Senior Product Line Manager 1 - Women's Trail

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Product ManagementOtherPrincipal Product ManagerProduct Line Manager

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Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX: As a Senior PLM 1, you are responsible for the global,

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Product ManagementOtherPrincipal Product ManagerProduct Line Manager

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As a Senior PLM 1, you are responsible for the global, long-range vision and the creation of profitable seasonal assortments and line plans across assigned product categories. Your strategies align with the overall merchandising strategy and support our company goals by focusing on consumer needs and brand opportunities to bring innovative solutions to market.

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid remote work. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet Your Future Team:

The Product Line Management (PLM) team is responsible for determining and delivering the right product, at the right place, at the right time. In partnership with the Merchant team, PLM delivers product lines that supports the overall Design creative direction, while driving company sales, gross margin, and inventory productivity goals, on a global scale. This high performing team works closely with the Design and Product Creation Development teams to bring the product vision to life through future seasonal line plans, and partners with the Costing and Sourcing teams on the upstream side of the product cycle.

Creating successful short-term merchandising strategies (1–2-year plans) across all business units for your categories and product areas

Building and overseeing the successful execution of the merchandising strategy for your product categories

Mentoring, training and supporting the Associate PLMs and PLMS across your team

Delivering on our 5-year brand vision by hitting global sales, gross margin and inventory productivity goals through partnership with the Merchants, across all countries and business channels

Determining and 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)

Providing a global product framework and assortment structure that guides merchant execution within retail, wholesale key accounts and digital channels to maximize sales, profit and global brand positioning

Researching and analyzing the global marketplace, identifying key consumer and market insights to inform the concept work and development of new products and the range

Writing and presenting product briefs for each new product category strategy, seasonal story-telling focus, and brand vision

Developing and sustaining a close relationship with Design and Development teams during the seasonal design process to ensure products are aligned with the briefs proposed

Developing and delivering product presentations for key calendar touchpoints that inspire and deliver the critical information to our internal stakeholders to ensure successful development of seasonal assets and plans

Maintaining effective partnerships with the Visual Merchandising, Design, Development, Brand Marketing and Colour teams to ensure seasonal strategies come to life in all channels and regions

Owning the global go-to-market product knowledge and providing Global Commercial teams and partners with sell-in tools and product information consistently across all channels

Upholding Fair Labor Association’s Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, throughout the Arc’teryx supply chain

Partnering with the Design and Development teams to bring new seasonal product solves to life for the Core Mountain Athlete

Exploring new product categories to rounds out the complete mountain kit for our guests

Maximizing the efficiency and profitability of the global assortment across all regions and points of ecommerce and retail distribution

You have 5-8+ years’ experience in outdoor retail or customer service, merchandising, product development, wholesale and/or retail buying roles, and 2+ years’ experience leading a team or a function

You have excellent knowledge sell through, calculating cost of goods, and the open to buy process

You are highly organized, able to 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 are a creative and strategic thinker, an ‘influencer’, a consensus builder, and excellent team player

You excel at partnering across diverse teams and departments to establish consensus or drive solutions

You have a proven track record in developing and leading a team in the execution of a multi-year business strategy

You have an excellent 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