Product Developer 2

Product Development professional; passionate about product development/ engineering/ construction, sourcing, design, merchandising, costing, pricing and negotiation skills; experienced in building global interpersonal relationships with multi-level supply chain partners. Skilled in using professional, as well as real-life outdoors experiences, to decipher customer trends, to proactively troubleshoot product quality issues to eliminate returns, while adding to the price-to-value relationships resulting in continual product line superiority.
Proven success in the product development process from flat sketch to Buy Ready.
Experienced with Asia and European travel, cut-sew, sourcing and development; skilled problem solver, communicator, and critical thinker.

Develop brand-specific automotive and specialty accessories for licensed product for licensed major brands
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine fabric, materials, trims, construction, and specification options to better value-engineer product, meet margin targets, ensure product integrity, and improve manufacturing efficiencies, and profitability
Collaborate with Product Managers, and Design Managers on strategic long-range projects
Using Centric and Illustrator to create and maintain development tech packs

Product Developer 2 

Apply global, hands-on product development, tech pack, sourcing, design, merchandising, costing and negotiation skills in taking product from initial ideation on through market delivery. Focus on Camping Backpacks, Daypacks for Kelty, Sierra Designs, SJK.

Product Manager/Developer Specialty Packs

Managed for superior product development and commercialization process for innovative Bags, Technical Packs, Hunting and Fishing Packs, and Cases that satisfy the highest quality and performance specifications while meeting assigned margin targets for category

Product Development Lead: Bags and Technical Packs

Developed and sourced apparel and bags from initial design sketches, to prototypes on through final Pre-Production Sample approval
Sourced/placed apparel product depending on material designation, desired pricepoint, factory capacities and abilities, and collection consistencies

Product Developer

Managed across all product lines: development, costing, pricing, negotiating, maintaining and tracking all gross margin goals

Product Development Manager

Developed from ideation through commercialization all Men’s Accessories, Luggage Small Leather Goods,  and MFO Women’s Handbags, and SLGs
Developed custom trims to leverage Brand heritage
Created  and maintained Bills of Materials allowing for more accurate costing history

Product Developer Manager- Accessories

David Aiken is a Product Developer 2 at Signature Products Group in Boulder, Colorado.

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University of New Hampshire