Assistant Project Development Manager

ABOUT US

tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions – from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery. 
Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including Starbucks, T-Mobile, O2, McDonald’s, and adidas.
Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.

WHAT MATTERS THE MOST

Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.
tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com. 

WHY WE THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE 

Assistant Project Development Manager will sit within our Global Merchandise Services (GMS) team. GMS helps brands bring their fan communities products that unleash badge-wearing potential, so the people who love them most can love them even more.
Through reimagining products and merchandise, designing innovative industry-leading solutions, and developing in-demand products, we spark an emotion connection with customers and have a lasting impact on people, business, and the planet. We want you to be part of it! 

Job Responsibilities

• Accountability for project start from design brainstorming, costing, product development from vendor turnover to shipments end. 
• Function as a teammate of project team to establish, coordinating and monitoring project objectives with the teams (US/UK & HK). Clearly understand the quality and schedule objectives.
• Proactively maintain development timeline through communication with team, US/UK & HK, & production vendors.
• Revise the product functional requirements with US/UK/HK team if needed and assure requirements are meet
• Performs quality and timely product debug with vendor, tool maker through 1st shot, EP samples, feasibility samples and signed samples till safety, functional requirement are approved by client and licensor, safety lab.
• Monitors production start-up conditions at manufacturing vendors, and responds to inspection or intervention failures.

Key Success Measures

• Awarded projects
• Production on time and meeting aggressive schedule
• Encouraging of automation for mass production
• Support on meeting sustainability goals

Qualifications/Experience/Quality

• A minimum of (5) years' experience hands-on experience in product development in toys, premium industry.
• Knowledge of plastic resin, fabric material, tooling and mechanical design in toys and consumer products
• Knowledge of international toy safety requirements
• Strong business acumen & influence skills.  Excellent negotiation skills.
• Great communication, interpersonal and networking skills.
• Can work well individually and willing to be a team player
• Good written and spoken in English & Cantonese. 

Education:

• Higher diploma or university graduate in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering