Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

1. Oversee development of new products

A. Facilitate communications among different teams (sales, sourcing, sampling, manufacturing, QC, and logistics) to prepare for and coordinate timely and correct product development

• Coordinate with the sales team to ensure seamless hand-off of new projects from sales to product management and back to sales for follow-up
• Advise sales team on timing, suitable materials, design modifications, and costing
• Coordinate with sourcing to ensure availability of materials to meet customer requirements
• Follow Purnaa’s pre-production development process with the sample team to ensure the most efficient and excellent creation of samples, patterns, and sample documentation
• Coordinate with manufacturing to ensure designs are optimized for efficient manufacturing
• Track estimate FOB cost and work with sourcing and sampling to ensure the final sample is on cost with the customer’s target.
• Approve sample before shipping to ensure it meets the customer’s fabric, fit, and construction requirements
• Coordinate with QC to ensure QC inspection criteria for both raw materials and the finished product that reflects industry standards and customer desires

• Track product details to include compiling relevant customer information, material options, cost estimates, shipping information, potential order quantity, colors, sizes, materials, etc
• Document product details, cost, MOQ, and Bill-of-Materials in Purnaa’s ERP system.
• Create product specifications to educate the sales team

2. Guide mnufacturing of new products

• Be the go-to person to help solve manufacturing related issues for new products.
• Work closely with manufacturing managers to identify areas of improvement including: changes to product design, new methods or machines, increase quality resilience,
• Serve as the final authority for quality control and assurance of products; establishing appropriate quality control measures, documenting and improving quality issues, and creating quality checklists.

3. Actively participate in Product Management meetings, activities, and goals

• Help to create, maintain, and improve product development systems to ensure accurate, timely, and professional workflow
• Help effective teamwork by documenting changes to Purnaa’s processes and create new documentation as we learn and develop new ways to executing Purnaa’s orders
• Help to set and achieve quarterly Milestone goals
• Help to foster a culture of continuous improvement

4. Assist with and carry out other assigned tasks, projects, and roles within the larger Purnaa Team