Product Line Manager (PLM) – Global Footwear

Department: MerchandisingReports to: Product Director, FootwearLocation: Portland, OR

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As Product Line Manager – Global Footwear, you contribute to defining the future of our footwear strategy, through consumer-centric, industry-leading product and stories. You play a critical role in translating athlete insight into products that meet the needs of our guest, elevates brand positioning and delivers the financial and strategic objectives of Arc’teryx. You champion a seamless footwear product creation process, integrated within the brand, guiding the product from vision to strategy and execution. This role is based out of our Portland office and is expected to be performed on site. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. Meet Your Future Team: The Global Footwear product management team defines consumer product opportunities and transforms athlete insights into innovative product visions and strategies. By driving the product journey from concept to execution, the team ensures innovation and performance are seamlessly integrated into the line. We optimize the product creation process and resources to craft consumer-centric strategies that maximize marketplace opportunities. By developing seasonal line plans, balancing style counts and price points and forecasting assortments to align with market demands and product flow plans, we deliver a product range that meets both consumer needs and business goals.

If you were a Product Line Manager (PLM) – Global Footwear now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Driving and championing the end-to-end global footwear product vision, contributing to the strategic direction and leading the product creation process to deliver excellence in product and team
• Contributing to the future vision for product through a robust innovation agenda and 5-year product roadmap in collaboration with cross functional partners
• Creating, driving and broadcasting product briefs for each new product that aligns with the category strategy, seasonal story-telling focus, and brand vision, in strong collaboration with the design and development team
• Building and executing the product line plan for your category of products
• Leading the cross-functional product creation process from concept through to guest, through sharing your expert knowledge of product, the athlete and guest needs
• Simplifying product complexity and interdependency, synthesizing diverse perspectives to deliver the best product for the guest
• Maintaining, analyzing and communicating a constant focus on our athlete, competition and market, both current and future
• Managing key product KPIs, design and production costs relative to the market and guest value proposition
• Ensuring product delivers on each stage gate and date, with uncompromised quality and excellence, on time and on budget
• Managing the creation all communication tools across the product creation process and sample management milestones for every footwear moment and supporting the footwear leadership team in all key events
• Maintaining data integrity of the product line management systems to ensure product information is accurate and reflected in the appropriate information system

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Contributing to a culture of unmatched footwear product excellence and consumer knowledge
• Continuously innovating and evolving our footwear to meet and exceed the needs of the guest
• Contributing to a collective of talented footwear experts to drive the business forward as the category grows
• Creating in collaboration a line plan that delivers on the consumer and market opportunity while balancing resources
• Working cross-functionally with partners across the organization, to analyze current business performance, consumer and market insights to guide and inform the future

Are you our next Product Line Manager (PLM) – Global Footwear?

• You have 5+ years’ footwear product experience, in a global product management role with a top athletic and/or outdoor brand
• You have a bachelor’s degree, or 2 additional years of experience in lieu
• You have a high degree of footwear product acumen, strong business acuity and a proven ability to execute on product strategy
• You have a strong global consumer and marketplace knowledge, especially in performance and sportswear footwear
• You have a great eye for product, with a keen understanding of technical knowledge and style sensibility
• You have strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of financial and retail metrics
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