We are looking for a Lead Product Development Manager (Footwear) at the brand 12 STOREEZ.
Responsibilities:
- Create a product from packaging to shelf: control deadlines, quality, inventory, turnover, labeling, and in-store presentation.
- Achieve sales plan for the direction, track sell-out, NPS, and product ratings.
- Analyze competitors and trends: prices, positioning, composition, cost price, margin, production locations, and technologies.
- Manage the team: motivate to achieve goals, involve in the direction's tasks, conduct sync-ups and retrospectives.
- Develop care products for categories, form and adhere to quality standards.
- Control inventory of basic categories, replenish shelves on time.
- Fill the assortment matrix: analyze sales from previous periods, meet targets for quantity, margin, and cost price.
- Work with feedback: monitor customer reviews, compile product ratings, conduct surveys and interviews, systematize suggestions from retail.
- Prepare and defend the direction's budget: prepare the budget for the season, conduct presentations, defend approved indicators.
- Organize communication with related departments, services, and directions.
- Conduct product presentations for retail and online by the time the collection is released, discuss the category promotion concept with marketing and sales.
Candidate Requirements:
- Experience working in large manufacturing companies.
- Management of the production cycle at external sites, management of the commercial effectiveness of the category.
- Proficiency in English (mandatory) and Chinese (preferred).
- Deep understanding of the industry, specifics of premium footwear.
- Strong negotiation skills, ability to build long-term relationships with partners.
What we offer:
- Open culture and a team with whom you constantly grow.
- A strong, ambitious product.
- Official employment, a decent salary, and performance-based bonuses.
- Voluntary medical insurance policy with dental care.
- Business trips twice a year to production in China.
- Training at the 12 STOREEZ academy, discounts from Skillbox, Skyeng partners.
- Discounts on the brand's products and a birthday certificate.
- Hybrid 4/1 work schedule: option to work from home one day a week.
- Comfortable environment: cozy meeting rooms, fruits and aromatic coffee in the kitchen, "Fridays are dog days" and other pleasant amenities.
- Loft-style office at Trekhgornaya Manufactura: 10-15 minutes walk from the metro stations Ulitsa 1905 goda, Vystavochnaya, Krasnopresnenskaya. In Spring 2026, the office will move to Skolkovo.
