Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX: As the Senior Director, Global Product Management, Men's, you deliver on the global Product Line Management (PLM) strategies and directions for long-range, profitable, seasonal assortments and line plans, across assigned product categories. You lead and mentor a team who create new ways of working across product lines and categories, to deliver a unique commercialization experience. You translate our design vision into compelling, consumer-centric product framework plans, realized through product development and merchandising execution. You build bridges within your teams and cross-functionally to ensure the Go to Market (GTM) plan is realized, guiding the representation of our product experience through all channels.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid 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.
If you were in the Senior Director, Global Product Management role now, here are some of the core activities you would be responsible for: Developing and driving long term (5+ year plans) merchandising strategies for all assigned categories and product areas (3+ functions/categories),



realizing the creative vision to bring line plans to market
Overseeing a senior team who lead their teams in executing the global strategy for all assigned product categories; who plan for long term glide path, seasonal line plans and monthly flow to all channels
Providing support to VP, PLM to further enable scope and expansion across the PLM function
Leading in relationship cross-functionally to stand up recent ways of working by exploring process to achieve operational excellence, building alignment proactively with senior leaders across the Commercial, Research & Development (R&D;), Creative, and Product Creation Development teams and with consideration for on and off-calendar categories
Interpreting strategic insights regularly; identifying additional long-term product assortment or business growth opportunities
Applying expert knowledge of the market and global research to position Arc’teryx as a pinnacle brand
Monitoring and reporting team performance metrics regularly to leadership
Overseeing the innovation engine in-line strategy , finding opportunities to accelerate commercialization
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: Setting long-term vision and strategies for your categories,



aligning with enterprise priorities and tirelessly enrolling partners in the vision
Contributing to the holistic business evolution in a senior leadership capacity
Collaborating with the Regional Merchandising teams to test new concepts in single markets
Are you our next Senior Director, Global Product Management? You have 12+ years’ experience in merchandising with a product-led brands, and 7+ years’ experience leading a team
You are product-obsessed, with a drive for understanding the “why” behind new products, and an unparallel capacity for product knowledge
You have expertise in driving strategy, line planning and line architecture
You have a proven track record in developing and leading the execution of a multi-year business strategy
You set a clear vision, align your team around common objectives, and foster commitment to these objectives
You are an influential leader; possessing high emotional intelligence, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse cross-functional groups at all levels of the business
You have strong business acumen with the ability to lead in a complex matrix business environment
You thrive on building relationships and creating partnerships across the organization
You have proven people leadership skills and the ability to build, coach and guide a diverse and high performing team
You demonstrate tireless integrity in driving excellence to milestones and deliverables
You have a strong understanding of outdoor apparel marketplace
You flourish in a fast-growth, entrepreneurial environment and thrive on contributing to our brand and team’s evolution
You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
You have the ability and

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