The Knitwear Product Developer plays an integral role in developing and executing products to align with FIGS strategy.  This position requires an out of the box thinker who can collaborate with cross functional teams, outside vendors, and across all levels of the organization.  This person has a passion for product and extreme details.  This position reports into the Product Development Manager.

What you’ll do:

• Oversee product development and timeline management for all knitwear styles
• Manage day-to-day communication with factories
• Serve as liaison between cross functional teams ensuring style revisions are accurately communicated throughout the product development cycle
• Communicate timeline conflicts and challenges and suggest call to action to mitigate risks.
• Provide a clear understanding of factory partner capabilities
• Facilitates Bill of Materials issuance and updates between design and overseas factories
• Requests costs from factories and analyzes cost breakdown sheets. Suggest cost reduction engineering when necessary in order to meet IMU targets.  
• Anticipate and creatively solve any quality control concerns.  Partner with the Raw Material team to action lab and wear testing of new materials to ensure that our products are of the highest quality and standards.  Report findings to cross functional team 
• Attend all fittings and come prepared to offer guidance to meet on time and top quality execution.
• Work closely with the Product Development and Raw Materials team to ensure fabrics/trims are approved for production and chase into pending lab dips to ensure on-time production delivery

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in a similar role
• Deep understanding of performance knits
• Significant experience with product development and production process 
• Robust communication skills a must
• Knowledgeable on apparel products, fabric construction and finished garments
• Strong understand of trims and materials
• Deadline focused and goal driven
• Strong excel / Google Sheets experience
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to prioritize

Other must haves:

• Proven work ethic and integrity
• Positive attitude
• Desire to excel and grow with FIGS
• Entrepreneurial spirit and egoless nature

A little bit about us…

The medical apparel industry is antiquated, highly fragmented and, until FIGS, was driven solely by low-cost providers offering a limited selection of poor quality products sold through third party distributors. FIGS is revolutionizing the medical apparel industry by creating the highest quality medical apparel in the world and by selling directly to medical professionals through our branded ecommerce site.

FIGS’ foundation is built on product quality, and we have a relentless focus on three key areas: fabric, fit and function. We developed our proprietary, performance-oriented fabric technology to meet the demands of the medical profession. FIGS’ Technical Collection fabric is wrinkle resistant, moisture-wicking, lightweight, breathable and offers four-way stretch. Our designs are tailored, sophisticated and innovative, incorporating features such as yoga waistbands, smart storage (pockets, zippers, hidden pockets) and inspirational sayings inside each garment that appeal to modern healthcare professionals.

By offering a branded and customer-centric online shopping experience, we are changing how medical professionals buy their workwear. Through our website, social media, and participation in medical conferences and events, we have built a strong following within the medical community and a meaningful connection with our customers, which allows us to understand their needs and to ensure that FIGS is continuously improving and innovating.

FIGS’ Threads for Threads initiative is central to our mission. FIGS has donated hundreds of thousands of scrubs to healthcare providers in need around the world.