Product Coordinator

Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers has spent 30 years helping men, women and kids everywhere look and feel good. Developing comfort technologies is at the foundation of all that we do—delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products at a reasonable price. From our diverse footwear offering to a growing range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

With international business representing over half of our total sales, we have product available in more than 180 countries and significant opportunities for continued expansion worldwide. We sell our collections direct to consumers through more than 4,450 Skechers stores around the globe and Skechers e-commerce sites, as well as through a network of third-party partners.

A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL LEADER IN THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY.

Manage a product line through all stages of the development process.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES-

• In cooperation with designers and technicians, develop requisitions for new products and colorways, which comply with approved design-specifications and target cost.
• Manage the development status reports and maintain records to track projects.
• Communicate with Asian developers on the day to R&D issues.
• Liaison between design, LA technician, Asian developers and costing to help achieve target cost.
• Work with colorists to control, but not to limit, the number of colorways.
• Keep management informed of issues on products under development.
• Review and verify confirmation samples; manage the confirmation process by coordinating design and technical input and to hand over correct samples for mass production on a timely basis.
• Order national account and sales samples.
• Maintain and keep track of sales sample status.
• Provide go-by information for N/A & S/S.
• Coordinate sample requirements for shows, customer and pre-line meetings with LA technicians and Asian developers.
• Provide product information for line sheets and duty calculations.
• Assign style numbers and maintain divisional style masters.
• Manage running changes and communicate these changes to Asia and the sales department.
• Review first production cases to ensure production matches confirmation samples.

ADDITIONAL JOB RESPONSIBILTIES-

• Help resolve daily issues that come up within the department.
• Liaison between development team and marketing for marketing sample needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS-

• Good team player that is capable of leading technical product development efforts and issues.
• Detail oriented.
• Follows procedures.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to work at a fast pace.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexible work schedule: Able to work extra hours as needed.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE-

• One to three years of footwear experience, preferably in product and administration related positions.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and Illustrator.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The pay range for this position is $24-$28/hour.