Product Manager - Garment

HIghlights:

• Friday - Teleworking
• BAC+5 level qualification in fashion, textile engineering, or business school
• More than 5 years as Product Manager and/or Buyer in a ready-to-wear brand.
• Management experience
• Fluent English
• A Warp and Weft experience 

Job Description

Reporting to the Purchasing Director, you will be responsible for developing a structured product offering with the best value-for-money and meeting customer expectations in close collaboration with the Merch Planning, Style, and Production teams.

Analyze:

• Conduct an analysis of the previous season's performance
• Propose an optimization plan for the upcoming season
• Analyze sales for the current season
• Propose corrective action plans

Build the department's offering:

• Identify development opportunities for your product family
• Define the framework for the collection by product type/sub-family/price per delivery period (number of references, colorways, quantity)
• Create a collection plan (EXCEL / BP as necessary)
• Build an innovative and customer-appropriate range
• Provide the necessary details to the buyer (DT, Volumetrics, Target PV…)
• Oversee product development while respecting deadlines and quality

Negotiate purchases:

• Participate in the purchasing strategy
• Build a commitment plan based on sourcing strategy

Supervise/Guarantee:

• Optimize the sales performance and commercial success of collections within your product scope
• Structure and balance the collection by delivery waves
• Ensure adherence to pricing, deadlines, and product quality strategy

Competitive Intelligence:

• Regularly visit competitors' stores as well as the brand’s stores
• Identify new arrivals (collection updates)
• Conduct a benchmark analysis
• Attend suppliers' showrooms for product updates

Management:

• Lead and manage one or more purchasing coordinators
• Business Travels: Travel is required for this position
• Frequency: every 2–3 months abroad (to suppliers)

Ideal Profile

• You have a BAC+5 level qualification in fashion, textile engineering, or business school?
• You have over 5 years of experience as a Product Manager and/or Buyer in a ready-to-wear brand?
• You are rigorous, agile, and proactive. With an excellent sense of analysis, you are results-oriented and comfortable making decisions?
• You can communicate easily in English (both written and oral)?
• You enjoy supporting your team, helping them grow, and uniting them around projects?
• You want to work in a fun, dynamic company?