Product Development Manager - High End Luxury Fashion

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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