Product Manager Originals Footwear - Category Lifestyle Running

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• Bring NAM consumer, business and trend insights into the Global Originals Footwear Lifestyle Running Range
• Execute the overarching BU direction
• Create ranges from both an image and commercial point of view
• Work with all creation functions to deliver world class product

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively manage range direction owning projects independently
• Be considered the NAM Lifestyle Running Footwear expert by markets and retailers
• Good level of product expertise to create industry leading products
• Show full understanding of the product creation process whilst managing all tasks within the given time frames to enable an efficient product creation process with optimum product outcome
• Actively analyze business, consumer insights and trends to draw conclusions and propose action steps to improve the product offering
• Prepare and present your ranges and business-related topics - with respective audience in mind - by using relevant structure and content
• Actively provide input to x-functional partners to ensure transparency and collaboration

Key Relationships:

• Maintain a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with
  
  
  
  • Business Unit
  
  
  
  

(Go-To-Market, Brand Communications, Costing, Planning)

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  • Cross-functional Creation Teams
    
    (Design, Development, Testing)
  
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Transport information clear and effectively - negotiate skillfully
• Cooperate well and effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• Ability to quickly pivot direction of projects based off feedback from team and partner
• 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 respective product category
• Strong analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented
• Ability to travel
• Actively interested in lifestyle and fashion

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• College degree, preferably in marketing/business /textile/fashion
• Minimum of 2-3 years Product Marketing experience with APP, FTW or ACC background
• Experience in trade, vertical retail business model or sales is helpful
• Fluent in English
• PC skills (MS Office programs, especially PowerPoint and Excel)

• 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, 20 days. 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 $95,008.00 - $132,000.00. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate's experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. 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.