Director - Product Development - LBrands - Pink - New York

Job description
Directs Product Development Team overseeing execution of Color, Print, Pattern and Graphics, Fabric/Trim research and development including garment after treatments such as garment washing/dyeing. Ensures research and developments are commercialized with the factories that meet the design aesthetic vision within price parameters, sourcing strategy, quality standards and delivery requirements. Translates strategies and objectives into actionable plans for teams. Internal cross functional partnerships with all levels of Design, Pre Production, Production, Print/Pattern/Graphics, Fabric and trim team , CAD, Merchandising, and Technical Operations team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Leads category team to ensure all color, prints, patterns; graphic packages are valid and viable for each region while preserving design aesthetic and meeting business objectives of speed, size ability, scalability and margin.
- Leads category team to ensure fabric, wash and trim researched and developed is driving innovation and customer connection.
- Create and establish focused raw material strategies globally that ensure design aesthetic and supports company objectives of speed and margin goals in partnership with Pink Sourcing and Production.
- Partners with Senior leadership to identify action plan and key deliverables
- Drive and support innovation in color, wash, fabric, trim, print, pattern, graphic techniques seasonally. Identifies roadblocks and creates action plan to address
- Conducts competitive and aspirational shopping quarterly to ensure Pink is at forefront of graphic technique innovation and is cost competitive for graphic techniques.
- Provide and receive quarterly supplier/region feedback report for consistent improvement.
- Ability to teach, mentor and motivate team to drive results.
- Ability to build teams establishing strong bench strength that can be leveraged across departments.
- Knowledge of color/dyeing, printing, yarn dyes, and graphic manufacturing
- Knowledge of garment washing, garment dyeing and fabric finishing
- Knowledge of product development processes and calendars (understands how print pattern and graphic development impacts the product development process through commercialization and applies knowledge to ensure business objectives are achieved).
- Knowledge of garment and fabric QA requirements and can create action plan to solve issues for short term and scalable plan to prevent issues from repeating in conjunction with supply base.
- Ability to create/assess/teach/download to teams time and action calendars
- Has ability to offer solutions to manufacturing challenges
- Ensure cross functional communication is appropriate and timely in order to avoid delivery, price or quality issues.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Must be highly proficient in Excel, Word, Outlook, and product development software such as Web PDM or FLEX PLM

QUALIFICATIONS:
- College Degree with a concentration in apparel production management or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 10 years' prior experience in color, fabric, wash, trim , garment preproduction/production, print pattern and graphic product development and sourcing
- knowledge/experience working globally with mills, laundries, screen printers and factories
- Sound knowledge of the principles of quality assurance
- Domestic and International travel as required
PINK, a member of the L Brands family, is the dominant aspirational lifestyle brand for the collegiate girl. VS Pink celebrates campus life through its assortment of sleepwear, loungewear and bras and panties designed to appeal to the spirit, humor, optimism and self-confidence of the girl who wears, loves and lives PINK.

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