Product Development:
Specification and Translation:
- Review and translate product specifications, comments, and Bill of Materials (BOM) into Vietnamese.
- Share schematics for artwork development when required by style design.
Sample Planning and Execution:
- Develop and manage sample plans for timely submission.
- Create and maintain style history forms for all departments to document progress and comments.
- Review, fit, and provide feedback on samples.
- Consolidate information and Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) requirements from cross-functional teams, and work with buyer to verify, clarify, and address workmanship tolerances.
- Collaborate with technical teams, cross-functional teams, Material team, and Buyer to establish fabric engineering artwork and position tolerances for production.
- Review and verify documentation for costing and prepare Pre-Cost Breakdowns (CBD).
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders on testing results, processes, and alternative techniques (e.g., bonding, seam processes, snaps, grommets).
- Track sample orders and work with production to re-plan delivery schedules due to material impacts.
- Update the season style list management dashboard.
- Create and update oversketches for sharing with functional departments.
- Prepare style details for seasonal product walk-throughs.
- Prepare samples and documentation for on-site meetings.
- Consolidate information from product meetings and share it with cross-functional teams for future production follow-up.
Sample Order Management:
- Manage sample orders (Prototypes, Production/ISR, KAMP/GTM, etc.).
- Monitor material status and delivery schedules, working with the Purchasing team to address impacts on sample delivery dates.
- Track sample order progress and work with Production, Planning, and Shipping to re-plan delivery schedules due to material impacts.
- Update and book sample production capacity with Planning every week.
- Update sample submission status in the general tracking chart to calculate KPIs for sample turnaround time and prototype approval rates.
Buy-Ready Preparation:
- Review weekly burst reports to prepare for buy-ready schedules.
- Coordinate and lead style construction handover meetings with cross-functional teams, sharing samples, mock-ups, and supporting documentation for the bulk production stage
- Share handover recaps and track pending actions until buy-ready and production release.