Jobs at Keen Footwear

Leads North American running sales and business development, including go-to-market strategy, wholesale account expansion, retail partnerships, technical representative leadership, product education, market analysis, and revenue growth. The role collaborates with Marketing, Product, Merchandising, Operations, and Training teams to grow KEEN’s running brand and market share. It requires managing customer relationships, analyzing sell-in and sell-through performance, and traveling up to 50% of the time.

Supports the development and maintenance of data pipelines, ETL processes, data models, dashboards, and data quality routines. Collaborates with analysts and stakeholders to define requirements, validate data, document workflows, and improve analytics processes. The role provides entry-level exposure to SQL, Python, business intelligence tools, data governance, and analytics engineering best practices.

Executes global logistics freight audits, validates carrier rates and invoices, manages cost-coding and payment exceptions, coordinates carrier onboarding and provider follow-up, and maintains audit records, reports, scorecards, trackers, and operating documentation. Supports logistics operations across multiple regions, monitors data quality and service performance, documents standard work, and escalates recurring issues, control gaps, payment risks, and exceptions requiring commercial or policy decisions.

Conducts quantitative and qualitative consumer research, manages seasonal style and color testing, analyzes survey and sales data, and translates findings into dashboards, reports, presentations, and communications. Coordinates qualitative research logistics, maintains research documentation, identifies consumer trends, and partners with cross-functional teams to improve product, merchandising, marketing, and business decisions.

Supports sales growth and brand awareness for KEEN performance products across an assigned territory. Builds relationships with specialty retail partners, delivers product education, executes in-store engagement and running events, represents the brand at races and trade shows, and collaborates with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Merchandising teams. Collects market feedback, maintains performance reports, and travels up to 50% of the time.

Manages emerging wholesale accounts and assigned business within strategic partners. Responsibilities include seasonal sell-in, account relationship development, sales forecasting, inventory and performance analysis, order execution, reporting, digital merchandising coordination, and cross-functional account support. The role identifies growth opportunities, maintains forecasts and customer records, prepares business updates, and supports assortment and selling decisions. It requires collaboration with strategic account managers and internal teams to achieve wholesale sales objectives.

Supports KEEN performance product sales and brand awareness across an assigned California territory. Builds relationships with specialty retail partners, delivers product education, supports in-store engagement, and creates running events, demonstrations, expos, and trade-show activations. Partners with Territory Managers and internal Sales, Marketing, Product, and Merchandising teams while gathering market feedback and maintaining progress reports. Requires strong presentation skills, outdoor and trail-running knowledge, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and travel up to 50%.

Leads KEEN’s global footwear product development organization from concept through commercialization. Establishes development standards, technical capabilities, operating processes, and talent strategies while overseeing construction, materials, tooling, fit, testing, quality, cost, manufacturability, and factory partnerships. Partners with product, design, engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing teams to improve product integrity, speed, margin, quality, and commercialization outcomes. Drives continuous improvement, innovation validation, organizational development, and global cross-functional alignment.

Leads North American FP&A strategy, budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, performance analysis, and financial modeling across wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. Partners with executives to identify risks, opportunities, profitability improvements, pricing and margin strategies, and resource allocation actions. Oversees financial planning processes, aligns regional and global finance activities, and manages and mentors finance professionals.

Leads global operations and end-to-end supply chain strategy across manufacturing, sourcing, procurement, logistics, planning, product development operations, technology platforms, and business transformation. Oversees enterprise-wide teams, drives digital transformation and operational excellence, manages financial and operational performance, strengthens supply chain resilience, and aligns global functions with corporate growth objectives. Develops senior talent, leads organizational change, and partners with executive leadership across regions and business units.

Develops and executes wholesale go-to-market marketing materials, including presentations, digital assets, in-store initiatives, and seasonal toolkits. Partners cross-functionally with marketing and internal teams to support sell-in, sell-through, account partnerships, events, and trade shows. Ensures deliverables are visually compelling, accurate, brand-aligned, and completed on schedule across wholesale accounts.

Plans and optimizes wholesale finished-goods inventory before and during seasons. Develops buy plans, recommends style and color quantities, monitors supply, inventory, service levels, and inventory turns, and coordinates with sourcing, manufacturing, and liaison offices on production and capacity. Tracks excess inventory, presents planning data, maintains reports, validates ERP data, and supports demand and supply planning decisions.

Lead FP&A reporting and analysis for DTC and International Distributor channels. Manage forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and monthly reporting. Create reporting tools, drive continuous improvements, produce executive materials, perform ad hoc analyses, and partner with business leaders to inform financial decisions.

The Sr. Integrated Marketing Manager leads go-to-market planning, aligning brand strategies into actionable plans, and coordinating global and regional marketing efforts.

Operate powered material handling equipment and RF devices to pick, pack, replenish, and prepare outbound orders. Support multiple DC departments, maintain housekeeping, report issues, follow SOPs, complete on-site training and certification, and meet attendance and safety expectations.

Operate powered material handling equipment and RF scanning tools to pick, pack, sort, and prepare outbound orders. Support inbound putaway, replenishment, housekeeping, and cross-department workflows while meeting safety, quality, and attendance expectations. Complete onsite training and certification and contribute to DC performance and KEEN values.