Product Development & Costing Associate - Wovens

A well-established menswear and lifestyle apparel brand is seeking a Product Development & Costing Associate to support the Wovens category. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced product development environment, enjoys managing details across a large assortment of styles and SKUs, and has experience working within PLM systems.

Find out if this opportunity is a good fit by reading all of the information that follows below.

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)

Schedule: Tuesday-Thursday in office | Monday & Friday remote (occasional exceptions)

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary: Up to $80,000

The team is looking for a highly organized, proactive individual who can support product development execution, costing, sample management, and system maintenance while partnering closely with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support product development activities for the Wovens category from concept through commercialization
• Manage and track a high volume of styles and SKUs across development calendars
• Maintain accurate product information, costing details, and development milestones in PLM
• Coordinate sample requests, approvals, tracking, and organization
• Partner with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, and Production teams to ensure development timelines are met
• Maintain reports, trackers, and development documentation using Excel
• Assist with costing analysis and product data management
• Ensure accuracy and consistency across product specifications and development records

Qualifications

• 2+ years of product development, costing, sourcing, or merchandising support experience within apparel
• Experience working with woven apparel preferred
• Strong Excel skills required
• Experience with PLM systems required
• Centric PLM experience strongly preferred
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and a large SKU count in a deadline-driven environment
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through
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• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Ideal Candidate

• Product Development Associate, Coordinator, or Assistant background
• Comfortable supporting both development and costing functions
• Enjoys working with product data, systems, samples, and process management
• Detail-oriented and highly organized
• Eager to learn, adaptable, and able to thrive in a collaborative team environment

This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable and growing apparel organization while gaining exposure to the full product development lifecycle within a high-volume business.

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