Career Opportunity
Product Management Manager, Polo Girls Knits
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Company Description
At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Position Overview
Support the product development team in creating and executing product strategies, ensuring optimal value in terms of product quality, pricing, and timelines. |
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
OTB Management: Support Production Team with all sourcing allocations, TNAs, OTBs in GFE/PLM. | |||||||||||||||||
Drive OTB (ok to buy) plans with sourcing office and analize the informatioin to ensure that timing associated with fabric, production, and logistics are in line. | |||||||||||||||||
Lead a seasonal production plan with CFT partners to optimize a Post market commit. Ie Strategic core fabric position (partner with raw material team). Adhere to POST Market Flexibility (60% goal). | |||||||||||||||||
Secure on time delivery methodologies by aligning/leveraging lead times for added buy flexibility and product planning to start ship. | |||||||||||||||||
Build and manage TNA with sourcing offices and CFT, risk access and find solutions. Highlighting issues to sr. manager/lead. | |||||||||||||||||
Secure and reconcile buy commitments while ensuring contracted deliveries from mills/suppliers is being met. | |||||||||||||||||
Execute raw material positioning strategies and capacity planning with a focus on top investment core programs. | |||||||||||||||||
Cost Management: Ensure cost sheets are submitted in PLM & flowing in GFE meeting milestone calendar (Flash/Board Review, Proto, SRS, Bulk). | |||||||||||||||||
Presenting up-front Flash costing and cost engineering to cross functional team member as a guideline during product development stage | |||||||||||||||||
Ability to analyze and negotiate by understanding product components and key cost drivers and leadtime of a garment. Lead all seasonal costing meetings. | |||||||||||||||||
Pull end of season business analysis and report to Sr. Manager/Lead.
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Experience, Skills & Knowledge
• Proven experience in production management |
• Strong technical knowledge of garment construction and washing |
• Excellence in project management and team coordination |
• GFE, o9, SAP, Airtable system proficiency |
• Strong communication and leadership skills #LI-CE1 |