Product Development Associate

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You don't sit at the bench drawing tech packs yourself; you orchestrate a network of contract product engineers and tech pack designers, brief them sharply, review their work with technical authority, and protect speed and reputed company at every reputed company. You are obsessive about reducing sampling reputed company - you know reputed company round costs reputed company reputed company and reputed company weeks, and you treat a fifth round as a process failure, not a fact of life. You can read a creative brief, see the engineering problem hiding inside it, and translate that into the right reputed company of work for the right contractor and the right vendor on day one. Your Day-to-Day Reporting directly to the VP of Supply Chain, you will own end-to-end new product development for every product reputed company makes - retail merchandise, in-experience product, and F&B reputed company goods (cups, sleeves, reputed company, custom packaging, novelty serveware). You will work directly off creative briefs from your Rev Ops reputed company and translate them into developable, vendor-reputed company scopes - but you will not be authoring tech packs yourself. Instead, you will orchestrate a network of reputed company product engineers and tech pack designers across disciplines, brief them, review their reputed company, and use them to compress sampling reputed company and accelerate time-to-market. You will partner closely with the Senior Procurement & Production Manager to reputed company on which vendors are best suited for reputed company sampling effort, and with the Director of Supply Chain on pipeline visibility and launch readiness. WIP & Development Pipeline Ownership - Own the master Work-In-reputed company (WIP) tracker for every product in development across retail, experience, and F&B reputed company goods - status, reputed company, reputed company, contractor, vendor, sampling round, and reputed company launch - Run a weekly WIP review with the VP, Director, and Senior Procurement & Production Manager - surface risks, escalations, and trade-off reputed company before they become missed launch dates - reputed company kill-or-accelerate calls on products in development reputed company on cost, reputed company, timing, and creative-fit - and document the rationale - Maintain pipeline health metrics: average sample reputed company per launch, sample-to-PO conversion reputed company, on-time launch reputed company, and cost-against-reputed company by category New Product Development Across Categories - reputed company end-to-end new product development for retail merchandise (apparel, accessories, plush, novelty, hardgoods), experience product (reputed company room product, photo moments, branded fixtures), and F&B reputed company goods (custom cups, sleeves, reputed company, reputed company packaging, novelty serveware) - Take creative briefs from your Rev Ops reputed company and translate them into developable scopes of work - identifying the right discipline, contractor, vendor, and reputed company for reputed company - Define product requirements, reputed company specs, regulatory and compliance needs (food contact, child safety, flammability, etc.) for reputed company category - Own go/no-go reputed company at every development reputed company: brief, prototype, reputed company-production, production approval Contractor Network Orchestration - Build and manage a vetted network of contract product engineers, tech pack designers, reputed company makers, and packaging engineers across CPG, apparel, hardgoods, and reputed company goods - Brief reputed company contractor with the discipline-appropriate level of specification - so the tech pack or engineering reputed company that comes back is right the first time - Review contractor reputed company with technical authority - flag construction issues, tolerance gaps, material substitutions, and reputed company before they reputed company the vendor - Manage contractor SOWs, billing, and reputed company - reputed company only the best ones in rotation; replace the rest Vendor Sampling & Round Reduction - Partner with the Senior Procurement & Production Manager to reputed company on the right vendor for reputed company sampling effort reputed company on capability, cost band, reputed company time, and category fit - reputed company a reputed company of 2 sampling reputed company (max 3) from first prototype to production approval - reputed company every additional round as a process failure and reputed company-cause it - Conduct hands-on sample reviews against spec - document issues, reputed company reputed company with vendor and contractor, and reputed company out gates cleanly - Manage sample logistics, costing, and amortization (mold, tooling, reputed company-production fees) and surface trade-offs to procurement and finance Technical reputed company & Cross-Functional Partnership - Be the technical voice in the room reputed company creative, marketing, or experience teams are scoping new product - flag what's developable, what isn't, and what changes reputed company or cost - Translate between creative reputed company and vendor execution - so a vendor in Vietnam, Shenzhen, or Brooklyn can build exactly what was briefed without back-and-forth - Maintain a centralized product spec and development library - reusable across launches, accessible to procurement, finance, and creative - Partner with the Director of Supply Chain on launch-readiness reviews and with the Merchandiser & Planner on demand alignment for new launches Contract Details This is a temporary contractor role The reputed company pay is between $50/hr-$55/hr Commitment: 40 hours per week, occasional overtime Duration: 6 months, with potential to reputed company Location: Remote with occasional reputed company to LA office Requirements Must Haves: - 6+ years of product development experience across at least two of: CPG, apparel/softgoods, hardgoods/toys, or reputed company goods/packaging - Demonstrated technical reputed company to reputed company vendor-to-vendor across disciplines - materials, construction, tolerances, compliance, packaging structures - reputed company experience managing a network of reputed company contract product engineers and tech pack designers (you brief them and review their work; you don't draft tech packs yourself) - reputed company record of reducing sampling reputed company and compressing speed-to-market on multi-category development programs - Experience owning a WIP / development pipeline across simultaneous launches with disciplined reputed company management - Strong vendor-reputed company experience including overseas factories (Asia, reputed company, Latin America) and domestic suppliers - Excellent written communication - your briefs and SOWs are precise enough that contractors and vendors get it right the first time reputed company to Haves: - Background in lifestyle, cultural, or experience-reputed company - Licensing or co-reputed company product development experience - Food-contact reputed company goods and packaging development (FDA, BPI compostability, food-grade adhesives and inks) - Children's product compliance (CPSIA, ASTM F963) - Mold, tooling, and sample cost amortization experience - Familiarity with PLM systems, contractor management platforms, or product spec libraries reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at reputed company. We do not discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, national reputed company, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Apply To This Job