Jobs at Cole Haan

Leads creative strategy and end-to-end product creation for dual-gender sneakers and sport performance footwear. Defines category design language, directs franchises, prototypes, testing, commercialization, and performance innovation. Partners cross-functionally across product, engineering, sourcing, marketing, and supply chain while managing marketplace impact, sustainability, and cost. Builds and develops a multidisciplinary footwear design team, establishes creative standards, and connects brand vision with consumer needs and commercial objectives.

Leads creative strategy and hands-on development for dual-gender sneakers and performance footwear, from concept through commercialization. Defines category design language, franchises, product stories, and seasonal direction while balancing aesthetics, performance, cost, quality, and sustainability. Partners with product, engineering, sourcing, marketing, and innovation teams, guides prototypes and testing, protects creative intent, and builds a high-performing multidisciplinary footwear design team.

Supports wholesale merchandise planning through sales, inventory, replenishment, open-to-buy, forecasting, and profitability analysis. Prepares recurring and ad hoc performance reports, identifies risks and opportunities, manages core and replenishment assortments, monitors SKU-level sales and projections, and recommends actions to improve growth. Collaborates with Sales, Merchandising, Product Management, Finance, and Demand Planning teams while helping standardize reporting and communication.

Lead the design and execution of women’s fashion and hybrid sneakers from concept through final production. Develop seasonal silhouettes, uppers, tooling, materials, colors, and finishes across multiple price tiers while balancing style, comfort, performance, brand DNA, and commercial goals. Collaborate with design, product management, development, innovation, merchandising, and global manufacturing teams; review prototypes, present concepts, and provide feedback to ensure successful final products.

Lead the design and execution of women's casual and hybrid sneakers from concept through final production. Develop silhouettes across multiple price tiers, translating brand strategy, consumer insights, and trends into commercially viable products. Create upper and tooling concepts, integrate comfort and performance technologies, review prototypes, and collaborate with design, product management, development, innovation, merchandising, and manufacturing teams. Present seasonal concepts and strategies while maintaining strong awareness of women's fashion, sneaker culture, materials, and competitive trends.

Leads women’s footwear product lines for value and moderate wholesale channels and North American DTC. Partners with product creation, buying, planning, sales, marketing, and visual merchandising teams to develop seasonal product plans, pricing strategies, channel assortments, brand stories, and lifecycle strategies. Owns channel consumer insights, financial targets, product presentations, go-to-market coordination, and product knowledge initiatives. Requires strong retail math, presentation, Excel, and PowerPoint skills, with value-channel experience and travel as needed.

Leads the global women’s sneaker and sport footwear product line, setting category strategy, seasonal assortments, pricing, and product lifecycle plans. Translates consumer insights, market trends, brand objectives, and financial targets into commercial product strategies. Partners with design, development, planning, sales, marketing, buying, and regional teams from concept through commercialization. Presents product opportunities internally and to wholesale customers while driving assortment optimization, MOQ management, process improvement, and category growth.

Leads women’s footwear product lines for value and moderate channels across North American direct-to-consumer and wholesale markets. Owns channel strategy, assortment planning, pricing, product lifecycle, seasonal financial targets, consumer insights, and go-to-market execution. Partners with product creation, buying, planning, sales, marketing, design, and visual merchandising teams to develop product lines, communicate brand stories, and drive channel growth.

Leads the global women’s sneaker and sport footwear product line, setting category strategy, seasonal assortments, pricing, and lifecycle plans. Uses consumer insights, market trends, and financial metrics to drive product performance. Partners with design, development, planning, sales, marketing, buying, and regional teams from concept through commercialization. Represents the category in sales presentations and customer engagements while leading assortment optimization, MOQ management, process improvements, and strategic initiatives.

Coordinate and train full-time and temporary associates on receiving functions for a distribution center. Plan and prioritize inbound receipts, monitor DC capacity, produce daily/weekly reports and metrics, support cross-functional coordination, and assist other warehouse areas. Ensure ergonomic and safety practices and perform occasional physical tasks including lifting and quality checks.