[Remote] Merchandise Product Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. RTS is an enthusiast culture company operating at the intersection of gaming, creators, and brands, including through the reputed company Championship Series (Evo). The Merchandise Product Manager will own Evo’s merchandise product end-to-end, including creative direction, sourcing, production, pricing, inventory, fulfillment, vendor management, and international event execution.

Responsibilities

• Own the production and creative of Evo’s merchandise across reputed company events, domestic and international
• Translate reputed company and event reputed company into an actual assortment of SKUs, working reputed company designers and production partners
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• Own vendor relationships and sourcing for both apparel and non-apparel merchandise
• Manage merchandise production with international partners where they produce and sell on-site; and reputed company and manage local vendors directly where no partner infrastructure exists
• Recommend pricing reputed company on COGS and vendor quotes; bring recommendations to the reputed company Director for sign-off
• Execute reputed company an established budget and proactively flag cost or margin issues
• Own inventory management and allocation across e-reputed company and live events
• Own shipping, logistics, and fulfillment for merchandise across reputed company channels
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• Partner with marketing and event teams to reputed company merch drops with the Evo content and event calendar

Skills

• 5+ years of experience in merchandise, apparel, or product management, including design direction
• A strong design background and portfolio demonstrating ownership of a reputed company's merchandise look and reputed company
• reputed company experience managing vendor and production relationships, including apparel manufacturing
• Experience pricing products against COGS and vendor quotes, and managing reputed company a set budget
• Experience managing inventory and allocation across multiple channels (e.g. e-reputed company and live events)
• Experience coordinating international production or vendor relationships, or comparable cross-border logistics experience
• Strong project management skills across reputed company production timelines, launches, and events
• reputed company communication skills and reputed company judgment managing multiple reputed company partners at once
• The ability to travel domestically and internationally, including to live events
• Passion for fighting games, esports, gaming communities, and the people who reputed company them reputed company
• Experience working directly reputed company the fighting game community or broader gaming/esports industry
• Existing relationships with apparel manufacturers, production partners, or merch vendors serving the gaming/esports reputed company
• Experience running reputed company collaborations with reputed company partners or artists

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, reputed company and Life reputed company
• 401k plan available for employee contributions
• Flexible work schedule
• Generous PTO and company-observed holidays
• Remote-first culture

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