Product Line Manager III-SRT

Columbia Brands USA; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Sportswear Company, headquartered near Portland, Oregon, seeks a Senior Product Line Management Specialist to lead a product line, create seasonal line plans, and drive profitable growth across global markets. You will guide cross-functional teams to align product vision with customer needs and brand strategy.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Design, Finance, Planning, Marketing, Sales and Manufacturing, and requires shaping long-term plans while meeting calendar deadlines.

Qualifications

• BS or master's degree in Business, Product Management or Product Development, or related field with 8+ years of hands-on experience.
• 8+ years of experience in apparel, outdoor or fashion industry.
• Excellent presentation and people management skills.
• Ability to manage a team in a high workflow, high-pressure environment.
• Strong knowledge of global GTM processes, QT manufacturing and operations capabilities.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of urgency.
• Strong interpersonal skills for building relationships with internal and external partners.
• High level leadership and management skills including strategic thinking, communication, problem solving, negotiation, people development, technical design, and process management.
• Experience working with offshore factories and knowledge of apparel manufacturing processes.
• Ability to overcome obstacles or changing strategies.
• Display control and flexibility in complex ambiguous or stressful situations.

Responsibilities

• Supports development of mid- and long-term strategies for the business through research and analysis.
• Partners with Design, Finance, Planning, Marketing, Sales, and Manufacturing to align priorities.
• Builds the bottom-up seasonal line plan for a portion of the business.
• Ensures line plan meets revenue and productivity targets while aligning with brand vision.
• Supports Go-to-Market activities and calendar deliverables across global waypoints.
• Leads cross-functional product teams and ensures accountability.
• Provides leadership and guidance to the overall team.
• Identifies best practices to improve communication, efficiency, processes and relationships.
• Provides commercial support of the US marketplace and helps create marketplace segmentation (Wholesale, DTC, eCommerce).
• Partners with Sales to align product and pricing and attends key meetings.

Skills

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Business/Product Management degree

Job description

This position is designated as a hybrid role based out of our headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is for employees to work onsite four days per week, subject to change based on business needs. This in-office requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the company.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Senior Product Line Management Specialist takes the lead in driving a specific product line category in creating seasonal product strategies. Executes on the development of seasonal line plans and ensure successful products are being created. Lead their cross-functional teams to develop and drive the execution of the aligned vision of the product line that meets the needs of the consumer while driving profitable growth. Guides and influences cross-functional team members to drive product excellence and team performance that drives company growth initiatives around the globe.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Supports the efforts in the creation and execution of the mid- and long-term strategies for the business. Contributes through business, marketplace, and consumer research and analysis identifying opportunities to grow the business long term.
• Requires cross-functional partnership and the support from key stakeholders in Design, Finance, Planning, Marketing, Sales, and Manufacturing to ensure priorities are aligned.
• Builds the bottom-up seasonal line plan for a portion of the business including growth drivers that align with the strategic business direction and considers macro trends in the marketplace.
• Ensures line plan creation results in the meeting or exceeding of revenue and productivity metrics and aligns with brand vision while meeting the needs of customers across the globe.
• Participates and supports the team's efforts across all global waypoints and Go-to-Market activities. Ensures these activities meet all calendar deliverables and deadlines defined by the brand's master calendar.
• Play a key role for the business's cross-functional product teams and partners with other functional peers to ensure teams are executing on the direction and priorities of the business and holds teams accountable.
• Provides leadership and guidance to the overall team.
• Identifies best practices in order to improve communication, operational efficiency, process, tools, and sustains seamless working relationships.
• Provides commercial support of the US marketplace and helps to create and execute marketplace segmentation for their business that maximizes business opportunities across Wholesale, DTC, and eCommerce channels in the US marketplace.
• Partners with Sales teams to ensure full alignment in product and pricing architecture that reflects the relevant marketplace and supports the Sales team's efforts in creating sell-in assets and attends pre-line and other key-account meetings in representing the product assortment.

YOU ARE

• Able to i dentifies and resolves complex technical, operational, and organizational problems; apply critical new thinking to recommend standards and operating strategies that mitigate risk and propel growth.
• Excellent at understanding high degree of complexity in dealing with new and sometimes unique processes and situations, as well as recurring situations.
• Able to work independently as well as highly collaborative in nature.
• An excellent communicator with skills to establish positive working relationships across various levels and fields of expertise.

YOU HAVE

• BS or master's degree or applicable in Business, Product Management or Product Development, or related field, with minimally 8 years of relative hands-on experience
• 8+ current years of experience in the apparel, outdoor or fashion industry.
• Excellent presentation and people management skills
• Ability to manage team in high workflow, high-pressure environment
• Strong knowledge of global GTM processes, QT manufacturing and operations capabilities
• Self-motivated with strong sense of urgency
• Strong and proven interpersonal skills for building relationships with internal and external partners
• High level of leadership and management skills including strategic thinking, communication, problem solving, negotiation, people development, technical design, and process management
• Experienced in working with offshore factories and knowledge of apparel manufacturing processes
• Partners to achieve goal despite barriers or difficulties; actively works to overcome obstacles/changing strategies
• Display control and flexibility in complex ambiguous or stressful situations

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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.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other char