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Job Summary:
adidas is a leading sportswear company that is seeking a Senior Product Manager for their Originals Apparel category. The role involves being a consumer expert in fashion and sport, influencing category direction, and leading a team to achieve business objectives while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships.
Responsibilities:
• Influence and implement strategic category direction, proactively set range direction
• Identify new business opportunities to drive innovation and/or commerciality
• Show full understanding and drive the product creation process whilst managing all tasks within the given time frames
• Become a role model for other team members regarding product creation process
• Show leadership through living the brand values
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with cross-functional teams and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process; ensure product excellence
• Pro-actively analyse business, draw conclusions and act upon, drive profitability and efficiency
• Strong knowledge of product information systems and the interlinking functions – clarity on respective timelines
• High level of product expertise to create industry leading products
• Be a competent partner for product and ranging discussions with markets and retailers
• Prepare and present ranges and business-related topics - with respective audience in mind - by using relevant structure and content
• Actively provide input for setting the CtC (Concept to Consumer) direction and implement it into relevant ranges in partnership with CtC counterparts
• Identify projects to optimize category performance; work independently and steer to conclusion
• If applicable: Build experience in managing direct reports, developing their functional and social skills; ensure clear and structured on boarding process for new team members
Qualifications:
Required:
• Be the consumer expert in fashion, streetwear, music and sport
• Influence and execute the category direction
• Work with all necessary functions to deliver the category business objectives
• Create ranges within the category from both and image and commercial point of view
• Lead and develop your team, if applicable
• Influence and implement strategic category direction, proactively set range direction
• Identify new business opportunities to drive innovation and/or commerciality
• Show full understanding and drive the product creation process whilst managing all tasks within the given time frames
• Become a role model for other team members regarding product creation process
• Show leadership through living the brand values
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with cross-functional teams and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process; ensure product excellence
• Pro-actively analyse business, draw conclusions and act upon, drive profitability and efficiency
• Strong knowledge of product information systems and the interlinking functions – clarity on respective timelines
• High level of product expertise to create industry leading products
• Be a competent partner for product and ranging discussions with markets and retailers
• Prepare and present ranges and business-related topics - with respective audience in mind - by using relevant structure and content
• Actively provide input for setting the CtC (Concept to Consumer) direction and implement it into relevant ranges in partnership with CtC counterparts
• Identify projects to optimize category performance; work independently and steer to conclusion
• If applicable: Build experience in managing direct reports, developing their functional and social skills; ensure clear and structured onboarding process for new team members
• Lateral thinking and challenge status quo
• Communication skill set, including effective negotiation and clear transportation of information
• Step up to conflicts, work towards a diplomatic solution
• Be open for change, support execution of change management
• Cooperate effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• Basic leadership skills
• Work independently as well as part of a team
• Efficiently plan and prioritize daily work
• In-depth knowledge of respective product category
• Advanced analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented
• Ability to travel
• Expert understanding of the North America consumer
• Passionate for sports, fashion, music and lifestyle space
• College degree, preferably in marketing/business/textile/fashion
• Minimum of 5 years Product Marketing experience with APP, FTW or ACC background
• Experience in trade or sales is helpful
• Fluent in English
• PC skills (MS Office programs)
Company:
Adidas is a global sports brand that manufactures apparel, accessories, and footwear for professional athletes involved in various sports. Founded in 1949, the company is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bayern, DEU, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Public Company. adidas has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
