• Partner with the Lead Merchandiser to execute strategic apparel and hardgoods assortments across e-commerce, catalog, and promotional programs, ensuring products meet client brand, quality, margin, and pricing objectives. • Serve as a client-facing product expert, presenting product concepts, development pathways, costing scenarios, and execution trade-offs with confidence and clarity. • Make informed development recommendations across fabric, trim, construction, decoration methods, and sourcing to achieve the intended product experience while maintaining cost and margin constraints. • Own day-to-day product development execution, ensuring accuracy across materials, construction details, sizing, decoration, packaging, and compliance. • Manage domestic and overseas sourcing and development, including fabric sourcing, trim selection, construction approvals, proto sampling, fit comments, lab dips, and pre-production sign-off. • Ensure all product specifications, costing, and approvals are complete, accurate, and production-ready. • Act as a brand steward, maintaining deep knowledge of client brand standards, campaign priorities, and product requirements. • Coordinate cross-functional workback calendars to ensure all milestones, approvals, and launch dates are met without compromise to quality. • Prepare and maintain client-ready materials including PowerPoint presentations, costing summaries, product specifications, and samples. • Support vendor sourcing and product development efforts, including cost negotiations, MOQ management, and margin alignment, in partnership with the Lead Merchandiser. • Maintain complete and accurate item setup documentation, including bills of materials, approved proofs, product copy, size charts, and web-ready imagery. • Collaborate closely with in-house and agency Creative teams to support design direction, mockups, trend presentations, and photography needs. • Serve as a knowledgeable partner on supply chain capabilities, production timelines, and product feasibility.