Nordstrom · 1 week ago
Manager, Product Development – Women’s Rack (HYBRID, SEATTLE)
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$104K/yr - $175K/yr
10+ years expNordstrom is a leading fashion retailer, and they are seeking a Manager for Product Development in their Women’s Rack division. The role involves leading and mentoring teams through the product development cycle, ensuring quality and deadlines are met while fostering strong relationships with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
E-CommerceFashionRetail
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Benefits
Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
Life Insurance and Disability
Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more.
Company
Nordstrom
Nordstrom is an online fashion retailer that specializes in fashion, footwear, accessories, and beauty.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$969.45MKey Investors
Ryan CohenEl Puerto de Liverpool
2024-12-23Acquired
2023-02-03Post Ipo Equity
2022-09-16Post Ipo Equity· $294.45M
Leadership Team
Erik Nordstrom
Chief Executive Officer
Alexis DePree
Chief Operating Officer
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