Product Coordinator - Footwear

WHO WE ARE:
Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

ABOUT THE ROLE:
Manage a product line through all stages of the development process.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• 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 day R&D issues.
• Liaison between design, 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.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

• One to three years of footwear experience, preferably in product and administration related positions.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and Illustrator.
• Good team player that is capable of leading product development efforts and resolving issues.
• Detail oriented.
• Follows procedures.
• Ability to work on-site.
• Ability to multi-task at a fast pace.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexible work schedule:  Able to work extra hours as needed.

The pay range for this position is $26-$29/hr USD.

About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [email protected].
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.