Job Description

About Us
vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.

vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good.

You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.

In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.
Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them.

We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about.

The Pre-Production Manager will be accountable for developing pre-adoption product for the division in partnership with Design, Tech Design, Merchandising & a Global Vendor Team, that achieves aesthetic, quality and cost requirements against brand standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate seasonal concept and innovation vendor presentations for the design organization
• Manage fabric R&D on the fabrications in development to ensure cost, quality and delivery are workable
• Develop and present protos, washes, testing results and cost options to Design, Merchants and Production to set standards for production
• Ensure seasonal departmental sample development meets the brands goals for quality and aesthetic, and aligns with Good/Better/Best strategy
• Meet seasonal IMU goals
• Execute departmental product development strategies as set up by leadership
• Ensure departmental seasonal development is optimal and aligns with the development ratio
• Collaborate with design on opportunities for innovation for future/current season, meet with vendors and mills to assess & guide product needs
• Ensure on time delivery of samples for milestone meetings and distribute sample status to cross functional team
• Drive quality initiatives in sampling and troubleshoot development issues to ensure smooth execution
• Create seasonal cost log and distribute targets

What you bring:

• 4-8 years related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Impeccable written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word, Google Suite and PLM
• Ability to balance multiple competing priorities, maintain composure under pressure, while remaining flexible
• Ability to respond to change positively
• Capable of seeing larger picture and understanding how your role impacts the larger business
• Strong time management skills
• An in depth knowledge of cost components and be skilled in cost negotiations to meet seasonal IMU targets

Every day will feel this good because:

• We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly “good” people
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
• We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings, flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
• We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
• We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar