Product Line Manager (PLM) – Women’s Trail

If you were a PLM now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Executing the Product Line strategy across all business units for Women’s Run and Trail product categories
• Writing and presenting product briefs for each new product that aligns with the category strategy, seasonal story-telling focus, and brand vision
• Partnering with Design, Development and Finance teams to ensure each product with your line achieve the brief – from feature set to fit to margin
• Partnering with Merchandising and Planning teams across all global business channels to execute on your dedicated product categories to deliver on our 5-year brand vision in addition to sales, gross margin and inventory productivity goals, with an emphasis on collaborating with PLMs in the Women’s Climb product category
• Managing the product lifecycle for each model, from development to commercialization, to eventual redesign, replacement or retirement
• Partnering on overall strategic direction on seasonal selling plans and supporting our overall strategies (grow, diminish, hold, exit, launch) (sell-thru vs sell-in)
• Contributing to documenting best practices and creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Researching and analyzing the global marketplace to identify key consumer and market insights to inform the concept work and development of new products and the range
• Developing and delivering product presentations for key calendar touchpoints that inspire and deliver the critical information to our internal stakeholders, ensuring successful development of seasonal assets and plans
• Owning global Go-To-Market (GTM) product knowledge and providing global Commercial and Brand teams and partners with selling tools and product information
• Supporting with training and mentorship initiatives across the team; partnering with the Associate PLM on daily operations
• Travelling for market visit and athlete summits as required (likely twice a year)
• Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Collaborating with the Design and Development teams to create a lineplan that delivers double digit sales growth, while delivering new and innovative product launches that support our guests getting outside and living it
• Creating strong cross-functional partnerships with Planning and Allocations team counterparts, to help understand current business performance and leverage insights to guide and inform future range plans
• Developing towards owning the full assortment strategy for your assigned activity set

Are you our next PLM?

• You have 5+ years’ experience in Outdoor Retail, Merchandising, Product Development, Wholesale and/or Retail Buying roles
• You have strong knowledge of sell through, calculating cost of goods, and the open to buy process
• You can manage a large portfolio of models (40+) and a high articles count
• You are skilled in retail and merchandising math
• You have strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail
• You effectively manage your time, and you possess strong analytical, presentation and communication skills
• You have strong leadership and teamwork skills, able to facilitate work across many different internal departments and external key accounts and vendors
• You have a proven track record of partnering across diverse teams and departments to establish consensus or drive solutions
• You have a strong understanding of the active apparel market within the outdoor industry, and the key outdoor activities we make product for
• You have an excellent understanding of the design and development process
• You are excellent in the use of Adobe and Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint and Excel)
• You are willing and able to travel as required (trade shows, key dealer presentations, key vendor meetings, core consumer events, etc.)
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
• You are highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
• You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it