Project Manager Product Operations
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Location:
TorontoAddress:
100 Queens Quay East Toronto Ontario M5E 1V3 CanadaJob Title:
Project Manager Product OperationsCanada Goose isnt like anything else. Weve built something great something special an iconic lifestyle brand with an inspirational and authentic story. At the heart of it is our promise to inspire and enable all people to thrive in the world outside. To Live in the Open. At Canada Goose youre part of a movement that belongs to something bigger. One that seeks out the restorative power of nature and is driven by a purpose to keep the planet cold and the people on it warm. We endure any condition observe every detail and are building a community that believes in living bravely and coming together to support gamechanging people.
Here opportunities are everywhere to try something new to learn to do meaningful and impactful work and theyre yours for the taking.
Position Overview:
About The Role:
Project Management
Calendar Progress Tracking
- Maintain and continuously update the master seasonal product calendar for the category ensuring visibility of progress against key milestones
- Track status at a stylelevel and categorylevel surfacing delays or blockers early to prevent downstream impact.
Change Log Ownership
- Manage and communicate changes to project timelines deliverables or scope through a structured change log process.
- Partner with functional leads to document the what why and impact of any deviations from plan ensuring stakeholders remain aligned.
Timeline Risk Identification & Mitigation
- Proactively monitor potential risks to calendar adherence
- Lead timeline risk mitigation by facilitating stakeholder collaboration to propose solutions and alternative action plans (e.g. parallel development tracks sample tiering or timeline compression tactics) and drive crossfunctional alignment on tradeoffs.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional partners to develop workaround plans without compromising quality or commercial intent.
Status Reporting & Stakeholder Communication
- Regularly synthesize and share timeline health status to key stakeholders highlighting ontrack items upcoming risks and mitigation steps in play.
- Provide calendar truth for the categoryensuring teams have a single source of accurate milestone tracking.
Process Improvement & Efficiency
- Identify recommend and implement process improvements based on best practices.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts aligned with shifting business needs.
- Lead initiatives to increase speedtomarket enhance workflows and reduce inefficiencies.
Product Knowledge and Product Calendar
Product Lifecycle Management
- Oversee the full product lifecycle calendar management for the categoryplanning and final launch.
- Build and execute product calendars that align with the integrated calendar seasonal and marketdriven timelines.
- Support crossfunctional teams with a deep understanding of product flow timelines and dependencies.
Reporting & Metrics
- Monitor and communicate key calendar performance metrics.
- Partner with stakeholders to track KPIs and applicable reporting needs
Business Acumen
- Deep understanding of product creation functions (Design Merchandising Product Development Product Engineering Sourcing Capacity Planning Production GoToMarket) and the overall business landscape.
- Passionate about innovation efficiency and the future potential of the product line.
Facilitation & Leadership
Meeting & Workshop Facilitation
- Run milestone status and category meetings with precisionensuring clarity of objectives ownership and action items.
- Facilitate strategic category checkpoints that require alignment across disciplines.
Leadership Without Authority
- Lead crossfunctional teams through ambiguity and shifting priorities. Empower team members by driving alignment and clarity.
- Able to challenge stakeholders when needed push conversations and decisions forward and protect timelines without losing momentum.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Deliver tailored strategic updates to Manager and applicable leadership providing databacked insights into category progress risks and solutions.
- Build and maintain trust with global stakeholders balancing transparency with problemsolving orientation.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in a matrixed organization with experience influencing stakeholders across Design Development Sourcing Planning Production and Merchandising
Culture Champion
- Model operational excellence accountability and teamfirst collaboration.
- Reflect company values and culturefostering inclusivity joy and purpose in fastpaced work.
- Passion for product process and operational excellence with a customer and businessfirst mindset.
About You:
- Required Bachelors degree with minimum 5 years of relevant management experience ideally in a fastpaced product or project management environment.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desirable.
- 5 years experience in project/product management ideally in product development apparel consumer goods or manufacturing
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office with a strong emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with Photoshop Adobe Illustrator MS Project PLM systems is preferred.
- Proven track record of outstanding organizational and time management skills in a management role.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills with experience presenting to senior leadership and executive teams.
- Naturally proactive and solutionsorientedsomeone who sees around corners takes initiative and drives clarity in ambiguous situations.
- Passion for product process and operational excellence with a customer and businessfirst mindset.
Whats in it For You
- A company built on Canadian roots and heritage
- Your work is recognized with a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards Program
- Opportunities for career growth through numerous internal and external programs
- Recognize and be recognized by your peers with our Goose Rewards & ICON Rewards
- Be a part ofCG Gives. Donation matching and paid volunteer time to help the organizations you care about
- Access to tools and resources to support physical and mental health embracing change and connecting with colleagues
- Inspiring leaders and colleagues who will lift you up and help you grow
We believe in the power of inclusion and are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where all employees can bring their authentic selves to work everyday. We believe every one of our team members enriches our diversity by exposing us to varying ways to understand the world identify challenges and to discover design produce and deliver great products and service. Our different perspectives are what enable us to create dream and live in the open.
Canada Goose is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
