Altra: Senior Product Line Manager, Footwear

Overview

At Altra, we are on a never-ending journey to seek out opportunities to unlock potential in ourselves and others and to create a more diverse and inclusive running community. When we’re all working together as the best versions of ourselves, we can feel empowered both individually and as a community.

So, before we get to the job details, take a minute to learn a little more about us – our values and our culture. If you can see yourself working side-by-side with a team of people driven to discover more about ourselves and the world around us, Altra just may be the place for you.

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Position:
Sr. Product Line Manager

The Sr. Product Line Manager is responsible for leading our Innovation projects with the Innovation director, Collaborations and helping to drive our Athlete kits in apparel as well as new space for us in apparel in the marketplace.

This position requires the ability to inspire cross functional shareholders. In conjunction with the Director of Innovation and the Global Product Director, the Sr. PLM provides leadership for the GTM teams as consumer, market and business expert while monitoring the process through ongoing interaction with internal and external cross-functional teams. From brief to commercialization, the Sr. PLM provides product, consumer, business and market expertise while ensuring key product creation calendar milestones are met.

With expert level thinking, communication and heavy emphasis on presentation skills, the Sr. PLM fosters a highly collaborative work relationship with Design, Innovation, Development, Sales, Marketing, Operations and other key internal and external stakeholders.

• Partner with the Innovation director to help drive athlete insights into new product and help create distinction in the marketplace.
• Be tightly aligned with Sports Marketing & wear testing on how we gather our elite athletes’ feedback and fuel that into our product process.
• Be the consumer expert and mine consumer insights to inform and validate product direction
• Bring deep performance footwear expertise
• Communicate with product team on future product direction, and collaborate with cross functional teams to bring new products to life
• Partner with Merch Director to build apparel for Elite Athletes as well as creating new silhouettes for consumers.
• Help lead the collaboration projects in partnership with Brand and design. Identify new partners, partner with Brand to build the story and ensure the product executions are premium and Brand enhancing.
• Create the strategic plan for an emerging & complex business, inclusive of a multi-year roadmap that incorporates consumer/product and marketplace insights, innovation, business analysis.
• Create and deliver compelling and inspirational product presentations that drive the vision home
• Work in conjunction with Global Product Director, Merch, Finance, and Operations to set and manage SKU productivity/margin goals

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 7+ years' experience in a product-related role.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Strong understanding of performance footwear - construction, consumer needs, and product creation process.
• Excellent Team leader and clear communicator
• Innovative in thought with proven ability to utilize vision to drive concepts to new space
• Proven ability to capture consumer insights and translate into compelling product solutions
• Strong business acumen with a proven record for achieving sustainable growth
• Demonstrated line planning skills to meet financial and KPI goals
• Positive self-starter who leans into ambiguity and creates clarity for those around them
• Comfortable forging new paths within an emerging Brand
• Ability to drive vision and strategy across functions while respecting the balance of competing interests
• Demonstrated leadership…