Location: Thailand - Bangkok
Employment Type: Salaried
Team: FB Corporate
Company Overview
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform to ignite and harness the passions of fans and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds of partners globally. Optimizing these long-standing partnerships, a database of more than 80 million global consumers and a trusted, recognizable brand name, Fanatics is expanding beyond its position as a global leader for licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports platform, featuring an array of offerings for fans across the sports ecosystem.
The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Candy Digital, a digital collectibles company that is partnering with prominent sports properties, including MLB and MLBPA, to build an official NFT ecosystem; Fanatics Collectibles, through Topps as a cornerstone of the business, building a new model for the collectibles and trading cards hobby with top leagues and players association partners; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform. Fanatics’ partners include all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA) and hundreds of collegiate and professional teams, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs.
As a market leader with more than 9,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support. We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.
The Product Developer is responsible for managing the factory through the entire development and costing process from 1st proto to bulk production ready status. This involves coordinating with the US and Thai teams to develop and maintain reports that track development, approvals and production ready status of all styles of the designated product line. You will analyze the development progress, consult with management to fix items that are missing deadlines, and recommend corrective action plans.
Conceptual Development / Strategy / Line Plan
Establish calendar development timelines and prioritize flow of materials, art and fit approvals based on production timing
Support materials planning for protos and SMS with Materials team and suppliers
Work with suppliers to follow up on development testing and fix any potential quality issues, coordinate with Quality Assurance to ensure the quality of products
Costing / Allocation / Forecast
Support development and cost negotiations during conceptual development. Track receipt of costs in alignment with proto delivery. Audit vendor cost sheets. Negotiate all costs to achieve margin targets, and build cost options to achieve product margin.
Plan and lead seasonal costing and development trips, with final goal of 100% cost confirmation prior to line freeze
Communicate to supply base forecasts and style adds / drops
Compile material and production minimum quantities and lead times partnering with Production Analyst to build yarn, greige, color commitment and production plan
Samplemen Sample to Production Ready Status
Manage development from sales samples to production ready tech pack, working cross functionally with Materials, Color, Tech Design, Production Art for designated channel/categories
Assume and manage TP/BOM development at SMS conceptual stage to execute across all teams/colors for production, inclusive of PLM data management
Review and approve production art for color, placement, technique, and execution
Coordinate between vendors, suppliers and US office to ensure submittals and approvals are executed on-time
Coordinate with color team to ensure on-time color approvals of materials
Monitor production work in progress (WIP) and manage all reports / working files with vendors for development
Lead any style re-development at substitute factory to ensure product meets all financial and product requirements
Negotiate and finalize costs if changes occur between sales samples to production
Daily Activities
Maintain tracking and related record keeping, data input and in/out parcel coordination
Monitor work in progress (WIP) and manage all reports / working files with vendors for development
Facilitate timely communication with internal and external parties between US office, suppliers and manufacturers
Perform other ad hoc duties as assigned
Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.
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Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.
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