Manager, Product Development – Women’s Rack; Hybrid, Seattle

Manager, Product Development – Women’s Rack (HYBRID, SEATTLE) page is loaded## Manager, Product Development – Women’s Rack (HYBRID, SEATTLE) locations:
Seattle, WAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
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** Job Description
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* NOTE:

This position is located at Nordstrom's downtown Seattle headquarters and follows a hybrid work model, with four days in the office and one remote workday each week.
We don't just sell cutting-edge fashion and accessories, we create it. Our talented fashion design team — the Nordstrom Product Group (NPG) — develops, designs, produces and sources Nordstrom label products. From traditional to trendy, this team is shaping the styles and looks our customer love.

We have an opportunity for a
* Manager, Product Development – Women’s Rack
* to join the NPG team and lead a cohort of skilled professionals in the Product Development function.
** A day in the life…
*** Lead, manage, and mentor teams through product development cycle and calendar milestones. Ensure deadlines, costing KPI’s and quality standards are consistently met.
* Support the team balancing the workload between categories, encouraging those closest to the work to provide solutions, and removing barriers to allow the team to do their best work.
* Be a servant leader that attracts, retains and develops talent by providing continuous mentoring and a commitment to common vision and shared values.
* Establish strong working relationships with suppliers, cross function divisional teams and leaders with customer at forefront of all decisions.
* Identify process improvement needs, encouraging and supporting team led problem solving.
* Lead the product development team through the execution of the sourcing strategy
* Lead and support team in resolving any quality issues post production
* Lead teams in tracking product development milestones and calendar due dates with pre-production tracking and reporting (prototype, color, sample yardage, testing, etc.).
* Support, coach and mentor teams with vendor negotiations through product lifecycle i.e. costing, time and action, minimums, etc.
* Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing and CSR (social compliance) leaders to ensure the source base meets development and production capability needs and aligns back to our company goals and initiatives.
* Support PD team in achieving standards for costing rollups for brand and/ or classification at final cost. Develop into specified costing targets that achieve IMU goals.
** You own this if you have…
*** Minimum 10+years with leadership experience in product development in garment manufacturing
* Bachelor's degree in Textile, Fashion Merchandising, Design or equivalent years of experience
* Experience managing, developing, and supporting large and diverse team
* Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
* Exceptionally strong problem solving, negotiating skills and out of the box thinking – curious and ever changing, and strong quantitative skills
* Highly skilled in Microsoft 365 Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, etc.), Tableau, Flex PLM, Adobe Illustrator (a plus)
* Ability and willingness to travel throughout the U.S., Asia, South and Central America & Europe#LI-Hybrid#LI-CH1
** We’ve got you covered…
** Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:
* Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
* Life Insurance and Disability
* Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

A few more important points...The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.

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