Audio Accessories Product Developer
Direct Report: DVP, Consumer Products
Job Category: Salaried
Experience Requirements
- 5+ years CPD product development experience
- 5+ years project management experience
- Can-do attitude and a desire to have fun and be successful in a work-hard/play-hard environment
Job Skills & Traits
- Complete knowledge of the retail market for the audio category
- Component sourcing expert.
- Ability to build strong vendor partnerships.
- Strong negotiation and teambuilding skills.
- Strategic planning skills.
- Must demonstrate working knowledge of gross margin and assortment planning.
- Ability to articulate and sell a concept to a client or retailer.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Good understanding of computer programs including Excel/Access and Word.
- Strong organization skills
- Ability to direct product ideation and concept rendering while planning a versatile assortment of products
- Ability to travel and communicate with our partners in Asia
- Proven ability to manage the factory processes
- Detailed problem solving skills (regarding inventory, liability and potential development issues)
- Knowledge of fabrics and manufacturing processes and costs
- You should be 100% passionate about what you do and thrive in an entrepreneurial culture where we truly follow the “work-hard, play-hard” philosophy!!
Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for product business strategies and assortment content, through partnerships with CPD Development team and other internal BDA departments.
- Define business strategy utilizing assortment direction, product mix, product flow, fulfillment and upside initiatives, and pricing/markup, merchandising strategies.
- Develop, market and sell key product messages.
- Develop new product concepts from conception through implementation.
- Able to interpret and react to current business and market trends.
- Source, develop, create and invent product lines to support BDA and client financial and brand business objectives.
- Present and sell lines and vision to both internal and external clients
- Providing exceptional customer service to internal and external partners.
- Be a liaison between the merchandising department and the Purchasing/Inventory departments
- Awareness of product lines- past and present. Know history and liability concerns.
- Conduct performance reviews
- Other job duties and projects as assigned
Travel Required: Yes
Financial/Budgetary Responsibility: No
Strategic Planning Responsibility: Yes
Number of Direct Reports: None
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