Ralph Lauren Senior Product Management Associate, Polo Men's Knits

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through:
Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through:
Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

As part of the Product Management team, you will manage the Product Development and Production (full product life cycle) for the knits category within the Polo brand for Mens. You will partner with the Design, Merchandising, Technical Design, and Raw Materials Teams, as well as Sourcing Offices, Factories & Mills to ensure the integrity of product from salesman sample to bulk production.

The Product Management Manager will support the development and execution of the product strategy for the brand to create the best overall value in terms of product, price, lead-time, and quality.

• Participate in Board Review with Design and Merchandising to establish product pipeline, risk assessment, and TD track (high/medium/low touch)
• Participate in Hand Offs with Product Design. Follow up with Design as needed to receive all information necessary to build a Tech Pack within calendar milestones.
• Work on BOM set up and maintenance in PLM. Create initial BOM based on design Hand Off. Update BOM for showroom samples (post-proto approval) through stock approval/OK to buy/production ready.
• Attend & participate in meetings with regional sourcing offices to handoff seasonal line sheets and walk through overall product execution expectations and sample timing.
• Attend & participate in weekly WIP fit meetings.
• Track & monitor requests with sourcing offices for trim/artwork/wash submits, lab dips, etc. Work with sourcing offices to develop counter source raw materials and components as needed.
• Partner with Design and PMT manager on all design approvals and comments.
• Track, monitor & unpack showroom samples. Provide weekly sample status updates. Troubleshoot with customs/small parcel teams as needed.
• Review and update all costs from initial to final stages in PLM Cost Extension & ensure accurate data flows to GFE & o9 systems.
• Work with PMT manager to analyze product costing, address costing concerns & opportunities for product engineering.
• Present product costing, YOY cost comparisons & cost saving options in seasonal cross functional cost meetings.
• Work with PMT manager to review Time & Action files and upload buy dates into GFE system. Action weekly buys in GFE & SAP systems and follow through to PO creation with sourcing offices.
• System maintenance and input is required to support all of the above functions in our corporate systems. Run weekly system checks for missing data & data integrity.

• Proven expertise and experience with production and product development - full product life cycle, from design vision to production ready.
• Technical knowledge of product components fabrics + trim. Experience working on knit categories is a plus.
• Excellent communicator with strong ability to collaborate with cross functional partners - design, tech, regional buying, sourcing offices.
• Strong computer skills are a must - including Excel, Outlook, FlexPLM, SAP, GFE+.
• In office…