Product Manager, Footwear, Partnerships

About the position

The Product Manager for Footwear Partnerships at adidas will be a consumer, culture, and sport expert, with a passion for integrating culture and sport. This role involves influencing and executing the category direction, collaborating with various functions to achieve business objectives, and creating product ranges that align with both image and commercial goals. The position requires active engagement with Go to Market (GTM) and Merchandising teams to ensure successful product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage range direction.
• Propose a clear strategy for the range and how to move it on.
• Show full understanding of the product creation process whilst managing all tasks within the given time frames, with special attention to speed to market.
• Work within cross-functional teams and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process with an optimum product outcome.
• Actively analyze business, draw conclusions, and propose action steps.
• Strong knowledge of product information systems and the interlinking functions - clarity on respective timelines.
• Good level of product expertise to create industry-leading products.
• Be considered as a range expert by markets and retailers.
• Prepare and present your ranges and business-related topics - with respective audience in mind - by using relevant structure and content.
• Actively provide input for setting the GTM direction and implement it into relevant ranges in partnership with GTM counterparts.
• Work independently on projects and follow up on project development.

Requirements

• College degree, preferably in marketing/business/textile/fashion.
• Minimum of 2-3 years Product Marketing experience with APP, FTW or ACC background.
• Experience in trade, vertical retail business model or sales is helpful.
• Fluent in English.
• PC skills (MS Office programs, especially PowerPoint and Excel).
• Strong analytical skills, be solution-driven and result-oriented.
• Ability to travel.
• Actively interested in lifestyle and/or fashion.
• Passion for sport.

Benefits

• Robust and progressive medical coverage, including HSA and FSA options.
• Dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Adoption, surrogate, and fertility support.
• Short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance.
• 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match.
• Education assistance for full-time employees.
• Generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Annual bonus based on company and personal performance.
• Prorated flexible time off that increases with years of service.
• 20 days paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Service Time Off during milestone years.