Product Category Manager

工作内容

We area European B2B Textile brand known for beautiful, timeless creation of collection for a wide portfolio of business segments. We imbue all our collections with rich storytelling that envokes our ‘Savoir Faire’, business mindset but mostly our commitment to our business partners. Our collections include T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Polo’s, Outerwear and Shirts. B&C is lead by a CEO, who in turn is striving to empower all her employees to bring their personalities and their potential into the day -to-day work as guiding principles.

You are seeking a work environment where people are encouraged to dream, explore, discover, perform and, as important, laugh together. If you are still in dire need to learn and expand, if you are willing to be part of a human-sized company that can offer you a basis for future success and offer you a unique view and experience in 360 degrees manner, you should continue to read about what we have on offer. If you’re prepared to work hard, create impact, and have fun while doing it, we would love to have you join. Apply today!

Life @ B&C is Special Because:

When you join us, you’re joining the number 1 B2B textile brand in Europe, that is a purpose-led company on an exciting growth journey where your passion and entrepreneurship will be recognized.

• Our culture is welcoming and inclusive -- everyone is empowered to make a difference.
• We are invested in your professional growth – we will be discussing what training can support you to elevate your personal brand building.
• Your overall well-being is important to us. We are on a journey to define with our employees the next chapter to achieve wellness.
• We love seeing our employees wear our product. You will have regular access to exclusive sample sales.

This Role is Tailor-Made for You Because:

You have a natural passion and considerable experience in building and nurturing Product Categories supporting cross functional teams but mostly our wide array of customers and resellers. You are recognised an agile, adaptable and resourceful personality. You are considered a business manager for your dedicated category with the development of a Product Assortment ensuring it aligns with the financial targets and strategic objectives of our brand. You have the necessary charisma and communication skills to stimulate the buy-in and sell in of your product range to the Wholesale Managers.

A Day in the Life of the Product Category Manager at B&C is responsible for but not limited to:

• Product Architect: You revamp in a timely manner our collections. You build collections that resonate with customers and drive substantial gain in the market not only financially but also in terms of product innovation. You monitor and assess our current collections in tandem with new collection introductions.
• Fact based Strategy:You analyse historical data and current business trends to identify risks and opportunities for the respective category. You read information from the market like no other and you translate it into compelling business briefs. With excellent excel skills you visualize the gaps of our competitors and create business venues to explore. Our financial KPI’s influence your strategy on how and when to focus on product innovation, current product enhancement and margin improvement inclusive of corrective sales actions.
• Financial Analysis: You drive financial analysis for the category informed by Sales, Sourcing, Planning and Inventory. You manage the different elements that encompasses the role from deep analysis to identifying and communicating sales and inventory opportunities whilst also providing risk-mitigation recommendations.
• Creativity:You are in sink with the overall design trends, zeitgeist and consumer behaviours that could impact our strategic approach.
• Providing hindsight analysis while analysing Financial and commercial tools to inform on future product positioning and opportunities.
• Develop reportswithfinancial results and action plans to senior leadership and within the product team on a weekly basis.
• Communication:Key to convey product benefits and competitive benefits as well as present to the commercial team in the most compelling way
• Managing the discontinued product process as well as the open to buy for new product categories.
• Partnering with planning team and sales business analysist on European Key Item Planning (replenishment) for Production and forecasting needs
• Establishing end-to-end category management while creating new efficiencies.
• Teamwork makes the Dream work:You will work in a unique setup of Product Managers, with a specific frame of responsibilities and your functional expertise. You strive for excellence in teamwork.

To Land This Role:

• 4-5+ years prior experience in product management, merchandise planning, financial planning & analysis - manager experienced preferred
• Strong analytical skills paired with strategic business acumen and application.
• MS Office computer programs are required with Advanced excel skills.
• Ability to negotiate with and influence peers, members of cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Executive presence and acumen, ability to formally present business strategies and action plans
• Ability to multitask, prioritize deadlines and tasks in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Self-starter with a problem-solving mindset who takes a proactive approach to identify opportunities and find resolutions to challenges.
• Superior verbal and written communication in English.

Why You’ll Want to Join Our Team:

The Product Department houses a team of strategic thinkers and creative problem solvers who work together and with our cross-functional partners across the company from Product Development, Sourcing & Planning, Commercial Team, Finance to PR and Marketing. We help guide design development and category initiatives, keeping a relentless focus on quality, fit and fabrications. We are not afraid of an out of the box strategy that will lead to long term success and driving brand desirability. We also liaise with markets to grasp on the field knowledge and ensure that our collection addresses regionally nuanced customer preferences. If you are interested being part of a dynamic team engaging with our product across all categories from concept to creation, from planning to selling in the products, a full holistic product management role, come join us!

How We Work Together

• Adaptable – No strategy is set in stone!
• Collaborative – The Product team is one cell, one team. One voice.
• Customer & Brand Focused – We will seek to understand our customers first.
• Live the Values - We show up for each-other.
• Functional Expertise - We’re constantly learning and growing. This is for initiative takers!

#B&C Values

Passion

Passion is a motor. It gives us the energy to constantly seek out ways to better serve our customers & stakeholders every day. Passionate, you inspire others with your thirst of excellence. Passionate, you accomplish amazing work & celebrate wins. You care intensely about B&C’s success.

Creativity

Creativity fuels your imagination prompting us to think differently. So challenges become opportunities and solutions inspire the industry. Creative, you find practical solutions to hard problems. Creative you learn rapidly and eagerly. You create new ideas that are useful for B&C’s success.

Sustainability

Sustainability provides the framework in which we can work for a better tomorrow. You commit to continue working towards a more sustainable textile industry. You continuously improve the way to do things, taking people, planet and B&C’s success into consideration.

Trans-Alliance

Building an alliance is how we work with partners, stakeholders and customers. Through transparency, accessibility and reliability, we build relationships based on synergy. Together we are greater than the sum of our parts. You seek to understand our market, customers, suppliers and B&C’s strategy. You listen actively to better meet the needs of your colleagues, partners & customers.

Compensation Range

The full compensation package consists of salary, bonus plan on objectives and benefits as stated below.

We offer a set of benefits to help you take care of your heath and achieve wellness in all areas of your life. Here are highlights of key benefits available to all B&C members that work over 38 hours.

• Hospitalization insurance
• Meal vouchers
• Extra-legal pension plan
• Company car & fuel card
• Representation fee
• Laptop & smartphone
• Teleworking
• Free and easy on site and secure parking