LHH Recruitment Solutions - Retail, Fashion & Luxury Goods is looking for a Product Manager to join an important international high-end luxury brand and manage the RTW products development.
**Responsibilities**
We are currently seeking a highly experienced and skilled individual to join our client's company as a Product Development Manager.
In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the development of all MW+WW RTW products, including trim and raw
materials, ensuring they meet the delivery, quality, and cost parameters.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring that protos and SMS (Salesman Samples) arrive on time, allowing for efficient product development and production processes.
- Effectively communicating product specifications to the suppliers, ensuring that they fully understand our requirements and can deliver accordingly.
- Identifying areas for product improvement and troubleshooting any issues that may arise during the development process.
- Maintaining and improving product quality, ensuring that our garments meet the highest standards.
- Engineering garments for cost optimization, finding innovative solutions to reduce production costs without compromising on quality.
- Ensuring that sizing, measurements, and grading are followed accurately, optimizing the fit of our garments.
- Setting clear timelines for development planning, ensuring that all milestones are met and projects are completed on time.
- Growing and internally developing the product team, providing guidance and support to help them excel in their roles.
- Supporting in factory sourcing of new categories, expanding the product range and exploring new opportunities.
- Controlling all development costs according to budget, ensuring that expenses are kept in check.
- Aligning final product costs with budget and merch-plan expectations, ensuring profitability.
- Assessing and approving the engineering of all new developments, ensuring they meet the quality standards.
- Reviewing, controlling, and signing off on all sizing and tech packs for accuracy, ensuring that all specifications are correct.
- Collaboration with the Design Department; Merchandising; Purchase
- Management of the buying tasks
**Your Profile**
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Highly organized
- Can-do attitude
- Excellent relationship-building and maintenance skills
- Knowledge of fabrics (preferably knitwear)
- Negotiation
- Timelines Management
We are looking for a profile with a senior professional background in high-end
luxury, who is willing to travel across the international factories, a relocation could be provided, the offices are based in Milano Montenapoleone.
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