Manager, Apparels Product Development (Jordan)

Establishes and manages the Sportswear apparel operations in Asia, ensuring strategic alignment and implementation across functions in line with the overall Business Unit and Brand direction. It focuses on SMUs and Rapid Creation to align with customer behaviour and market trends, leveraging factory proximity to optimise processes. The position collaborates on technical aspects, materials and speed to market to drive efficiency and margins, and manages projects and cross-functional interactions with Design, Marketing, Sourcing and T1 and T2 partners.

• Act as a change agent in establishing the end-to-end process for the new operating model, emphasising strong partnerships and collaboration with suppliers.
• Pilot the new approach in the first season, ensuring seamless integration and optimisation of processes to enhance speed, efficiency and product value.
• Facilitate and coordinate large groups and meetings, whether from HQ or with sourcing, T1 and T2 partners, ensuring effective communication, agenda setting and follow-up actions.
• Drive alignment on project goals, timelines and deliverables, and address and resolve any issues or roadblocks.
• Foster collaboration and maintain strong relationships across all stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.
• Drive the product process to deliver against the brief, materials and design innovation while meeting gross margin and profitability objectives.
• Manage tools and range plans and create product overviews during development processes, communicate changes to all involved partners, and consolidate and analyse forecasts.
• Maintain all related product systems for the designated area of the collection.
• Seek continual improvement in processes with a goal to drive a leading product process with speed and efficiency.
• 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.

• University degree.
• Minimum 5 years related experience in marketing.
• International marketplace experience and understanding.
• Strong business acumen in channel distribution, net sales, margin, profit and inventory.
• Broad apparel product knowledge across apparel, pattern, apparel construction, material and trims, with experience in development and working knowledge of product marketing, costing, materials and how best to work with T1 and T2 suppliers.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the product life cycle from design sketch phase to ex-factory.
• Ability to work with and influence all levels of the organisation as well as aligning external partners with APP strategy.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced product creation environment.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with the ability to negotiate.
• Effective presentation skills, both creating and presenting.
• Skill in MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).
• Ability to travel internationally for T1 and T2 supplier visits and internal meetings and presentations.

• Degree preferably in marketing or business.
• Experience in apparel development, creation and sourcing is advantageous.

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