About HiEnd Accents

HiEnd Accents is a leading provider of bedding and home accessories. At HiEnd Accents, we believe that your dream home should be uniquely you. That's why—for over 15 years—we have made it our mission to design high-quality, affordable home goods that help you express your lifestyle and personality.

We operate in the wholesale and direct-to-consumer retail markets and are based in Irving, TX.

Job Description

We're looking for a Product Development Specialist to join our team. As our Product Development Specialist, you will collaborate with multiple departments, including our Creative and Sales teams, and learn what it takes to build a successful home textiles business.

You will love this role if you're passionate about home textile products, have an entrepreneurial mindset and want to work in a nimble and fast-paced environment. In exchange, you can expect to have many career development opportunities, be professionally challenged and be rewarded for every success!

You're excited for this role because you will...

• Help manage the Product Development process
  • Work cross-functionally with our Creative, Sales and Supply Chain teams to develop, source and deliver on-trend products that our customers will love
  • Manage our PD timeline - Create PD calendars and assure that team members adhere to the calendar that you've set
  • Track and review new samples and regularly update product development sheets
  • Work with our factories; communicate any corrections and QC issues needed to create the desired outcome
  • Manage spec sheets and tech packs and send to factories (in coordination with our Creative team)
  • Inspect all incoming production and sample shipments for quality assurance
  • Assure all developments arrive on-time for Final Line Review
  • Maintain Sample Room products
• Help sell your products
  • Communicate (through both presentations and meetings) with our sales and eComm teams to ensure that they have all necessary tools to sell your products into their respective channels
  • Coordinate with Marketing Department on all key product info, including photography, copy, samples, etc.
  • Travel domestically periodically with our sales team to learn about market trends, hear customer feedback and assist with key accounts (particularly when it comes to custom projects for select partners)
• Keep tabs on the competitive landscape - Frequent market comp shops to maintain up to date market knowledge of price points, key items, and trends.
• Assist with costing and supply chain
  • Request FOB pricing and lead times
  • Support team in identifying opportunities for improving our cost structure
• Vendor development - Develop deep understanding of vendor capabilities in order to improve vendor performance in terms of development process adherence, value engineering and sample quality
  • Help identify and vet new vendors and markets, which may require travel, both domestic and international (once travel is back!)

We're excited about you because you bring...