Sanmar - Issaquah, WA
posted 2 months ago
At SanMar, the work you do makes a difference. The Assistant Product Developer is responsible for assisting a product line with a wide range of product categories and tasks, and providing administrative support with design, quality testing, and product and sample tracking. This role involves building and maintaining the Product Development (PD) portion of technical product specifications, including Bill of Materials (BOM), trims, packaging, and associated technical images. You will assist in the development of fabric, trims, color, and styles with multiple sources and facilitate approval during the product development stage. Additionally, you will build, maintain, and monitor Product Development tracking charts, and facilitate or execute all tasks in the ERP system. You will manage production status by reviewing Order Status Reports (OSR) weekly, working with suppliers, planning, and logistics for on-time delivery. Monitoring the review of Product Creation Calendar deliverables is also part of your responsibilities. You will maintain the fabric swatch library, TOP library, style files, and sample racks, and execute photoshoot and salesman sample orders seasonally. Assisting with prototypes, photo shoot, and salesman sample reviews, as well as proofreading marketing materials, will be required. You will support fabric/product testing requirements with the Decorator Relations team on new or resourced development styles, manage air requests, prepare and send packages, and process inbound packages. Collaboration with Merchandising to support and maintain the ETA list and assisting in the resourcing process of current products and programs as needed will also be part of your role. Finally, you will perform other duties as assigned and comply with all policies and standards.