Product Development Manager-Softlines

Product Development Manager-Softlines

About Mayzon

For nearly 100 years, Mayzon has been driven by a passion for bath and home innovation. Founded in 1929, the company has built a legacy of firsts across manufacturing, design, and product innovation, delivering thoughtful, real-world solutions inspired by everyday living. Today, Mayzon continues to evolve through a commitment to innovation, consumer insights, sustainability, and operational excellence. Our success is powered by collaborative, entrepreneurial teams that move quickly, think creatively, and bring products to market with purpose

Job Roles/Responsibilities:

• Work with the VP of PD to establish the strategic trend direction for RGI brand that crosses several categories and timelines.

• Comprehensive Review of Clients and Competitors Current Assortment and Price Matrix

• Analyze the marketplace and deliver competitive product analysis and consumer trend insights both formally and informally through store visits, online research and review of trade journals

• Identify White Space within product categories and drive development to grow volume.

• Implements and executes product development strategies from conception to production ready.

• Partner with Design Team on design creation/modifications for newness and customer specific needs.

• Creation of Design Brief focused on understanding needs of newness based on trends and current assortment best sellers and maximizing sales.

Sample Process

• Work with design to create blueprint artwork (tech packs).

• Reviewing product for color execution /quality.

• Work with Sample Coordinator to add to and maintain the sample grid and sample inventory

• Partner with overseas team and suppliers to ensure required levels of quality are always maintained.

• Good knowledge of color and relaying discrepancies and finding solutions to challenges.

• Track samples and be responsible for deadlines.

Business Knowledge:

• Cost negotiation: Understanding cost of goods and total Global trends impacting sourcing and costing strategies.

• Create RFQs and work with Senior Director to ensure product fits within IMU price targets. Developing product that fits within required price points by category/ material

• Work with Senior Director to ensure strategies are executed and prioritized to fiscal projections and to ensure brand is tracking to company wide initiatives and Must Wins.

• Cross functional team alignment timelines: Builds calendar with alignment from cross-functional team.

Ensures all teams are well versed and adhering to calendar and process.

• Sales: Interprets and reacts to sales data effectively - builds development strategy as a result.

• Be the expert in terms of product knowledge: material, specification, production, regional / COO sourcing, cost engineering/ cost componentry.

• Understand vendor capabilities and create strong partnership with Sourcing to identify where designs are placed for development.

• Ensuring brand integrity and quality expectations that align with the production capabilities of our vendor partners

Travel:

• Domestic travel to evaluate product opportunities may be required based on the needs of the business.

Skill Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of five to seven years previous related experience required, preferably in product development in retail and/or off price in categories such as home, apparel and accessories.

• Ability to think strategically and conceptually.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills.

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency while remaining organized.

• Ability to problem-solve, manage projects and timelines, and complete in-depth analysis to recommend best decision.

• Highly motivated self-starter able to work in a fast-paced retail environment.

• Flexible, positive attitude. Proactive nature and ability to act with a sense of urgency and attention to detail