Manager, Product Creation Footwear 4 (Creation Center)

Supports the Vietnam Creation Hub in creating and executing against designated areas of responsibility for the business model defined by the FTW Senior Management Team. Sitting within Brand Management & Communications, it manages all aspects of product creation, aligning the product brief and initial design direction through to product ex-factory. The role requires strong management, alignment, and collaboration with the Product Team in Germany and with all creation functions at the Asia development centre to fulfil product requirements relating to visual, costing, timing, trend relevance, and productivity.

• Drive the product process to deliver against the brief, materials, and design innovation while meeting gross margin and profitability objectives.
• Manage tools, range plans, and product overviews during development processes, communicating changes to all involved partners and carrying out forecast consolidation and analyses.
• Maintain all related product systems for the designated area of the collection.
• Seek continual improvement in processes to drive a leading product process with speed and efficiency.
• Provide creative briefs on allocated projects or products that give clear product information to service departments such as Design, Development, and Logistics.
• Work cross-functionally with key partners in sourcing, development, and manufacturing to realise the vision of the products and category.
• Analyse and report category performance and research the competitive landscape.
• Ensure all product milestones are achieved in a fast-paced creation process.
• Present the range internally and to cross-functional partners such as the factory group.

• Strong business acumen in channel distribution, net sales, margin, profit, and inventory.
• Broad footwear product knowledge.
• Ability to work with and influence all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced product creation environment.
• Good numerical skills with the ability to negotiate.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Skill in MS Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written.
• University degree.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience in marketing.
• International marketplace experience and understanding.

• Marketing or business field of study is preferred.
• Experience in footwear development, creation, and sourcing is advantageous.

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