Product developer (Freelance)

ABOUT THE COMPANY
PVH Corp.
With a history going back over 130 years, PVH has excelled at growing brands and businesses with rich American heritages, becoming one of the largest global apparel companies. We have over 30,000 associates operating in over 40 countries with over $8 billion in revenues. We own the iconic Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Speedo*, Warner's and Olga brands and market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands.

PVH Europe
PVH Europe is home to the global headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger and the European offices of Calvin Klein. The company is founded on a dynamic and fast-paced work environment that is fueled by passion, creativity, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
To learn more about Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, we invite you to visit tommy.com and calvinklein.com.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the sourcing & Production lead, the Senior Product Developer is Responsible for product management throughout the development process for the Denim bottoms business, specialized in this field to be able to independently drive the category from Range plan to Sampling. Overseeing the complete Denim category for Tommy Jeans as well, as manage the learning and development of direct reports. 

• Responsible for taking the Sourcing Strategy / vendor-category relationship forward via e.g. capacity planning / allocation (identifying growth opportunities for vendors and vendor performance analysis.
• Lead the initial sourcing initiatives from Creative Concept Launch, with the objective to foster innovation and to ensure competitive price points
• Ensure quality of product and achievement of (margin) targets throughout the product development process
• Responsible for product management throughout the development process, by attending key meetings (e.g. raw materials meeting, proto review, final price meeting, SMS review), and advising on possible improvements of product and margins, and signing off (preproduction) samples
• Negotiate FOB prices, ensuring margins are maintained for actual order quantities
• Review bulk orders with Buying & Planning to ensure timeliness of style bookings for bulk delivery
• Maintain close relationships with the vendors, discussing development and managing escalation of pressing issues
• Conduct post-season evaluation with vendors, assessing the season and possible improvements, and evaluate vendor performance
• Drive efficiency improvement by analyzing processes and best practices, pursuing effective structures and ways of working, and working with cross-functional teams (e.g. Design & Wash Development) to capture opportunities, align processes, and create synergies (in ways of working)
• Provide (ad hoc) analyses and reporting for presentations to management and key stakeholders
• Oversee and consult on operational activities of team, including product development and administrative activities , and act on call-outs made by team (e.g. consulting on risk assessment, and ensuring accuracy of data in PLM)
• Engage in projects related to improvement of quality of products or way of working