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About the Role
The Product Manager is responsible for managing the full product development and sourcing lifecycle for assigned product categories from concept to production. This role partners with key cross-functional teams – Design, Merchandising, and Technical to translate product concepts into commercially viable product while managing vendor strategy, cost negotiations, and production execution.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end product development and sourcing lifecycle from concept to production.
- Own seasonal development milestones and manage the time and actional calendar to ensure on-time execution in both key business deadlines and bulk delivery.
- Partner closely with Design, Merchandising, Technical teams to bring product concepts to production-ready samples for seasonal presentations.
- Manage vendor allocation and cost negotiations to achieve IMU targets while maintaining product standards and brand expectations.
- Build and maintain strong vendor relationships and support onboarding of new vendors to strengthen sourcing capabilities.
- Partner with Demand Planning to review seasonal projections and align vendor capacity planning, ensuring key suppliers and product categories are planned appropriately to support future order demand.
- Monitor vendor performance across cost, quality, and delivery metrics and proactively address issues to ensure successful seasonal execution.
- Manage samples, approvals, development, and order placements using key tools and systems (FlexPLM, CAP, and other tools).
- Monitor vendor performance across cost, quality, and delivery metrics and proactively address issues to ensure successful sourcing strategies.
- Maintain knowledge of apparel manufacturing processes from raw material development through factory production, including fabric mills, factory production flow, and quality control checkpoints.
- Communicate development status, risks, and solutions clearly across cross-functional partners and external vendors.
- Travel as needed to vendor offices and factories to support development alignment, production readiness, and vendor partnership initiatives.
- Familiarity with factory compliance standards, including social compliance and factory audit requirements, to ensure vendors meet company and industry standards is a big plus.
Requirements
- 4-6 years of experience in apparel product development and sourcing. Ideally wovens experience.
- Strong understanding of the apparel development lifecycle from concept through production.
- Experience working directly with vendors and factories, including managing development execution and production readiness.
- Knowledge of apparel manufacturing processes, including fabric mills, garment construction, factory production flow, and quality checkpoints.
- Familiarity with product testing standards and factory compliance requirements, including social and factory audit standards.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Design, Merchandising, Technical, and other critical business teams within an organization.
- Experience working in a fast-paced retail environment managing seasonal development, chase opportunities, and speed-market initiatives.
- Experience supporting both DTC (brand) and wholesale business models. DDP model understanding a plus.
- Strong negotiations, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced seasonal business environment.
- Experience using and/or understanding PLM, SAP/Infor Nexus, Microsoft Office, various buy systems. (FlexPLM preferred).
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and seasonal deadlines while maintaining strong attention to details.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Travel may be required, both domestic and internationally, to vendor offices and factories as needed.
- Adhere to regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration. Job duties may be performed effectively using the hybrid work program designated by the company.
Skills
- Product development
- Sourcing
- Vendor strategy
- Cost negotiations
- Production execution
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Vendor partnerships
- Brand strategy
- Margin goals
- OTB fast chase initiatives
- DTC
- Wholesale channels
- Time management
- Calendar management
- Demand Planning
- Capacity planning
- Vendor performance monitoring
- Quality control
- Sample management
- Approval management
- Order placement
- Apparel manufacturing processes
- Fabric mills
- Factory production flow
- Problem-solving
- PLM
- SAP/Infor Nexus
- Microsoft Office
- Buy systems
- FlexPLM
Location
- Remote
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 4-6 years
Salary/Compensations
- USD $75,900.00 - USD $97,950.00 /Yr.
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- Term life insurance
- Paid vacation/holidays
- 401(k) with Company match
- Associate discount on merchandise
About the Company
- Catalyst Brands reflects the bringing together the rich heritages of our brands with modern excitement and a new vision for success. Five iconic brands came together under a unified powerhouse portfolio to celebrate the essence of American style. We will leverage our rich history, resources and best-in-class industry talent to further build the success of our brands. At Catalyst we are united in one shared purpose: We exist to ignite America’s most beloved retail brands to make fashion accessible to all.