R&D – Product Development

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Managing a strategic product roadmap that leverages the current product offerings and expands into adjacent categories.
• Develop Strategies for execution of the team’s activities to ensure consistency of process and quality of information.
• Work with Royi Sal’s design team to construct and maintain Trend Concept boards as needed.
• Maximize growth potential of the business by creating new product categories to drive sales activity and accountability.
• Partner with the organization’s product development and sourcing teams to ensure on-time and within budget delivery of products.
• Identify new growth opportunities and establish plans to aggressively pursue those opportunities.
• Drive the growth of the business by participating in sales activities as appropriate.
• Ensures connectivity between merchants, marketing, and sourcing.
• Conduct research and development on new materials.
• Review price/value/targets for all basic programs and align with production.
• Monitors industry and industry best practices and keeps management informed of changes and opportunities.
• Collaborate with key customers, including travel for prospect visits and tradeshows.
• Lead and manage the product development workgroup to achieve monthly output targets.
• Follow up/supervision of all new products from technical analysis to final pre-series with factories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in any related field.
• Good communication skills and fluent in both English and Thai.
• Leadership ability to successfully own product development processes.
• Skilled in planning and using planning software and tools.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes (PD and Mass Manufacturing).
• Strong stakeholder management skills (Commercial & Manufacturing).
• Merchant mind-set with commercial drive.
• A minimum of five plus years Product Development management experience in the apparel industry.
• Must have expertise in raw materials.
• Must have strong analytical skills and communication skills.
• Must have the ability to negotiate and build consensus across multiple functions.
• Must have working knowledge and understanding of Production and Design.
• Must have the proven ability to work closely and partner effectively with designers.
• Must have vendor relationships.
• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

About Royi Sal Jewelry

Working in Royi Sal Jewelry is like working in a growing start-up environment. You will find people ready to listen, discuss & argue about the best way to handle a new venture or a challenge (and there are many as in every growing company). Our leadership team is always open to new ideas & suggestions to improve the company. Royi Sal poses as an opportunity for positive attitude, self-driven people to gain new skill through training & create a career working with an internationally expanding company.