Senior Product Manager APP - Fear of God Athletics

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER APP - Fear of God Athletics

Department: BU Originals, Basketball & Partnerships

Area: Product Management

Direct Reporting Line: Director Product Management

Indirect/secondary reporting line: --

Subsidiary/country: US

Location: Los Angeles

GSMS Grade: M3

Number of Personnel Managed: 1

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility: none

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

• Be the consumer and basketball expert
• Influence and execute the category direction
• Work with all necessary functions to deliver the category business objectives
• Create ranges within the category from both an image and commercial point of view
• Lead and develop your team, if applicable

KEY 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 in regards to 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

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Steer a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with
  • business unit and across other BU's
  • cross-functional teams (Design, Development, CTC, Sports Marketing, Color & Materials, Costing, Planning)
  • markets, partners, and relevant third parties

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Have a strong knowledge of Apparel & Accessories Fashion including Lifestyle and Performance and Basketball Culture
• Additional knowledge of lifestyle consumer markets preferred
• Strong process and project management skills
• Lateral thinking and comfortable with challenging the status quo
• Be open for change, support execution of change management
• Cooperate effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• 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
• Strong presentation and planning skills
• Ability to travel

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Four year college or university, in Marketing/Business preferred
• Minimum of 6 years Product Marketing experience with APP & ACC
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree.

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE'S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Title: Senior Product Manager APP - Fear of God Athletics

Brand: adidas

Location: Los Angeles

TEAM: Marketing & Communications

State: CA

Country/Region: US

Contract Type: Full time

Number: 499615

Date: Jul 24, 2023