Product Development Associate

Clean luxury. Better for you. At Everlane, we believe luxury should be as effortless as it is conscious. We partner with ethical factories, work with premium, sustainably sourced materials, and strive to leave the industry cleaner than we found it. There's still much to do, and we're excited to grow a team of motivated humans ready for the challenge. The journey toward better continues.

Our Product Development team partners cross-functionally with Design, Raw Materials, Merchandising, Planning, Technical Design, Sourcing, Quality Assurance teams to build best-in-class products. This team is passionate about products with an obsessive eye for detail. The Product Development team manages 2-3 quarters at a time during different stages of development and leads the team through the product life cycle calendar. They are creative problem solvers, process-oriented, excellent communicators who take initiative and go the extra mile to bring product to life.

We are looking for a Product Development Associate for Denim and Washed Wovens apparel to manage the day-to-day of the product development process from sketch creation to a production-ready pass off to our sourcing team for bulk production. This position will report directly to our Product Development Manager of Denim and Casual Wovens.

Your day-to-day:

• Partner with Design, Technical Design, Raw Materials & Merchandising to create our denim and washed wovens products with a focus on building the best product while keeping quality, innovation, sustainability and cost top of mind.
• Support  the seasonal development milestones and offering creative solutions to development constraints.
• Partner with Raw Materials and Sourcing to ensure proper factory and mill allocation
• Input and track style development ratio.
• Ensures our product is developed on time and to design intent, while offering options and creative solutions around construction, finishes, and costing.
• Inputs, maintains, and supports initial costing, time and action calendars, sample WIPS (work in progress reports), while keeping internal tools updated and teams informed as needed.
• Manage lab dips approvals, trim approvals, sample yardage process throughout the development process.
• Partners with Raw Materials to ensure sustainability and cost targets are met.
• Input and assist the final BOMs within our PLM system
• Supports tailoring and wear test requests that support vetting new material options in partnership with our raw materials and quality assurance teams.
• Supports a  production ready hand-off to sourcing partners.
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with external suppliers to create great products.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 1+ years of product development or production experience
• Ability to collaborate with many cross functional teams
• Passionate about product with an attention to detail
• An entrepreneurial & resourceful approach to creative problem solving 
• Basic microsoft office skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment and are comfortable with change
• Robust communication skills both internally and externally
• Organizational skills, are timely and hold yourself to a high level of accuracy

The Fine Print:

This is a full-time role based at our San Francisco office headquarters in the Mission neighborhood. We are on a hybrid schedule, with at least three days in the office per week, Tuesdays through Thursdays.

California Residents:  At Everlane, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. The compensation range for this role is $28.00 - $38.00/per hour. This range is based on the San Francisco geographic area and the actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location. 

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