Global Strategic Product APLM - Full-time / Part-time

Converse is the story of a sneaker that started on the court and moved to the stage and street. We're a company ready for change and that's who we hire: the most malleable, the most innovative, and the most creative. Our clothes and sneakers have been worn by rebels, rockers, rappers, artists, thinkers, and individuals. So that's why we hire individuals. So we're speaking the same language.

Description

Become a part of the Converse Team!

Converse does more than create the most iconic and well-loved sneakers in the world. Born in sports and celebrated by culture, it is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream, and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it's about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth.

For Converse, everything begins and ends with the consumer. The Converse product and design teams understand our consumer, marketplace trends and insights to create the right product for marketplaces around the world. The team has the unique ability to see beyond trends to identify what's next and deliver the right products, in the right places, at the right time and price.

Converse products enable and inspire human potential, and it's up to the Converse Product Management team to define, drive and perfect those products and experiences for consumers around the world. Product managers lead the creation process, manage product lines, and maintain a keen understanding of consumer and market trends. Product Management employees skillfully operate at the intersection of buyer needs, technical feasibility and business objectives.

In this role of Global Strategic Product Associate PLM, you will report to the VP Global Strategic Product and work with the team to contribute to the product creation efforts which include historical analysis, , project tracking, reporting, product briefing through the commercialization of Key Strategic Account exclusive footwear styles.

You will need to display an understanding of our consumer, our marketplace and have a passion for the sneaker industry – becoming an expert on our key accounts and summarizing that information to share. You will be working on competitive and account analysis in sync with the PM. You will enter and ensure accurate and timeliness of information in the data management system and work on reports for the team.

You will work closely with the Sr. PLM's on the planning and execution of the seasonal Special Make Up (SMU) plans for each of the Global Key Strategic Accounts (Fashion Teen Casual and Athletic Specialty) – from concept to execution. You will participate in all facets of the product creation process to build and expand your knowledge and broaden your skills.

Responsibilities:

• Consumer and Account market Research and Reporting
• Business analysis
• Data management and systems maintenance
• Product creation and sample management

Qualifications

• Be product obsessedand passionate about sneaker culture
• One Team –contributing member of a team
• Solution OrientedMindset
• Ability toeffectively communicate concepts and opportunities
• Ability todevelop strong working relationships with cross functional partners
• Ability toexercise high degree of professionalism
• Ability to travelup to 25% of time, including internationally

Converse is more than a company; it's a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Shanghai, from Brand Design to Finance, Converse is a brand that celebrates the unique and creative people of the world. Together, we're different.

Job ID 00400486