Senior Manager, Product Line Management, Apparel Local Creation EMEA
On-site · Hilversum, North Holland, The Netherlands
Job Summary
Lead the Apparel Product Management Team for EMEA Local Creation, setting clear priorities, building team capability, and ensuring strong product management leadership across the matrix. Lead, coach, and develop a team of product management leaders and product managers. Set strategic direction and connect business goals to product management priorities. Help ensure a healthy margin across the apparel line by balancing product decisions, business priorities, and commercial goals. Represent product management in cross-functional leadership forums. Build strong stakeholder relationships and drive alignment across the matrix. Identify opportunities to improve ways of working and team capability. Remove barriers and keep the team focused on the highest-value work. Critical Competencies • Drives Clarity • Develops Others • Fosters Effective Teamwork • Consumer & Marketplace Focus • Manages Conflict • Strategic Agility • Business Acumen • Innovative Thinking • Influencing Across the Matrix • Leads Through Change
Required Qualifications
- Strong experience in Product Management, Merchandising, Product Creation, or related apparel functions
- Deep understanding of apparel product creation and commercialization
- Strong consumer, marketplace, and competitive landscape knowledge
- Experience managing product portfolios and balancing consumer, product, and business priorities
- Proven people leadership experience, including coaching and developing high-performing teams
- Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills in a highly matrixed environment
- Experience partnering with marketplace, sales, merchandising, and account teams
- Strong business acumen and analytical capabilities
- Ability to lead through ambiguity, complexity, and change
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
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