Senior Manager, Category Management, Sportswear Men's Apparel

This role involves supporting the Senior Director Sportswear in the execution of product strategy and act as the category interface with the Global BU on business opportunities, the commercial input process, SMUs, performance results, market trends and insights, and category plans.

• Support the Senior Director Sportswear in the execution of product strategy and act as the category interface with the Global BU on business opportunities, the commercial input process, SMUs, performance results, market trends and insights, and category plans.
• Own the Sportswear Men's Apparel product range plan and local creations, with the capability to work independently.
• Drive market and consumer insights into the product plan, considering the end-to-end consumer journey.
• Own the business success of the category, including setting forecasts, pricing corridor, size range, RID and sell-through.
• Build the category range by channel within Global BU guidelines, including inline, promo, SMU and local creation, and implement GCA channel allocation for globally allocated products.
• Perform category analysis including sell-through, forecasting, range adoption including brand collection, pricing corridor compliance, monthly flow and ARP.
• Lead seasonal sell-in with the product range plan and sell-in margin to achieve sell-out and other critical product financial targets, and land seasonal key initiatives considering the end-to-end consumer journey.
• Drive cross-functional communication and alignment with marketing, channels and other relevant internal stakeholders to land seasonal strategy and assortment with both the GCA and global organisations.
• Carry out routine activities including business performance analysis, system and file management, and sample management.
• Be accountable for category KPIs including net sales, net margin and contribution across GCA, sell-out, forecast and data accuracy, market share, and achievement of key SBP initiatives.

• 8+ years of experience in category management or product.
• University degree in Business or equivalent professional experience.
• Fluent in English.
• Strong computer skills including Outlook, Word, Excel (Pivot) and PowerPoint.
• Expert understanding of the China market, consumers and commercial needs, particularly from a men's apparel perspective, and the ability to interpret insights against strategy.
• Presentation, communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Strong data analysis skills and the ability to translate and articulate data results into clear business actions.
• A distinct track record of success and high-level category management and merchandising knowledge in apparel.
• Strong cross-functional and stakeholder management experience across commercial functions such as marketing, sales and buying.
• A positive and organised work ethic, with the ability to organise teams and process cross-functionally.
• A solution-oriented and agile mindset, with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced working environment.
• A team player with a high level of integrity and attention to detail.
• Passion for sports and lifestyle and a belief that through sport we have the power to change lives.
• Willingness to travel up to 15-20% of the time.

• Sporting goods or fashion industry experience.
• Experience working with support functions such as finance.

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