Senior Brand Manager (Footwear Development)

Responsibilities:

• Development and defense of the category's product and assortment strategy
• Analysis of the market, consumer trends, competitive environment, and sales results
• Formation of assortment structure and product pyramid, considering target consumer and sales channels
• Management of the seasonal collection development from concept to commercial launch
• Making key decisions on assortment, cost, quality, and commercial potential of the product
• Management of target indicators for sales, margin, and assortment efficiency
• Cross-functional interaction and presentation of the collection to key stakeholders

Requirements:

• Higher education
• 3+ years of experience in product development, procurement, or management in the apparel, footwear, or accessories category
• Deep understanding of the market, consumer, competitive environment, and key product trends
• Experience in forming assortment and product strategy
• Understanding of the full product lifecycle: from concept and development to launch and sales analysis
• Knowledge of pricing principles, cost of goods sold, margin, and product costing
• Understanding of materials, components, and main production processes
• Strong analytical skills and ability to make decisions based on commercial indicators
• Developed communication, presentation, and leadership skills, ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• English language level B2
• Proficiency in software: Excel (knowledge of pivot tables, formatting, formulas, building simple charts and presentations, VLOOKUP function), PowerPoint, 1C

Conditions:

• Work in a large, stable Russian company - a leader in the retail market for sports and outdoor goods
• Hybrid work format: 2 days in the office, 3 days remote work
• Flexible start to the day: start at 08:00 or 09:00 AM – choose what suits you best
• Benefits cafeteria: choose the benefits you need from a wide range of options (Voluntary medical insurance with dental care, sports, training, experiences (spa resort outside the city and cultural events), Check-up, Corporate merch and cards (Sportmaster, O’STIN, FUNDAY))
• Comprehensive training system: internal and external development programs
• Educational partnerships: exclusive discounts on training at Skyeng, Skillbox, Yandex Practicum, Language Link, Novakid
• Discount on meals in the company cafeteria
• Corporate discount on company products
• Company sports life: corporate sports clubs and training; paid slots for races and sports events, annual sports competition
• BestBenefits: personalized program of discounts and privileges
• Extended loyalty program: Premium fitness centers: World Class, X-fit, Fitmost; Medical services: special conditions at BIONIQ and ZhiviProsto.ru; Banking products: favorable offers from partner banks; Communication and leisure: special tariffs from Megafon and Beeline, booking at Otello hotels
• New Year's gifts for employees and their children
• Parking (via booking)
• Address: Moscow, Kochnovsky pr-d, d.4, corp.3, BC "Aviator" (m. Aeroport, MCD Grazhdanskaya )