The North Face: Product Developer, Men's Apparel
Core
End-to-end development of moderate to high complexity men's apparel styles, translating design vision into physical and 3D prototypes while ensuring quality, cost, and calendar requirements.
Role type
Senior Product Developer (Apparel)
Builds
Men's apparel products for The North Face
Domain
Outdoor apparel / Fashion
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Apparel product development, BOMs and tech packs management, PLM/PDM systems, 3D development tools (Browzwear, CLO, Optitex), patternmaking and grading, costing validation, vendor management
Preferred skills
3D software training, seasonal travel to overseas manufacturers, continuous improvement in product categories
Responsibilities
Own and approve accurate BOMs for assigned styles, partner with cross-functional teams to resolve construction and fit issues, support costing validation and material efficiency, manage buy readiness and commercialization from SMS to bulk production, drive continuous improvement within product categories, travel seasonally to support production readiness
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC