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Product Development & Production Coordinator- Footwear
URBN
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Founded in 1970, Urban Outfitters (www.UrbanOutfitters.com) operates more than 200 stores in the United States, Canada, and Europe, all offering an eclectic mix of merchandise. We stock our stores with what we love, calling on our—and our customer's—interest in contemporary art, music, and fashion. From men's & women's apparel and accessories to items for the apartment, we offer a lifestyle-specific shopping experience for the educated, urban-minded individual in the 18 to 30 year-old range—both online and in our stores as well as through our catalog.
Title
URBN: Sr. Coordinator, Product Development & Production - Footwear
Overview
Facilitates and executes Design’s vision through sourcing brand appropriate fabric and trims, delivering 3D visualization for all styles, troubleshooting material, price, and delivery issues while supporting design’s needs and business requirements. Collaborate with Brand Director on sourcing strategy and development blueprint. Supervise and promote the development of subordinates through supervision and training.
Responsibilities
SOURCING STRATEGY
Collaborate with Brand Directors (BD) to develop monthly forecast by factory and annual mill strategy by provided operations calendar deadlines using each brand's goals and business initiatives as guidelines. Responsible to meet monthly forecast by factory and annual mill forecast measured by monthly book to date reconciliation.
DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT
• Collaborate with BDs to create category calendar. Required to manage and meet calendar deadlines measured by seasonal calendar actualization.
• Attend Trend meetings to understand design intention and tone for the season. Collaborate with BDs on category strategy outline based on Trend meeting.
• Analyze and suggest necessary changes to merchant’s line plan and communicate expectations to the team. Responsible to improve adoption rates over specific time period and hit approved line plan style count measured by seasonal line plan actualization.
• Create a strategy based on design’s vision, business needs and hindsight’s including outline of travel and other required resources and setting of blueprint for the Sample Room and Allocation Plan report.
RESEARCH & DESIGN
• Develop and manage raw materials including;
• Set and manage fabric cost matrix back to line plan.
• Negotiate all costs.
• Allocate pre-style development.
• Conduct core fabric review with Brand Directors to ensure team is properly positioned seasonally.
• Coordinate team to allow for;
◦ Research and development of all pre-style development
◦ Maintenance of pre-development WIP
◦ “One voice” communication to vendors
◦ Coordination (including tracking) and review with design physical pre-style packages.
◦ Order/issue non-merch POs for sample yardage and is responsible for time and action (T&A) management.
◦ Maintenance of physical raw material library.
◦ Responsible for all product testing requirements, compliance and internal standards.
◦ Data integrity of fabric folders, fabric recaps and pre-costing recaps.
• Attend Sketch Review meeting and clarify important style aspects and strategize on how to deliver design vision at the required price point.
• Coordinate team to allow for use of in house tools and local resources to clarify and define the product by selecting the appropriate channels per style for 3D visualization and collaborate with design to cost engineer styles to provide smart alternatives. Measured by percent approved at order placement at hand over.
• Coordinate team to make sure all necessary components are included in physical pre-style packages at style set-up.
• Present to BD all pre-style and style development and to identify opportunities for corporate fabrics during Final Allocation review meeting.
• Coordinate and facilitate team to deliver aesthetically correct samples that meet design vision.
• Coordinates management of sample invoices.
• Facilitate team to manage T&A proto tracking, physical sample management, management of fabric information, e.g. minimums, lead-times.
PRODUCT FINALIZATION
• Attend Style-out meeting to determine which styles will be bought. Responsible to communicate costing (including options) and minimums based on collaboration with PDTD. Responsible to calculate and manage style-out IMUs.
• Collaborate with team and BD as needed to provide final allocation to merchants once intent to buy has been communicated from merchants. Responsible to update any restyles/costing or delivery changes.
• Transition responsibility for in-work styles from the front-end to the back-end during PD handover meeting. Including IMU roll, development, status, and production concerns.
Qualifications
• Promote the development of subordinates through supervision and training.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external parties.
• Pro-actively approach problem solving.
• Implement operational efficiencies.
• Adapt quickly to changes.
• Analyze data at a high level and Proficient in Microsoft’s Excel and a PLM system. WebPDM and Tradestone experience a plus.
• Driven by deadlines with a high sense of urgency.
• Possess extensive knowledge of garment construction, global raw material procurement, and manufacturing.
Experience
Five or more years of progressive experience in a footwear product development role required.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Fashion Merchandising or related field required.
Location
Philadelphia, PA