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About the Role
The Director, Product Management, Women’s Sneakers & Sport Footwear is a consumer-focused category leader responsible for shaping and executing the strategic vision for women’s sneaker and sport footwear. This role will lead strategic line planning and end-to-end product lifecycle management across the categories, translating consumer insights, marketplace trends, brand strategy, and commercial opportunities into compelling global assortments that achieve and exceed company revenue and category performance objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead the women’s sneaker and sport footwear business globally, developing category strategies and seasonal product assortments.
- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, leveraging consumer insights, business performance, market trends, and productivity metrics.
- Create and manage seasonal line plans, assortment architecture, and pricing strategies.
- Provide category leadership throughout the product creation process, influencing key decisions from concept through commercialization.
- Partner cross-functionally with Design, Product Development, Costing, Planning, Sales, Marketing, Buying, and Channel teams.
- Represent the category internally and externally, developing selling tools and leading sales meeting presentations.
- Identify consumer, marketplace, and competitive opportunities to strengthen the product line and drive continuous improvement.
- Lead key operational initiatives including MOQ management, assortment optimization, and process improvement efforts.
- Serve as the primary category expert and business partner for product-related questions and strategic initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
- Minimum of 8+ years previous related experience in Merchandising or Product Management in Women's sneaker and sport lifestyle footwear.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical & retail math skills required.
- Experience with PLM systems required.
- Experience in SAP and MIRO preferred.
- Able to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment with multiple priorities.
- Able to work proactively & independently.
- Demonstrated experience leading teams.
- Entrepreneurial, positive working style.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strong communication, interpersonal & teamwork skills.
- Highly organized, detail oriented & accurate.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- PLM systems
- SAP
- MIRO
- Analytical skills
- Retail math skills
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Teamwork skills
- Organizational skills
- Detail orientation
- Task management
Location
- Not specified
Work Type
- Not specified
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000 to $200,000 annually
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Care
- Health Savings Accounts
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Vacation Time
- Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave
- Holidays
- Cole Haan Discounts
- Eligible for annual target bonus
About the Company
- This position is not available to be performed in Colorado.