Product Manager - Retail Product Lines 3 / Bags Lead

Product Manager - Retail Product Lines 3 / Bags Lead

Our client, a leading athletic footwear and apparel manufacturing company, is looking for a Product Manager - Retail Product Lines 3 / Bags Lead. This is for an initial duration of 10 months and is located at Beaverton, OR.

Duration: 10 months

Job Type: Contract (Candidates must be able to work on W2 without VISA sponsorship)

Product Manager - Retail Product Lines 3

On-site role; typical work hours, 4/1 hybrid schedule

Degree preferred, not a hard requirement

6+ years' experience required in a product creation or merchandising role

Top skills include the following:

• Keynote and Excel expertise
• Detail-oriented
• Organized
• Collaborative
• Strong communication skills

Skills that would make a candidate stand out:

• Prior product creation experience
• Fashion/trend acumen
• Marketplace analysis
• Previous leadership experience
• Self starter
• Comfortable working in ambiguity
• Will help support work for sportswear bags creation and management
• PM team will consist of ~6 others on the bags team, ~20-25 others cross functionally (in design, development, color, innovation, etc.)

Who You'll Work With

• You will be joining our Global Accessories offense as part of the wider Accessories Product Management team, working with key partners across Design, Development, Merchandising, Sourcing/Costing, Demand Planning, and Operations.
• You will also connect frequently with the wider Sport community in Apparel, Footwear, Sports Marketing, and Geo partners.
• You will report to the Senior Product Director of Global Accessories and collaborate with the Sport offense teams entrepreneurial individuals who think creatively, adapt quickly, and embody the irreverent mindset that defines Client to bring the athlete* uniform to life.

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for an experienced Lead Product Line Manager with exceptional attention to detail, the ability to solve complex problems in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, and a keen interest in Bags. You will bring a proven track record of delivering year-over-year business results, strong organizational skills, and the capacity to manage high workloads. You will help create the Product Strategy and then guide cross-functional partners across Merchandising, Design, Development, and global teams through the creation process. Being curious is a must as you'll take athlete*/consumer insights and translate them into compelling seasonal product strategies and briefs, drive accountability to key milestones, and bring market-leading products to life that meet financial, quality, and innovation goals. Above all, you should be a resourceful, adaptable teammate with a passion for serving athletes* and building strong partnerships across the Client.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Retail Merchandising, or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• A minimum of 6 years experience in product creation, merchandising, or brand marketing.
• Drives the product vision across the full value chain, from concept to market.
• Confident storyteller that clearly communicates vision and strategy to key stakeholders.
• Serves as a collaborative teammate and mentor, fostering excellence within the team.
• Identifies problems and opportunities from consumer insights as well as process and operations, proactively offering solutions to drive business forward.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to innovate across product, process and tools.
• Optimism. Dedication to bring hopefulness and confidence about the future.
• Curiosity. Possess a strong desire to learn about new consumers, ideas, and opportunities.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%

What You'll Work On

As a part of the Global Accessories product creation team, you'll be responsible for creating and commercializing bags chassis & Sportswear Expression. This role involves leading and owning all aspects of the product creation process, ensuring profitability while delivering innovative solutions to meet athlete* needs. The candidate will work with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and drive the offense. They will collaborate with Global Accessories product management partners, merchandising, design, development, and sourcing from line planning through final product approval. They will research products, athletes*, and the marketplace, manage product creation workflow and data, maintain product tools, and effectively collaborate across functional partners. The candidate will deliver on key dates and hold themselves accountable to be a great teammate.

• Be the voice of the athlete*, keeping a pulse on their needs and relevant trends with an emphasis on Accessories (Bags).
• Create impactful presentations to hand over our line to Product Management and Merchandising partners at both the Global and Geo levels.
• Help complete the uniform of the athlete* with a focus on sport innovation.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires drive, passion, creativity, and curiosity.
• Solve athlete* problems while helping shape the strategic conditions for our team to thrive.
• Drive brand distinction with epic innovations that make athletes* better.

Interested and qualified candidates, please send your most recently updated word document resume to View email address on click.appcast.io.