Senior Director, PDC
Core
Leading the Product Development Center (PDC) to bridge Creative Design and Sourcing teams, ensuring technical feasibility, cost targets, and on-time delivery for baby and children's apparel brands.
Role type
Senior Director, Product Development
Builds
Apparel product lines for Carter's, OshKosh B'gosh, Skip*Hop, and Little Planet brands
Domain
Apparel manufacturing and product development
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features
Required skills
Apparel design and construction expertise, fabric and trim knowledge, product costing and cost engineering, import duty rate calculation, printing techniques, merchandising capabilities, team recruitment and training, budget management, project prioritization
Preferred skills
Consumer insight analysis, ESG initiative leadership, process optimization, succession planning
Technologies
Microsoft Office applications
Responsibilities
Lead the product development lifecycle from design intent to production readiness, manage sample delivery and BOM accuracy, calculate initial garment costs and margins, recruit and train the PDC team, oversee team workload and record accuracy, conduct benchmarking for product innovation
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership and team management