Freelance Senior Product Developer Shirts

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The Team

The Tommy Menswear Product Development team is one of the main drivers within Tommy Hilfiger Europe. Based in the Amsterdam HQ, the team is split into different product specialist teams.

The Tommy Hilfiger Menswear Shirts team is responsible for sourcing and developing of the MSW Shirts collections on global scale.

The TH MSW Shirts team works closely together, in an informal setting, with Design, Merchandise and Tech to create superbly styled and high end quality products for an international consumer base.

The Position

The Senior Product Developer is responsible for the product development from sketch (created by Design / Merchandise) until final product coming out of production. The product is developed, produced and received based on the standards and goals established in cooperation with the Design / Merchandising department. The key objective is to be responsible for the follow up of the total MSW Shirts development in collaboration with Merchandise, Design, Technical team and Sales.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for sourcing and development of the TH MSW Shirts Collection.

Works with the offshore offices, vendors to control the status and changes to the styles, follows up on deadlines for proto samples, lab-dips, sales samples, size sets and production approval samples.

Responsible for tracking all proto and fit samples for each season of the collection as well as proactive planning.

Prepares and participates in adoption and alignment meetings makes collection overviews with design and Merchandise.

Coordinates and ensures that all the systems are updated and matching as per internal information (PLM etc).

Responsible for the maintenance of the garment worksheets and size specifications in close collaboration with Design and the Technical team.

Travels to production facilities in Turkey, ISC and Asia to check status and quality of samples and developments.

Takes a pro-active role in continuously improving the product in ways of quality, fit, sustainability, innovation and premiumization.

Responsible for the style /option count together with Merchandise.

Responsible for reaching the requested margin on the product and product group.

Negotiates the best possible FOB per style. Has a deep understanding of pricing and understands the different components of cost.

Reports into the Sr. Manager Product Development Wovens

The Ideal Candidate:

A Shirt specialist, with (international) Shirt expertise

Education: higher textile education

Minimum 5 years working experience in sourcing and development for a Fashion Brand, ideally in woven categories.

Used to working under pressure with deadlines. Is organized and structured.

Ability to think out of the box, solution orientated and pragmatic.

Excellent communication, presentation and negotiating skills.

Solid expertise of fabrics and physical production.

Hands on product mentality and good fashion taste level.

Team player.

Fluent in English.