At Burton, the business and technical problem is to effectively execute product development from hand off to buy ready for salesmen sample production and bulk production, ensuring alignment with the company's operational calendar, quality standards, functionality, accuracy, and Burton's Purpose and Profitability goals, while also managing costs and driving continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing technical or performance outerwear (e.g., ski, snowboard, mountaineering, rainwear, or tactical).
- Strong understanding of functional garment construction, fabric performance, and technical specifications.
- Experience working with waterproof/breathable laminates, taped seams, insulated systems, and functional trims.
- Strong knowledge of global sourcing, manufacturing, and the costing process
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe software, and Centric PLM systems or other similar database systems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and foster a collaborative partnership with the Asia Merchandising team to facilitate seamless product development through bulk production for assigned styles according to critical dates, product end use, sustainability, quality, performance, and margin goals. Delegating and planning workflow accordingly.
- Provide expertise and partnership with Raw Materials team on necessary end-use requirements including quality, sustainability, and costing needs.
- Analyze cost breakdowns in conjunction with the Asia Merchandising team and manage costing data in PLM. Be responsible for identifying opportunities for cost savings, efficient manufacturing, and construction that meet quality requirements. Strive to outperform margin goals while protecting product integrity.
- Input and maintain accurate data in PLM for current styles/ colors, bill of materials, style evaluations, costing, and technical sketches.
- Collaborate with Sustainability, Raw Material, Quality, and Regional teams to facilitate testing and ensure steward of global testing compliance requirements. Be responsible for raw materials commercialization risk assessment and decision-making.
- Present and execute alternative options for construction, etc. when needed to meet margin goals while maintaining design intent/ aesthetic, product integrity and functionality.
- Partner with Quality & Design team to create supplemental technical construction guides, standard features packages. Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and incorporate learnings in future seasons.
Other
- Collaborate with Design, Merchandising, Tech Design, Raw Material, Sourcing & Production, Innovation, to effectively execute product development to briefs and FOB targets supporting margin goals and Fair Labor Association Guidelines.
- Candidate must have keen attention to detail, strong organizational skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must be deadline driven, have a proactive approach to problem solving and be comfortable with changing priorities
- Must be passionate about product and the development process
- Must have the ability to work in a global team environment while having fun!
- Travel internationally to visit vendors for development and cost negotiations.
- Provide team cross-training in Burton processes and best practices as needed.
