Senior Product Manager Apparel

Jack Wolfskin; Idstein; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jack Wolfskin seeks an experienced outdoor product management professional to develop consumer-centric assortments and drive market-ready product briefs across channels and markets.

You will partner with Design, Development and Materials to ensure functionality, fit, and commercial viability, while leading storytelling and product information efforts to support sell-in with Sales and Marketing.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of experience in outdoor product management, merchandising, sales or buying.
• Strong understanding of outdoor consumers and global market trends.
• Passion for outdoor culture.
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of category KPIs.
• Excellent presentation and storytelling skills to inspire cross-functional teams.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.

Aufgaben

• Create clear outdoor product briefs defining consumer needs, product concepts, functional requirements, product positioning and margin targets.
• Partner with Design, Development and Materials to ensure product meets the brief in terms of functionality, fit and commercial viability.
• Drive sell-in readiness with Sales and Marketing by ensuring product positioning, storytelling, and product information are complete, aligned, and commercially impactful.
• Support and mentor within the Product Management department and contribute to team capability building.
• Participate in market visits, ambassador meetings and field testing to deepen product and consumer understanding.

Kenntnisse

Outdoor product management

Merchandising

Sales

Buying

Strong analytical skills

Storytelling

English fluency

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Contribute to the outdoor Apparel category strategy by developing consumer-centric and commercially relevant assortments across product tiers, channels and markets.

Responsibilities

• Create clear outdoor product briefs defining consumer needs, product concepts, functional requirements, product positioning and margin targets.


• Partner closely with Design, Development and Materials to ensure each product delivers on the brief from functionality, fit and commercial viability.


• Drive sell-in readiness in close partnership with Sales and Marketing by ensuring product positioning, storytelling, and product information are complete, aligned, and commercially impactful.


• Support and mentor within the Product Management department and contribute to team capability building.


• Participate in market visits, ambassador meetings and field testing to deepen product and consumer understanding.

Qualifications

• 7 years+ of experience in outdoor Product Management, Merchandising, sales or buying within the outdoor performance or technical apparel industry


• Strong understanding of outdoor consumers, activity-specific needs and global market trends.


• Passion for outdoor culture.


• Strong analytical skills and understanding of category KPIs


• Excellent presentation and storytelling skills with the ability to inspire and influence cross-functional teams.


• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.