Senior Product Developer - NikeSKIMS Accessories

JR286 is seeking a dedicated Senior Product Developer - NikeSKIMS Accessories to join our team in Torrance, California. The Senior Product Developer - NikeSKIMS Accessories is responsible for proving the innovation and technical execution of world-class concepts through research, ideation, prototype, development processes. Communicates across cross-functional partners to ensure the successful delivery of ENI-JR286’s accessories and equipment.

What You’ll Do:

• Customer/account (NikeSKIMS) facing being the key contact between partners and product team, keeping communication clear and accurate through product creation and commercialization.
• Managing calendar, timelines, product reviews, and critical dates across product creation.
• Daily partnership with NikeSKIMS, design, product management, and factories. This happens in a fast moving, agile environment in close partnership with NikeSKIMS.
• Interpreting design intent and construction, offering alternative solutions, and managing/editing tech packs.
• Manage Asia-based vendors across bags, socks, headwear, and gloves, including sampling calendars, cost negotiations, and sample issue resolution.
• Lead by example and flawlessly execute our product development process from concept through mass production hitting all milestones according to calendar deadlines.
• Own the development of our most critical products and deliver flawlessly.
• Lead by example demonstrating creativity & technical excellence owning innovation projects that challenge the status quo & result in quantifiable performance gains of next generation products.
• Demonstrate project management excellence using our web based project management platform to systematically execute all required tasks and milestones, organizing all required documentation and collaboration with global teammates and leaders to move projects forward.
• Create and foster value-driven partnerships with internal and external product groups
• Design world class product using engineering fundamentals including but not limited to critical thinking, problem solving, DFM and DFMEA to identify potential failure modes and reduce risk by creating and executing a plans to design out, test out, and inspect out high RPN numbers.
• Master technical product spec creation including product views, critical dimensions and tolerances, bill of materials, functional requirements, color, quality requirements and any relevant product specific details.
• Master and execute all required performance and regulatory test, develop custom tests & post test reports, troubleshoot and improve performance until we exceed all product requirements.
• Partner with overseas factory partners to lead all prototyping efforts to meet performance and cost criteria, realize all designed features and land a complete sample for final proto milestone.
• Continuously improve Wear Testing combining verbal feedback, qualitative data, and quantitative data to fully understand athlete needs and translate them into product features and dimensions controlled on tech packs.
• Lead in our cross functional “Triad” being the voice of project management, product performance, product cost, and risk reduction to both grow the business and set up downstream teams for success in commercialization.
• Support management to ensure all development tasks and documentation is up to date in web based project management platform on all products so management reports are fully updated with status and comments for automated reporting.
• Lead by example and mentor Product Development team members as they face challenges you have experience overcoming.
• Deliver special projects as assigned

What to Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in product development, industrial design, engineering, textiles, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience in sporting goods or soft goods.
• 6+ years prior experience in a product engineering, development, design or innovation role
• Preferred experience with Sporting Goods Accessories such as cut/sew Bags, Gloves, Equipment, inclusive of Size Grading, Wear Testing and cost engineering executions
• Effective senior level communication, organization skills and calendar management required. Clear communication to internal and external customers in multiple formats (written, verbal) and across language barriers
• Presents confidently to partners and leadership showing natural authority and poise. Ability to engage the audience and hold everyone’s focus.
• Experience developing across an extended or inclusive size range
• Self Sufficient – Acting with intelligence, self-direction and accuracy
• Strong team player with the ability to work with diverse groups of people in a productive manner. Ability to lead by example, mentor and motivate others as necessary
• Proficient computer experience in Adobe and Microsoft applications (Illustrator, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project)
• Preferred experience in MS Office/Project skills or related Product Data Management Systems
• Experience with full Product life cycle development and bringing a product to market
• Experience delivering multiple projects, on different timelines, in parallel
• Results and deadline driven: must be willing to do whatever it takes and spend required time it to meet dept. and company deadlines
• Ability to work independently with limited direction and multi-task, handling various projects at once while being extremely productive and timely
• Ability to work cross-functionally and strong interpersonal/communication skills
• Willingness for domestic and international travel as required

Nice to Have:

• Continuous Improvement/Lean Project implementation experience
• Experience using Monday.com or other web based project management tools
• Foster Innovation – looking beyond the norm in developing new product or practices and going beyond status quo while driving necessary change
• Managing Project Complexity – Ability to execute minor, major and platform level projects from start to finish
• Provide Leadership – Take ownership of projects, be decisive while considering the overall project, budget and resources involved. Takes global consideration of each decision and action
• Problem Solve – Effectively analyzing all aspects of a problem, gathering necessary data, consulting others, making an informed decision and communicating it to the appropriate people
• Promoting teamwork – Utilizing the power of the team over individual contributions; appreciating the Mechanical Engineering / Industrial Design development relationship

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary (we leverage market data) + benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k match, life insurance, pet insurance)
• Company gym with access to personal trainer (at HQ in Torrance, CA)
• On-site Kitchen (at HQ in Torrance, CA)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Summer hours (Memorial Day through Labor Day)
• Responsible Time Off (aka Unlimited)
• 13 company holidays
• Professional development workshops
• Employee product discounts on selected brands