Manager (Product Development)

Job Description

Title: Manager (Product Development)

Company Name: Western Footwear Limited

Vacancy: 1

Age: 25 to 45 years

Job Location: Narsingdi

Salary: Tk. 50000 - 100000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 10 to 15 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Manufacturing (FMCG), Leather goods/ Footwear/ Tannery

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Leather Engineering
• Bachelor of Arts (BA)

• 10 to 15 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Manufacturing (FMCG), Leather goods/ Footwear/ Tannery

• Age 25 to 45 years

• CAD is required
• Excellent leadership qualities, proven ability to motivate and bring out the best in people.
• Should be well-groomed, smart and energetic.
• Position will be decided based on experience.
• Strong presentation and delivery skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, aiming for perfection·
• Excellent written and verbal communication both in Bangla and English
•  Should be proactive and dynamic, ability to work hard efficiently.

• Responsible for Product Development (PD/R & D), Technical services, commercialization’s, process development & trouble free bulk production through Collaboration with different buyer development team, as well as vendors and suppliers.

• Work closely with cross function team, work out new solutions to support product design, consumption, costing, margin quality as well as OTD & FTR.

• Ensure all prototypes, salesman samples, CFM samples, testing samples, Fitting samples etc. are delivered on time, meeting margin expectations.

• Maintain related system and data management as per customer standard.

• Seek out opportunities on latest footwear trends and manufacturing processes, Automation and techniques.

• New products are tested to ensure that they meet brand standards for fit and product integrity.

• Risk analysis & forecast of upcoming challenges for upcoming orders & take proactive actions accordingly.

• Cost saving & initiatives, re-engineering of repeat orders, reuse of available tooling, Reduction of COGS consume stock materials.

• To conduct commercialization and production trial procedures to ensure the SOP is to be well implemented.

• To oversee full size grading of all new production shoes to achieve model & Extreme fit approval and confirm the technical execution against specifications and standard.