Assistant Manager Product Creation ( FTW)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Manage the Footwear Creation for India

Key Responsibilities:

Develop new product/product concepts to exceed consumer and customer expectations across FTW for Running / SPW / SPSP and other locally relevant categories
Develop industry leading speed & service models – to enable the adidas brand to react inseason.
Identify business opportunities and risks; respond to them by initiating key action steps and with relevant BU functions and x-functional partners.
Presents Range both internally (Category) & externally (CR1 and CR2 with Partners)
Ensures maintenance of all the product information systems

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Experience interpreting design intent, offering alternative solutions, and acting as a technical resource.
Proficient working with factory vendors to ensure and improve manufacturability.
Ability to participate in multiple seasonal projects with competing resources and deadlines
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a keen awareness of the audience. Knowing when to dive deep into the details and when to simplify the complexity.
Unique blend of category management, development and/or sourcing experience to suit the india creation center model
Comprehensive understanding of consumer markets, specifically in the sporting goods industry
Strong business acumen in channel distribution, net sales, margin, profit and inventory
Prior knowledge of taking product from conception through implementation preferred
Knowledge of footwear concepts in construction/development strongly preferred
Good numerical skills with the ability to negotiate
Skill in MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Smartsheet)
Ability to travel

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: