Product Manager, ORI/BB FTW
PRODUCT MANAGER FOOTWEAR ORI/BB
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
• Bring consumer and sport insights into your concepts
• Execute the category direction
• Work with all creation functions to deliver product concepts
• Create ranges within the category from both an image and commercial point of view
Key Responsibilities:
• Proactively manage range direction
• Propose a clear strategy for the range and how to move it on
• Show full understanding of the product creation process whilst managing all tasks within the given time frames, with special attention to speed to market
• Work within cross-functional team and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process with an optimum product outcome
• Actively analyze business, draw conclusions and propose action steps
• Strong knowledge of product information systems and the interlinking functions – clarity on respective timelines
• Good level of product expertise to create industry leading products
• Be considered as a range expert by markets and retailers
• Prepare and present your ranges and business-related topics - with respective audience in mind - by using relevant structure and content
• Work independently on projects and follow up on project development
Key Relationships:
• Maintain a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with
business unit and across other BU´s
• cross-functional team (Design, PD, Materials, Costing, Planning)
• markets
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Transport information clear and effectively – negotiate skillfully
• Cooperate well and effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• Work independently as well as part of a team
• Plan and prioritize daily working time effectively with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of footwear creation or merchandising
• Actively interested in footwear
• Strong analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented
• Ability to travel
• Passion for sport
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
• College degree, preferably in marketing/business /textile/fashion
• Minimum of 5 years Product Marketing experience with FTW background
• Experience in merchandising is helpful
• Fluent in English
• PC skills (MS Office programs, especially PowerPoint and Excel)
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