Product Development Coordinator

What You'll Be Doing:

• New Product Development

• Project managing all new product development alongside our designers

• Manage and execute product development plans, ensuring timely delivery

• Maintain accurate Airtable, Excel, and Google sheets regarding product status, photos, and issues.

• Coordinate sampling, organize priorities, and oversee testing, content creation, and photography

• Facilitate communication between US and Asian sourcing teams

• Prepare and lead weekly Brand + Sales check-in meetings

• Conduct product training for internal teams

• Product Improvement

• Manage product improvements from initiation through implementation

• Maintain an organized database of costs and product enhancements

• Coordinate update of product information, instruction manuals, and photography in Salsify and other systems

• Monitor and ensure implementation of product changes

• Process Optimization

• Implement and streamline processes to increase efficiency

• Manage special projects to support team objectives

What You Bring to The Table:

• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• You can seek out the stakeholders of a new project, work with them to identify the risks, create a project plan and schedule, lead a project kick-off meeting, hold people accountable with regular check-ins, communicate regular status updates to stakeholders, complete the project and celebrate the team's win.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to assess impact vs. effort and prioritize accordingly
• You are comfortable managing up, whether that's following up with the CEO about a cost approval or giving constructive feedback to managers about processes that can be improved.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Chinese-speaking preferred
• Ability to leverage AI tools to optimize workflows and improve operational efficiency