Your Mission
Product development
- Develop, lead, and drive the vision and strategy of the future development of the assigned category
- Lead and drive the assigned product category through the whole product development and creation process based on the Go-to-Market calendar
- Responsible for product costing and costing impact on product quality, margin and net sales to achieve set goals within the assigned product category
- Responsible for developing a conceptual assortment plan (CAP) fulfilling range planning parameters (Category/Segments/Styles/Price Points/DC/Customers/product flow/color merchandising)
- Understand, leverage and drive the development calendar to ensure business goals are met sustainably
Market cooperation
- Presenting strategy- and product lines to international partners and key accounts as well as supervising the preparation of international meetings
- Represent the brand in a trustworthy way in front of accounts
- Close cooperation with the merchandising, design and development (PUMA Group Sourcing) teams, regions and other stakeholder to ensure that the final collection is reflecting the market needs as well as align concept and product coordination across all product segments
- Executing business trips to target markets as well as supplier visits on a frequent basis
Team management and internal communication
- Functional and disciplinary leading and developing of the Product Management team in the particular BU
- Providing regular feedback to Senior Head of and BU Management on category development
- Handle a large amount of conflicting input and distill one powerful action
- Inspired by high expectations and challenging team members
- Lead and mentor direct reports toward the achievement of business and personal goals. Clear and kind in communication.
