Product Development Specialist

  • $18.00 - $20.00/hour
  • Job Title:  Product Development Specialist
    Company: Picnic Time, Inc.
    Picnic Time is a successful wholesale supplier of premium outdoor leisure, gift, and promotional products established in 1982.
     
    Mission Statement:Create products that inspire friends and family to come together and make lasting memories.

    Job Description: Under the direction of our Product Development Manager, you will work to create and maintain accurate records and data pertaining to the company products.
     
    Responsibilities include: 
    • Create/Maintain Manufacturing Details Sheets 
    • Send PO packets (including PO, MDSs, informational tags, packaging artwork, and any other labels, etc.) to factories
    • Create/Maintain information tags 
    • Coordinate packaging improvements and revisions with Creative Dept.
    • Coordinate with Key Retail Dept. and/or Licensing for Direct Import/Custom Orders to ensure order details meet customer expectations
    • Liaison to QA Coordinator for product/packaging improvements and compliance
    • Input/Revise product information in Product Data Base
    • Assist with competitive product analysis and research
    • Assist with market trend analysis
    • Provide item first cost and specifications for potential in-line products and custom products.
     
    Specific Skills Required:
    ·         Applicants must be organized with good time-management skills, be self-directed yet be able to take direction and ask questions, be good problem solvers with critical thinking skills, focused on effectiveness, efficiency, and must possess competent written and verbal communication skills. 
    ·         The ability to manage change and prioritize tasks with frequent interruptions are vital to this position, as well as being able to determine the best way to catalog and communicate information in writing (documents/emails) and visual aids (photos/illustrations) to ensure product consistency from one order to the next order. 
    ·         Applicant must be proficient in Microsoft Office.
    ·         Being skilled in Adobe Photoshop and Great Plains/Salespad would be a plus, but not required.
    ·         A minimum of 3 years related industry experience required in product development, supply chain, or purchasing departments.

    Reports : Product Development Manager with interactions with designers, vendors, buyers, and sales teams.

    Location: Moorpark, CA 93021

    Hours: 7:30AM-4PM Monday-Friday (or 8:30AM – 5PM) 

    Salary: Negotiable (submit salary requirements)

    Employee Type: Full time, hourly, non-exempt for overtime

    Benefits: Picnic Time offers company subsidized health plan, 401K plan, paid holidays, and vacation time subject to eligibility requirements. Group dental and vision plans are also available.

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