Product Development Manager

Help Us Bring Happiness to Every Home

We’re a leading innovator in Home Fashion and Hospitality textile design, manufacturing, and distribution. We have 200 years of heritage creating bed and bath products that bring comfort and style to life; delivering relaxation and wellness with some of the most respected brands in the world.

Ideate, Innovate, Create

Our experience gives us an edge in our industry and we’re looking for bright, creative, collaborative minds, ready to help us fulfill our vision of bringing relaxation and wellness to every home - reaching new milestones and taking bold creative risks along the way.

We’re a company of passionate people who collaborate in an open, honest workspace. We are a close-knit company with leading-edge ideas. We’re creatively dialed-in and ready to take on any task that’s set before us with energy, drive, and commitment. Does this sound like you?

Portfolio of Brands

WestPoint Home’s portfolio of brands includes Martex and Vellux plus collaborations with iconic brands such as Ralph Lauren and Southern Tide.

Locations

With locations in New York City, Florida, South Carolina, The UK, India, Pakistan, China, and Bahrain, we’re a global team with owned manufacturing and sourcing capabilities. Learn more at www.westpointhome.com | www.westpointhospitality.com | www.visionlinens.com

Role Summary/ Purpose

The Product Development Manager is the principal contact, owner, and coordinator for all required account and/or brand team support activities from project initiation, development, initial shipment delivery and ongoing maintenance of existing programs. You will collaborate with the assigned account and/or brand team to drive and maximize profitable sales growth through new product placement and servicing existing programs.

Essential Responsibilities

• Manage assigned brands in collaboration with sales & design; owns periodic brand stakeholder meetings, brand direction, assortment plan, and action plans
• Initiate new projects including collaboration across teams to scope and qualify opportunities, develop requirements, monitor progress, and keep key stakeholders informed
• Drive production including collaboration with account and brand teams; determine specs, negotiate costs, manage time and action, and track and confirm samples, specs, and timelines are met
• Manage ongoing programs ensure sales and margin budge targets are achieved, monitor performance trends, proactively engage with account and sales to adjust strategy as needed
• Drive innovation through market understanding; develop and maintain competitive analysis through comp. shopping, factory inquiries, and account partnerships

Qualifications

• 7 years of textiles product development experience preferably in bed and bath categories
• University degree in textile merchandising, production, or related field
• 5 years of experience directly working with factories responsible for costing & negotiations
• Project and process management expertise
• Strong Excel user with mathematical/ P&L mindset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

Desired Characteristics

• Drives for Results: pushes self & team for results that exceed expectations
• Problem Solving: utilizes rigorous logic & methods to solve issues with effective & creative solutions; looks beyond the obvious
• Priority Setting: driven focus on critically important goals; eliminates road blocks
• Deals with Ambiguity: copes with change; easily adjusts/ adapts course
• Conflict Management: Steps up in conflict, focused listener, achieves cooperation
• Decision Quality: decisions based upon analysis, fact, experience, and judgment

Benefits 

• Hybrid working arrangement
• Start with 26 paid days off - includes 9 company holidays and 17 days you choose
• Company paid life insurance, short-term disability, and employee assistance program
• Choice of vision, dental, medical, pharmacy, optional life, and optional long-term disability plans
• Save for the future with a 401(k) with company match and HSA with company contributions
• Salary range from $70,000 to $100,000 annually

WestPoint Home is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate against applicants for employment in any manner prohibited by federal, state and local law.

WestPoint Home participates in the E-Verify program. To learn more about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov/employees/e-verify-overview and view the Right to Work Poster and Notice of E-Verify Participation.