II. Roles and Responsibilities
? DC scrubs with different sample facilities to align new product creation direction. Communicate with NY team any issues and get aligned on direction.
? Handle newproduct creation independently and/or with limited support during early development
? Work closely with team engineer/PD managers from proto till commercialization to ensure the best product construction, hand feel and drapiness in meeting high quality execution with right design intend aesthetically
? Support special technique; printing, laser, emboss….and all special product executions.
? identify potential product risk during development stage for risk assessment
? Work with engineer on material and product testing throughout the development to commercialization and ensure they meet Tapestry requirements.
? Follow up material availability, testing, cost and best practices (leather/material/components/hardware) with cross-functional teams.
? Work closely with the engineering team to set up the quality standard, best practice for transferring product knowledge to SPs/Production team
? Monitor product development timeline and alert potential issue impacting product delivery.
? Visit SPs to cross check all the samples execution to ensure all samples accuracy prior shipment.
? Create the Design Intent sheet for new silhouette every season and present to SPs and production teams in handover meeting.
? Manage product cost accuracy partnering with cross functional teams for product duty%, material waste factor at each development milestone.
? Review and verify the product cost for different milestones by working closely with sample facilities and cross-functional partners.
? Update all necessary reports to the specified deadlines in EC-Vision system.
? Handle sample invoices with SPs.
? Handle product transfer packages as per monthly transfer list to ensure product integrity