Key Responsibilities Vendor Management & Sourcing:
Strengthen current vendor relationships and diversify the vendor base to support brand growth and scalability.
Operational Streamlining & Documentation:
Analyze and optimize existing operational systems and documents, consolidating them into a more efficient and user-friendly structure.
Maintain and continuously improve these systems to ensure all documentation remains up-to-date and streamlined.
Product Development Calendar:
Create and maintain a comprehensive product development calendar, aligning internal milestones with external vendor timelines, lead times, and holidays (e.g., Chinese New Year).
Serve as the point person for coordinating timelines across design and technical teams, ensuring all cross‑functional partners are aligned.
Product Development / Pre‑Production Oversight:
Oversee the full product development lifecycle, including sourcing, building Bills of Materials (BOMs), wash development, proto development, salesman sample development, and fit samples from PPS through TOP.
Manage all aspects of sample logistics, including receiving, shipping, organizing samples, and coordinating fittings in partnership with the design and technical teams.
Own product costing from proto through final cost confirmation, ensuring costs meet margin targets while maintaining product quality.
Act as the primary liaison between factories and internal teams, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and timely execution to deliver high-quality products.
Maintain and communicate weekly T&A updates across all active styles, proactively identifying delays and partnering with cross‑functional teams to troubleshoot and stay on schedule.
Raw Material & Trim Management:
Manage fabric, trim, and wash development with suppliers, ensuring materials meet aesthetic, quality, cost, and lead‑time requirements.
Maintain organized raw material libraries and track MOQs, liabilities, and seasonal material needs.
Quality Control (QC):
Work closely with the customer service team to address product issues, coordinate repairs, and ensure any necessary fixes are completed efficiently.
Implement improvements in future products based on repair learnings and feedback relayed by customer service and QC partners.
Budget & Team Management:
Manage the product team, overseeing direct reports and ensuring the team operates efficiently and collaboratively.
Partner with the COO/CFO to manage the team’s budget, balancing financial resources to meet development goals and timelines.
Qualifications
Minimum of 8 years in a management role in the Production Department at a denim brand or a luxury fashion house; If denim brand, is your experience in premium denim (e.g. $300 retail)
Experience in denim is a plus; If yes to denim experience, how many years?
Benefits Health insurance, PTO and sick leave, clothing and tech allowance
Location: New York City, NY (Downtown)
Employment Type: Full‑time
Schedule: Monday — Friday, 9:00 AM — 6:00 PM
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