Manager - Apparel Product Creation

Mgr Product Creation APP

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Manage the Apparel Creation for India, managing a designer to deliver against the stated seasonal objectives and longer term aspirations for the India Apparel SMU development and localization (Dual/Version)

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

• Work closely with the Senior Manager Category creation and Sourcing Partners to build short, mid, and long term strategies to achieve excellence and industry leadership at the India creation center
• Develop new product/product concepts to exceed consumer and customer expectations for Adidas Apparel and Accessories  
• Lead/refine/develop industry leading speed & service models – to enable the adidas brand to react in season.
• Identify business opportunities and risks; respond to them by initiating key action steps and with relevant BU functions and x-functional partners.
• Lead by example, a decision maker able to challenge the status quo to deliver results
• Presents Range both internally (Category ,Merchandising & channels ) & externally (CR1 and CR2 with Partners)
• Manages product management resources, ensuring organizational efficiency through appropriate motivation, training and development of direct report(s).
• Ensures maintenance of all the product information systems

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

• Experience interpreting design intent, offering alternative solutions, and acting as a technical resource.
• Proficient working with factory vendors to ensure and improve manufacturability.
• Highly organized and resilient leader, a high tolerance for ambiguity, with an outstanding ability to seamlessly balance constantly evolving priorities.
• Ability to participate in multiple seasonal projects with competing resources and deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a keen awareness of the audience.  Knowing when to dive deep into the details and when to simplify the complexity.
• Unique blend of category management, development and/or sourcing experience to suit the india creation center model
• Ability to work with and influence all levels of the organization
• Comprehensive understanding of consumer markets, specifically in the sporting goods industry
• Prior knowledge of taking product from conception through implementation preferred
• Knowledge of apparel concepts in construction/development strongly preferred
• Good numerical skills with the ability to negotiate
• Skill in MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Smartsheet)
• Ability to travel

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

 

• Four year college or university degree, preferably in Marketing/Business
• Minimum four (4) years related experience
• Equivalent education and/or experience may be substituted for degree
• Experience in Apparel Marketing and or development

 

Experience Level

Mid Level