SOREL Product Line Manager
SOREL Product Line Manager
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ABOUT THE POSITION
The SOREL Product Line Manager is a voice of confidence within the footwear creation engine. You lead and inspire with the aim of delivering functional and distinct product solutions to consumers around the world. You will join an invigorated creation engine curating and managing products through the authentic SOREL lens. This position manages multiple projects with unique distribution needs each season and leads by example of respect clear communication timely decisionmaking accountability and a triadcentered way of working.
You have a clear passion for footwear curiosity of insights and a respectful and collaborative approach to product creation. Working alongside design and development you will be responsible to achieve target margins at a product and category level assist in proofing product line needs including data integrity sales tools hang tags packaging and label/logo information. You will help organize preparation for key milestone meetings working in collaboration with your product management team to build compelling and accurate presentations. Building strong crossfunctional relationships with sales marketing and planning to help facilitate ontime and ontarget product launches is essential in this role.
You will work to brief categoryspecific products to design and development that achieve margin targets. You have a basic understanding of footwear materials and build and a sharp product eye required in design reviews and prototype reviews. You have comfortability giving respectful feedback in large settings alongside the product creation team. This role will work within the product management team to seek out an socialize consumer insights forward thinking product ideas and work together to execute a seasonal and longerterm line architecture strategy.
HOWYOULLMAKE A DIFFERENCE
Assist in the product preparation process for key retailers internal stakeholders and sales representatives.
Drive seasonal product briefs in accordance with brand category and strategy.
Manage and maintain inputs to system data with timeliness and accuracy.
Able to apply your consumer pulse trend information and analytical inputs to drive a vision that brings life consumerright product solutions and experiences.
Be a knowledgeable resource providing ongoing category product input to creation partners.
Comfortable presenting to internal and external keystakeholders.
Detail oriented organized and strong timemanagement skills respecting the seasonal product calendars and crossfunctional collaboration needs.
YOU ARE
Passionate about footwear curious about trends and consumer insights.
A strong team player who enjoys working cross collaboratively.
Great and combining creative and datadriven work processes.
YOU HAVE
Bachelors degree
57 years experience in product line management
Strong presentation and creative writing/thinking skills
Ability to travel domestically and globally >20 of the year
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This job description is not meant to be an allinclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.
Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: The pay transparency policy is available here: Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please notify your recruiter.At Columbia Sportswear Company were proud to offer regular fulltime employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee wellbeing by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of wellbeing: physical social/emotional financial career and community. Benefits that can protect your familys financial future and help you through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical dental vision life Insurance disability flexible spending accounts health savings account and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident critical illness hospital indemnity and legal services). In addition Columbia offers EAP which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits employee discounts and a generous time off program available.If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application please reach out to with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested.Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
