Senior Product Manager

• Be a consumer, culture and sport expert, with a passion and willingness to bring culture and sport together
• Support in influencing and executing the category direction
• Support in working with all necessary functions to deliver the category business objectives
• Support in creating ranges within the category from both an image and commercial point of view, while actively connecting with GTM and Merchandising

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the director in influencing and implementing strategic category direction while proactively assisting in range direction.
• Assist in identifying new business opportunities to drive innovation and commerciality, ensuring alignment with brand and business unit (BU) strategies.
• Provide product creation process expertise, ensuring all tasks are executed within set timeframes while maintaining product excellence.
• Act as a role model for the team, supporting the product creation process and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Facilitate strong cross-functional relationships with interlinked departments to enable an efficient product development process.
• Conduct business analysis, draw insights, and support actions that drive profitability and efficiency.
• Leverage strong knowledge of product information systems and interlinking functions to ensure clarity on timelines and processes.
• Contribute high-level product expertise to create industry-leading products and support discussions with markets and retailers.
• Prepare and present ranges and business-related topics with the appropriate structure and audience in mind.
• Collaborate with Go To Market (GTM) counterparts to integrate GTM direction into relevant ranges.
• Take ownership of specific projects that optimize category performance, working independently while providing updates to leadership.
• Support direct reports (if applicable), ensuring structured onboarding, functional skill development, and alignment with team goals.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the NAM marketplace, competitive landscape, and key consumer insights to inform decision-making.
• Provide operational support to ensure the BU vision, strategic objectives, and financial targets are met, while helping guide creation teams in executing brand strategies.

Authorities:

• Personnel managed – if applicable
• Budget managed – no

Key Relationships:

• Steer a strong relationship and ensure constant dialogue/feedback with
  • business unit and across other BU’s
  • cross-functional team (Design, Development, GTM, Sports Marketing, Materials, Costing, Planning)
  • markets and relevant third parties
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Lateral thinking and challenge status quo
• Communication skill set, including effective negotiation and clear transportation of information
• Step up to conflicts, work towards a diplomatic solution
• Be open for change, support execution of change management
• Cooperate effectively to maintain and develop trustful relationships
• Basic leadership skills
• Work independently as well as part of a team
• Efficiently plan and prioritize daily work
• In-depth knowledge of respective product category
• Advanced analytical skills, be solution driven and result oriented
• Ability to travel
• Passion for sports

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• College degree, preferably in marketing/business/textile/fashion
• Minimum of 5 years Product Marketing experience with APP, FTW or ACC background
• Experience in trade or sales is helpful
• Fluent in English
• PC skills (MS Office programs)

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388. hours per day that increases with years of service, 20 days. paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $115,728.00 – $162,000.00 . Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, proficiency for the role.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Los Angeles California.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

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