SOREL Global Product Director

ABOUT THE POSITION

As SOREL Global Product Director you will be responsible for leading, inspiring, and coaching a team of Product Line Managers through all stages of the product creation process, from uncovering consumer and marketplace insights to presenting finalized concepts at key go to market gates. This includes authoring product briefs, analyzing business metrics, researching marketplace trends, architecting the line plan, and collaborating with Design and Development teammates to create the future vision of SOREL footwear. In partnership with the Vice President of Product, the Product Director will execute the seasonal and long-range Product Strategy, ensuring that the various merchandising classes SOREL serves are property strategized and supported against. This role will work cross-functionally within creation leadership alongside Design and Development in a respectful, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of footwear top to bottom and across various product types. This candidate has a keen understanding of the Industry, Marketplace, and Trends at a Global Level with an eye for street fashion, high fashion, outdoors, and culture. This leader is deeply connected and savvy in consumer connectivity, understanding, filtering, and using experience and instinct to lead the product managers to their vision. You will lead the team to craft inspiring seasonal narratives that articulate a vision and ignite design and empower development to problem solve and seek answers. As product director, SOREL footwear, your leadership will enable distinct and credible products to go to market in meaningful, brand-right assortments that meet the marketplace needs and strategy across channels.

HOWYOU'LLMAKE A DIFFERENCE

• You have a clear passion for footwear, curiosity of insights and an analytical, diplomatic and collaborative approach to product creation.

• Working alongside design and development leadership team, you will be responsible for achieving set target margins at a product and category level.

• Lead and manage the PLM team in proofing product line needs including sales tools such as catalogs, components, hang tags, Point of Purchase (P.O.P), packaging and label/logo information.

• Create and lead key milestone meetings, working in collaboration with your product management team to build compelling and accurate presentations.

• Build strong cross-functional relationships with merchandising, sales, marketing and planning to help facilitate on-time and on-target product launches.

• Lead and guide the product preparation process for key retailers, internal stakeholders and sales representatives.

• Drive seasonal product briefs in accordance with brand, category and strategy.

YOU ARE

• A strong team leader.

• Informed and experienced engaging in projects with a high level of technicality.

• Able to build strong relationships and key strategic partnerships both internal and external.

• Able to wear a lot of hats and have a no task is to small attitude.

YOUHAVE

• Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience and training

• 10-12 years industry relevant experience in product and merchandising, with a strong appreciation for footwear, innovation, lifestyle and fashion.

• Global mindset - experience serving global consumers and marketplace understanding, with a proven ability to foresee and capture on trends and cultural shifts.

• Sophisticated understanding of Lifestyle Footwear and Streetwear culture

• Sharp product eye and strong technicality in toolings, uppers, materials and constructions

• Experience managing, mentoring and coaching a team.

• Proven leadership driving the product creation process, through strong organizational skills, drive for results, business acumen, attention to details and deadlines.

• Demonstrated senior level product line management and key franchise management experience, with ability to drive solid X-functional plans and assortment execution

• Can foster and maintain relationships with multiple key partners in a fast-paced environment.

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tell compelling stories.

• Travel up to 15%, domestically and internationally.

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.