Senior Product Developer

About Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 16,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than 1,400 retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of the Tommy Hilfiger brand were $9.2 billion in 2019

Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide with a brand portfolio that includes TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS.

Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world's most recognized premium designer lifestyle groups and is recognized for celebrating the essence of "classic American cool" style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.

Its focus is designing and marketing high-quality men's tailored clothing and sportswear, women's collection apparel and sportswear, kids wear, denim collections, underwear (including robes, sleepwear and loungewear), footwear and accessories. Through select licensees, Tommy Hilfiger offers complementary lifestyle products such as eyewear, watches, fragrance, swimwear, socks, small leather goods, home goods and luggage

Department and Team

The TH Lab division is responsible to develop the pinnacle collections under the Tommy Hilfiger umbrella.

The product development team works on a seasonal collection as well as 3rd party collaborations and tran-seasonal capsules and special projects.

The team develops all product categories within the Apparel range and liaise with factories based in Asia, Turkey and Portugal.

The structure is very lean as it is only 2 people at present: a PD Manager and a Coordinator, who are both highly motivated and skilled professionals, making it an inspiring and dynamic environment to work in.

As Product developers, we work closely cross divisionally with the fabric team, the designers, and the merchandising teams in order to deliver successful collections that embody the designers? vision and still meet the business needs in terms of margins and brand identity.

The Position

The Senior Product Developer is responsible for the product development from sketch (created by design) until final product for both genders of the Tommy Jeans division. The product is placed, produced and received based on the standards and goals established by the division. The key objective is to be responsible for the total development in collaboration with design and follow up of collection and production in ways of (physical) product that is production feasible and hitting margin targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Reports to the Manager Sourcing & Production.

Works on the development of the main collection and all collaborations / capsules across all apparel product categories

Advises design regarding technical possibilities and limitations

Works closely with the buying offices, factories and suppliers to control the status of the samples and changes to the styles, follows up on deadlines for proto samples, SMS and bulk production

Communicates all changes on styles to the buying offices & direct vendors

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

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

Price negotiations.

Tools in order to full-fill the above:

Centric PLM: the main system to generate all the material/style/product and production information.

Communication with: Buying offices, design, merchandising and Buying & Planning

The Ideal Candidate:

Minimal 5+ years working experience in development/sourcing/production across different product categories

Team player, used to working under pressure with tight deadlines.

All round knowledge on all product groups.

Solid knowledge of garment specifications, fabrics, fitting and patterns.

Strong work ethic.

Fluent in English.