Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Bring consumer and sport/street insights into your concepts</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Execute the category direction and drive implementation </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Work with all creation functions to deliver product concepts and execute strategic plans to win local markets.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Create ranges within the category from both an image and commercial point of view</li> </ul> Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Proactively manage range direction and sharpen the creation direction within the sport/street area to create leading products winning the market.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Propose a clear strategy for the range and execution plan, be considered as a range expert by key relation team and markets.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Good understanding of the product creation process whilst managing all tasks within the given time frames, with special attention to speed to market</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Work within cross-functional teams and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process with an optimum product outcome</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Actively analyze business, draw conclusions and propose action steps</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Strong knowledge of product information systems and the interlinking functions to maintain and enable smooth product info updating. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Prepare and present ranges and business-related topics - with respective audience in mind - by using relevant structure and content</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Actively provide input for setting the CtC (Concept to Consumer) direction and implement it into relevant ranges in partnership with CtC counterparts</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Work independently on projects and follow up on project development, be proactive, flexible, solution driven to ensure project delivery.</li> </ul> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Maintain a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 64.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Business unit and across other BU´s</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 64.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Cross-functional team (Design, Operations, Materials, Costing, Planning, Process)</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 64.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">FTW team to create concrete head to toe look</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Strong knowledge of sport/street industry and familiar with local market landscape to ensure right strategic findings to win</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Deep product knowledge of product creation, consumer and retail knowledge regarding fulfill different needs within GCA market.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Strong communication skills - transport and delivering information clearly and effectively </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Cooperate well and effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships with cross function</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Work independently as well as part of a team</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Plan and prioritize daily working time effectively with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Strong analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Ability to travel</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Actively interested in lifestyle and/or fashion, passion for sport</li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">College degree, preferably in marketing / business / fashion</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Minimum of 5 years Product Marketing experience with APP background in/or Sport/Street/Fashion brands, experienced in large business scale will be preferred</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Experience in trade, vertical retail business model or sales is helpful</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white">Fluent in English</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 32.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white">PC skills (MS Office programs, especially PowerPoint and Excel)</li> </ul>

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