Job#: 3036823

Job Description:

Apex Systems is seeking a mid-level Product Associate to support the PM and own the end-to-end development of smaller categories and curated product programs—bringing strategy, newness, and innovation to life from concept through commercialization.

Please email resumes to Rich Brown @ [email protected]

Title: Product Associate

Rate: $40/hr

Contract: End of May w/ potential to extend or convert TBD

Work Environment: Onsite

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Product Creation & Execution

• Manage the full lifecycle of assigned categories and programs—from concept alignment and design handoff through costing, sampling, testing, packaging, and production readiness.

• Maintain development trackers, timelines, and milestone calendars to ensure products move with speed and discipline. • Facilitate quick decisions, escalate roadblocks early, and support cross-functional partners in meeting deliverables.

• Partner with sourcing to support costing rounds, vendor communication, sample reviews, and feasibility assessments.

Strategy & Consumer Insights

• Bring a trend-forward lens to product creation by gathering competitive insights, cultural signals, and category trends.

• Support the development of assortment strategies and line architecture for smaller categories, ensuring a steady pipeline of newness and innovation.

• Translate trend, consumer, and category opportunities into clear briefs and design/packaging inputs.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as the connective tissue across merchandising, sourcing, product design, packaging, supply chain, QA, and brand marketing.

• Facilitate alignment meetings, track decisions, and ensure partners have what they need to move programs forward.

• Support packaging teams with claims, copy, size/variant lists, and packaging inputs required for brief creation.

• Partner with supply chain to ensure timelines, MOQ considerations, and delivery execution are achievable.

• Collaborate with brand marketing to bring newness to life across digital, social, and store environments.

Operational Excellence

• Maintain accurate product data, documentation, and item attributes.

• Support testing and compliance processes by coordinating test submissions and tracking results.

• Prepare product samples and information for key meetings (line reviews, leadership updates, milestone gates, etc.).

• Own smaller process improvements that support speed, quality, and cross-functional clarity.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in Product Development, Product Design, Trend/Fashion Research, Merchandising, or related consumer product field.

• Experience in retail, private label, pet, home, lifestyle, or CPG preferred.

• Demonstrated interest in product design and consumer trends.

• Comfortable with visual tools (Adobe, Canva, PowerPoint, or equivalent).

• Strong organizational skills; able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

• Clear communicator; able to partner across creative and operational teams.

Success Profile

• Trend-curious, culturally aware, and excited by product innovation

• Highly organized, detail-driven, and committed to operational excellence

• Collaborative, proactive, and able to influence cross-functional partners

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities

• Strong communicator who can simplify complexity and drive alignment

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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