Product Management Manager, Lauren Sweaters

Pay Range:

The pay range for this job is $65000 - $129225 annually; actual pay is dependent on experience and geographic location.

Benefits: Base pay is only one part of our employee value proposition, which includes a robust benefits package, above-market time off, hybrid working arrangements, incentive compensation, where applicable, and varied learning opportunities.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

POSITION OVERVIEW
Partner with the Design, Merchandising, Technical Design, and Raw Materials Teams, as well as Sourcing Offices and Factories to ensure the integrity of product from salesman sample to bulk production.

Drive the development and execution of the product strategy for the brand to create best overall value in terms of product, price, lead-time and quality

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strong ability to spearhead weekly cross functional team meetings and drive team to quick resolution of issues.

Creative solutions and problem solving in addressing issue and roadblocks.

Communicate strategies and align execution plans with Brand, Sourcing offices, Raw Material Team and Product Integrity.

Collaborate with Design to source new yarns that fit our price point, ensuring MOQ, lead time, price, and sustainability requirements are met.

Partner with Design on all design approvals and comments

Partner with Tech team to ensure design execution meets Product Standards/RL requirements

Drive the optimized lead-times and activities from development to store

Develop and create timelines with sourcing offices and vendors on lab dips, raw material sourcing and approvals to ensure production delivery deadlines are met

Communicate with vendors and suppliers to address development and resolve production issues

Maintain development and production costing for products

Review and update all costs from initial to final stages

Request, manage and track development and showroom samples

Submit and follow up on testing to ensure the quality level of the products are in the limits for the defined quality standards

Monitor / maintain weekly T&A, WIP tracker

Partner with Merchandising, raw material teams and sourcing office to platform and/or position raw materials

Ensure fit approvals are approved to meet delivery deadlines

Provide order placement timelines and MOQ’s to Merchandising, Regions & Channels

Manage and Submit production orders to vendors to meet delivery deadlines

Ensure clear and complete PLM tech packages (Images, BOM’s, Product Note Pages) are generated in PLM and sent to vendors for development.

Ensure PLM tech packages are updated with any relevant changes outlined in bi-weekly add/drop memos from merchandising.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

College degree, preferred or equivalent experience

Embodies critical thinking skills, solutions oriented approaches to problem solving, and adaptability

Strong verbal and written (email) communication and presentation skills

Proficient in all computer systems: Intermediate to advanced Excel (i.e. pivot tables, v lookups etc.) PowerPoint, Word, SAP, FlexPLM, GFE+, Ariba

Ralph Lauren will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance laws. Please note background checks will be evaluated individually.

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