Job Description

Nextevo™ (est. Jun 2019) is sustainability company based in Singapore, with operations in Thailand and Indonesia. Our business transforms agricultural by-products at scale into value-added materials and products. The company is committed to cultivate positive environmental (i.e., prevent burning, dumping of waste) and social impacts through enhancing of farmers’ income. Nextevo is well-positioned in the current market trends in offering the sustainable value-added materials for the textile-fashion, interior furnishings, horticultural and bioplastics industries. Nextevo derives scalable supply of agricultural by-products by working with food processing companies, plantations, and farmer cooperatives and groups in Southeast Asia. Agricultural waste like pineapple leaves and coconut husks provide a more circular approach and are more environmentally sustainable (i.e., natural, biodegradable and renewable). Nextevo creates innovative materials and products by maximizing the agricultural waste resources. The company continues to source other agricultural wastes for existing and new applications. There are several new product applications and projects in our pipeline for the next few years. We are currently looking for a Manager, Product Marketing & Development to embark on this exciting journey together with us. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Has a main responsibility for all projects which are related but not limited to the Product Marketing and Product Development of the current and newly-developed, fashion-textile products such as footwear, apparels, accessories, home textile and other interior furnishings (e.g. upholstery, carpets, rugs, curtains, and etc.)
• Provide category leadership and product insight from introduction through end-of-life to Product Development, Marketing and Sales departments
• Execute new fibre, yarn and fabric product launches with excellence every time; Ensure that the product concepts, specifications, qualities and certifications are continuously assessed and achieved to support the customer/market needs with the efficient cost
• Contribute to the annual marketing plan, pricing strategy, articulating the product priorities and positioning, opportunities and actions for growth, driving the plans through to execution; Gather market and all technical information as required or assigned by the Management to ensure the success of the projects and prepare reports and presentations
• Liaise with Product Development, R&D, Production and Sustainability departments on relevant business needs, costings and feature requirements, influencing the product feature roadmap through clear recommendations that improve overall textile application
• Analyze market trends/insights and customer’s needs, create the new ideas or concepts of the product applications as well as the new product development with various sustainable and natural fibers, evaluate their feasibility in terms of performance, cost/benefit and other required perspectives, examine and verify specifications and performance of our products compared to the existing products in the market
• Work closely with sale, production, and other relevant teams to manage product quality, specification as well as verification/certification of the existing and newly-developed textile products; Provide technical support and troubleshooting on fibre, yarn and fabric products with partners and customers
• Possess experienced knowledge of competitive and third-party products and strategies; Identify and analyze the new materials suitable for the new products development as well as for the current products improvement; Source for the material suppliers as well as the production manufactures for production of the new textile products to support the customer/market needs.
• Other tasks as assigned by the Management.

• Certificate/Diploma in Textile, Merchandising or related fields
• At least 3 years with Textile Mills/OEMs regionally or globally
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• Must be highly motivated and professional in the business dealings
• Demonstrate capability of being a "Doer" and a "Thinker"
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, excellent oral and written in both English. Other languages will be a plus
• Experience in negotiations, production, schedule and order allocation
• Detail oriented mindset to ensure timely production and delivery schedules are met
• Self-starter who works well in a fast-paced, dynamic, matrixed environment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Experience with ERP is an advantage
• Proficient in MS Office (specifically Powerpoint, Word and Excel)