Developer, Product Development

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the product development process from early development until commercialization through all types of sampling: prototypes, line presentation sample, Brand Activation sample. Ensure timely delivery execution as required by design.
• Support to handle special technique; printing, laser, emboss….and all special product executions.
• Follow up all leather/material/components/hardware with cross-functional teams, liaise with factories throughout the product development process.
• Work closely with the engineering team to enforce the quality standard for the products. Check quality and execution of samples before sending to NY. Work out potential risk issues and help set up testing and trials when necessary to prevent problems in an early stage.
• Build connectivity between cross-functional team such as strategy costing team, LM team, MM team, HW team and production team to exchange information during the whole development process. Ensure samples use correct materials and components that meet Coach Quality standards.
• Lead handover meetings with cross-functional teams; PM-, costing-, and engineering to provide design details, potential quality risks, special executions and long lead time collections on each intro.
• Update all necessary reports to the specified deadlines in EC-Vision system.
• Check planning team for allocation- and monthly transfer list to ensure these are accurate, handle transfer development.
• Visit SPs to cross check all the samples execution to ensure all samples are correct before send.

Dimensions

• Works within the DGO based PD team. Daily interaction with Engineering. Frequent interaction with MM, LM and HW teams.
• Daily interaction with SPs sampling teams.

Education & Experience Requirements

• 1 or 2 years’ experience in product development in handbags, wallets or accessories industries. Branded experience preferred. Or top talent fresh graduate students are welcome.
• Hard working, well organized, proactive, team and result-orientated, flexible and the capable to follow up design requirement independently and effectively.
• Good communication, negotiation, cooperation and problem solving skills. Attentive to details and problem mindset is prerequisite
• Good knowledge in bag or fashion accessories making process and familiar with fabric and leather.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment with multi-cultural members.
• Good computer skills including excel, word and power point.

Key Competencies

• Problem solving for unforeseen quality issues in production lines and at finish goods inspection is a routine part of this role.

Analysis & Decision making to acceptability of products due ship is a routine part of the role and must take account of Coach’s quality standards