Product Development Manager, NPG - (HYBRID, WA)

NOTE:   This position is offered as a hybrid role in the Seattle, WA area.  You must be willing to work in office at the Nordstrom Seattle office a minimum of 4 days/week in order to be considered for this position.

We don't just sell cutting-edge fashion and accessories, we create it. Our talented fashion design team — the Nordstrom Product Group (NPG) — develops, designs, produces and sources Nordstrom label products. From traditional to trendy, this team is shaping the styles and looks our customer love. 

We have an opportunity for a Manager, Product Development to join the NPG team and lead a cohort of skilled professionals in the Product Development function.

A day in the life… 

• Lead, manage, and mentor teams through product development cycle and calendar milestones.  Ensure deadlines, costing KPI’s and quality standards are consistently met.  
• Support the team balancing the workload between categories, encouraging those closest to the work to provide solutions, and removing barriers to allow the team to do their best work. 
• Be a servant leader that attracts, retains and develops talent by providing continuous mentoring and a commitment to common vision and shared values. 
• Establish strong working relationships with cross function divisional teams and leaders with customer at forefront of all decisions. 
• Identify process improvement needs, encouraging and supporting team led problem solving. 
• Lead the product development team through the execution of the sourcing strategy 
• Lead and support team in resolving any quality issues post production 
• Lead teams in tracking product development milestones and calendar due dates with pre-production tracking and reporting (prototype, color, sample yardage, testing, etc.). 
• Support, coach and mentor teams with vendor negotiations through product lifecycle i.e. costing, time and action, minimums, etc. 
• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing and CSR leaders to ensure the source base meets development and production capability needs and aligns back to our company goals and initiatives. 
• Support PD team in achieving standards for costing rollups for brand and/ or classification at final cost.  Develop into specified costing targets that achieve IMU goals. 

You own this if you have… 

• Minimum 10+years with leadership experience in product development in garment manufacturing 
• Bachelor's degree in Textile, Fashion Merchandising, Design or equivalent years of experience 
• Experience managing, developing, and supporting large and diverse team 
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment 
• Exceptionally strong problem solving, negotiating skills and out of the box thinking – curious and ever changing.  
• Owner at heart 
• Strong quantitative skills 
• Highly skilled in Microsoft 365 Suite, Excel, Outlook, Adobe Illustrator, Word, Tableau, Flex PLM 
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout the U.S., Asia, South America & Europe