Team Manager Soft Goods - Active With Kids
Core
Lead the Soft Goods development team for the Active with Kids category, delivering innovative products like strollers, car seats, and child carriers that enable active family life.
Role type
Team Manager, Product Development (Soft Goods)
Builds
Strollers, car seats, child carriers, and other soft goods for families
Domain
Outdoor & Lifestyle / Consumer Goods
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Soft goods development, textile development, manufacturing processes, construction methods, people management, resource allocation, technical documentation, project coordination
Preferred skills
Experience in outdoor or lifestyle products, entrepreneurial mindset, hands-on product design
Technologies
CAD, PLM, ERP (implied by drawing release and engineering change processes)
Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of Soft Goods Developers, Pattern Makers, and Sewing Technicians; coordinate work and resources across development projects; recruit, develop, and coach team members; contribute to the development of methods and processes; ensure quality of technical documentation and participate in drawing release and engineering change processes; contribute to product design and development within project teams when needed
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership