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Location: Farmers Branch, TX
Product Development Associate – Off-Price & Private Label
Position Overview:
At Haggar Men’s Apparel, we create products with purpose—combining quality, comfort, innovation, and value to strengthen our position as the market share leader in Men’s Pants and Tailored Clothing and one of America’s leading menswear brands.
As the Product Development Associate, you will join a small, entrepreneurial team with the opportunity to make a visible impact, build broad experience, and grow your career while learning from an experienced and highly collaborative leadership team.
Working under the direction of the head of Business Development, you will help grow the Off Price and Private Label businesses by leveraging the partnerships, tools, and innovations of the core businesses and developing commercial products that support profitable channel growth.
This role is ideal for a high-potential candidate who is energized in a fast-paced environment and is eager to learn, highly organized, and motivated to creatively and collaboratively solve problems.
Essential Role Functions:
Product Development & Commercialization
- Partner with Sales and Account teams to turn consumer needs, trends, and commercial opportunities into product priorities.
- Manage line plans and timelines to support on-time sampling, commercialization, and launch readiness.
- Review trim cards, fabric and color approvals, and sample garments for BOM accuracy and quality.
- Coordinate packaging updates in partnership with Marketing.
- Creates watchcards and fabric headers for customer presentations and sell-in.
Vendor & Cross-Functional Partnership
- Partner daily with vendors, mills, and suppliers to keep development and production on track.
- Identify issues early and help drive practical solutions with internal and external partners.
- Communicate clearly and promptly with vendor partners to support efficient execution.
- Support fabric and trim sourcing by initiating development and evaluating options.
Product Data & Process Execution
- Manage style set-up and product data in ERP and PLM to support costing, development, and production.
- Initiate production workflows for new orders through the ERP system with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Create BOMs in PLM for new, carryover, and replenishment styles with complete, accurate information.
- Create packaging and packing manuals in PLM aligned with timelines and customer requirements.
- Maintain organized libraries for fabrics, trims, packaging, and samples.
Why Join Us:
- Gain hands-on experience across product development, merchandising, sourcing, and commercialization.
- Learn from an experienced, collaborative leadership team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Build exposure to the full product lifecycle, from concept and materials through sampling, commercialization, and launch.
- Develop foundational skills in apparel construction, materials, systems, vendor communication, and cross-functional execution.
- Grow your career in a role with meaningful visibility, ownership, and impact.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion, Textiles, Product Development, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 1–3 years of internship, assistant-level, or early-career experience in apparel product development or a related role.
- Ability to evaluate color, trims, fabric hand, and sample quality.
- Ability to communicate effectively with overseas mills and factory partners.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams,Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Strong time management and problem-solving skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organization and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Proactive, collaborative mindset with a strong desire to learn and grow.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience with PLM systems such as Yunique or FlexPLM.
- Experience with fabric, trim, organization testing requirements and test methods.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop.
- Experience in menswear and tailored clothing.
What we Offer:
- Competitive base salary.
- Three weeks of paid time off within the first year of employment.
- Company provided life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid parental leave.
- Health, vision, and dental insurance options with low employee contributions.
- Commuter benefit plan.
- Optional supplemental life insurance, pet insurance, and accident & critical illness insurance offered at a group discount rate.
- 401(k).
- Unlimited access to our award-winning online fitness and wellness program.
- A great place to work, fast-paced, with terrific career growth
“The statements in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Randa management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.”
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Fashion, Textiles, Product Development, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 1-3 years of internship, assistant-level, or early-career experience in apparel product development or related role
- Ability to evaluate color, trims, fabric hand, and sample quality
- Ability to communicate effectively with overseas mills and factory partners
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Strong time management and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organization and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Proactive, collaborative mindset with a strong desire to learn and grow
- Experience with PLM systems such as Yunique or FlexPLM
- Experience with fabric, trim organization testing requirements and test methods
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and/or Photoshop
- Experience in menswear and tailored clothing
What We Do
Randa Apparel & Accessories (RAA) is a global powerhouse with over 100 years of expertise. One of the world’s leading apparel and lifestyle accessories companies, RAA operates a portfolio of 30+ brands across all channels of distribution. (RAA) produces exceptional products and services, empowers associates, delights customers, and makes partners successful. Randa Apparel & Accessories is a global leader in men's dress pants, casual pants, tailored clothing, women's sportswear, belts for men, women, and kids, small leather goods, neckwear, slippers, and seasonal accessories, bringing products to market through all channels of distribution, wholesale and direct-to-consumer, worldwide. We design, build, sell and ship over 100 million fashion apparel and accessories products each year. RAA’s portfolio of industry-leading companies includes Randa Accessories, Haggar Clothing Co., Tribal Inc., Tata Accesorios Globales, Equator South Africa, Randa UK, Ransal Australia, and Groupo Randa Haggar de Mexico. Randa uses its scale and expertise to create and expand powerful brands, exceptional products, and extraordinary shopping experiences. The company’s prestigious licensed and proprietary brand portfolio includes Haggar, Tribal, Levi's, Calvin Klein, Dockers, Dickies, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Guess, Columbia Sportswear, Cole Haan, Damen+Hastings, and Countess Mara. RAA North America offices are in New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Montreal, New Orleans, and Toronto. RAA global offices are in Australia, China, Guatemala, India, South Africa, and the U.K.
