Associate Category Manager, Personalization

Crocs, Inc. is a company that values individuality and creativity in its workforce. The Associate Category Manager for Personalization will support the execution of the global line plan, collaborating across multiple functions to ensure product creation aligns with strategic goals. This role involves managing various operational tasks, analyzing market trends, and supporting decision-making through data insights.

Responsibilities

• Assist in accomplishing product strategy and vision by supporting line planning, briefing, and managing special or off-timeline projects
• Provide operational and organizational support through system management, sample tracking and organization, timeline management, achievement presentation preparation, and cross-functional communication
• Learn triad best-practices & product creation lifecycle, ensuring product intent, costing targets & timelines are being met
• Become an expert in consumer, competitor, and marketplace with an emphasis on accessories and personalization trends; Report out on competitor market research; Partner with design team to capture relevant trends
• Partner with planning team to analyze historical and real time performance data using an insight to action approach to support decision making

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience
• 1-2 years category management or product line management experience, preferably in a SKU-intensive team
• Strong organizational skills & attention to detail and deadlines
• Excellent communication skills and works collaboratively
• A passion for understanding consumer, culture, market & trends with a distinguished taste-level and strong ability to recognize commercial potential
• Seeks to understand multiple points of view, maintain a learning mentality, and expresses viewpoints with confidence
• Desire to hone analytical skills and a results-focused approach to data
• Creative, out of the box thinking to challenge the status quo
• Ability to travel as needed

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and AD&D
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance
• Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
• Many other additional voluntary benefits

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