Director Product Management, Apparel & Accessories , Originals (LTD)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Recognize sport, lifestyle, consumer, & cultural insights - especially those uniquely relevant to women & diverse communities

Heavily influence overall Originals L.A. Apparel & Accessories product category direction and drive its implementation across product development, creation, & life cycle franchise management

Evolve strategies to tactical plans for effective consumer and cultural adoption

Steer a cross-functional product creation team to deliver the category vision, capitalizing on white-space opportunities

Lead and develop the Apparel & Accessories category team and cross-functional colleagues

Support the Footwear category team across head-to-toe collections and range plans across women's and unisex lifestyle collections

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team and develop their functional and social skills using available resources to create a top performing Originals L.A. Apparel & Accessories team
• Set and manage strategic Apparel & Accessories category direction; ensure cross-functional alignment across key KPIs, i.e. margin, sell-thru, ideal range size, net sales, market share, etc.
• Identify new business opportunities to drive innovation and / or commerciality across key consumer segments and retail channels
• Develop an "Win As One" within the team to ensure smooth cooperation with cross-functional departments across Design, Development, Merchandising, Sales, & Brand Communications
• Have full understanding of the product creation process to drive it forward
• Be a role model for all team members by co-developing and sharing strategic direction and the product creation process best practices
• Show leadership through living the brand values while fostering an empathetic and strong performance culture
• Challenge the cross-functional team to ensure creation of industry leading products and optimized operational models
• Analyse and report category business performance to ensure achievement of category KPIs
• Positively represent the category both internally and externally
• Work with the CtC (Concept to Consumer), Brand Marketing, Culture Marketing, and Sports Marketing teams throughout the season to define strategic product marketing & franchise direction and Talent involvement when needed
• Be a competent partner for category and ranging discussions with markets, sales leads, and retailers
• Define projects to optimize category performance and steer to conclusion
• Build an understanding of product information systems and interdependent internal functions to align on timelines and creation milestones

Authorities:

• Personnel managed - yes Budget managed - no

Key Relationships:

• Steer a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with
  
  
  
  • Apparel & Accessories category across all functions, including alignment with other categories and creation centers, when applicable
  • Cross-functional team (Design, Development, CtC, Materials, Costing, Planning)
  • Markets and relevant key retailers
  • Originals Apparel and Footwear global leads
  
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Manage a team to create industry leading products
• Inspire, coach and lead; set framework for performance and growth
• In-depth knowledge of respective product category
• Advanced analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented, strong business orientation
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
• Strong communication skills
• Lateral thinking and challenge status quo
• Profound consumer, market, and retail knowledge...especially unique needs and interests of female & diverse consumers
• Step up to conflicts and work towards a diplomatic solution
• Execute change management
• Cooperate effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• Ability to travel
• Passion for sports, women's fashion & lifestyle category, streetwear, music & culture

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• College degree, preferably in marketing/business/textile/fashion
• Minimum of 7 years Product Marketing experience with Apparel, Accessories, & Footwear or comparable lifestyle product creation background
• Experience in managing and developing direct reports
• Strong leadership skills
• Experience in trade or sales is helpful
• Fluent in English
• Strong understanding of North American & global streetwear, athleisure, & fashion industry & trends
• PC skills (MS Office programs & related Project Management tools)

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $161,000 - $225,000. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role.
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  At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Los Angeles, California.
  
  
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.