Senior Product Manager, CCS Kids Pm App

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Bring consumer and industry insights into your concepts
Execute the category direction and drive implementation
Work with all creation functions to deliver product concepts and execute strategic plans to win local markets
Create ranges within the category from both an image and commercial point of view

Key Responsibilities:

Proactively manage range direction and sharpen the creation direction within kids area to create leading product winning the market
Propose a clear strategy for the range and execution plan, be considered as a range expert by key relation team and markets
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 team and with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product creation process with an optimum product outcome
Strong & actively analyse business, draw conclusions and propose action steps
Strong knowledge of product information systems and the interlinking functions to maintain and enable smooth product info updating
Prepare and present ranges and business-related topics - with respective audience in mind - by using relevant structure and content
Actively provide input for setting the CtC (Concept to Consumer) direction and implement it into relevant ranges in partnership with CtC counterparts
Work independently on projects and follow up on project development, be proactive, flexible, solution driven to ensure project delivery

Key Relationships:

Maintain a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with business unit and across other BU´s
Cross-functional team (Design, Operations, Materials, Costing, Planning, Process)
Global headquarter and key APAC counterpart (JP/KR/EM)
FTW / ACC team to create concrete head to toe look

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Strong knowledge of kids apparel industry and familiar with local market landscape to ensure right strategic findings to win
Deep product knowledge of product creation, consume and retail knowledge in regard to fulfill different needs within GCA market
Strong communication skills - transport and deliver information clear and effectively
Cooperate well and effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships with cross function
Work independently as well as part of a team
Plan and prioritize daily working time effectively with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Strong analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented
Ability to travel
Actively interested in lifestyle and/or fashion, passion for sport
People management experiences would be a plus but not mandatory

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

College degree, preferably in marketing / business / fashion
Minimum of 7 years Product Marketing experience with APP background in/or Sport/Street/Fashion brands, experienced in large business scale will be preferred
Preferably with kids-wear background
Experience in trade, vertical retail business model or sales is helpful
Fluent in English
PC skills (MS Office programs, especially PowerPoint and Excel)

Senior Product Manager, Kids APP