Pacific Sunwear

Join the Pacsun Community Pacsun is dedicated to delivering an exclusive collection of the most relevant brands and styles to a community of inspired youth.. Through partnerships with brands such as adidas, Brandy Melville, Essentials Fear of God, our own brands, and many more.. This PacSun Associate Manager supports the high profile luxury brand, Fear of God. The Associate Manager is responsible for developing strong and effective business partner relationships with senior leaders, external stakeholders, company principal and creatives that lead to on-going strategic partnerships.. This position within PacSun/PSEB handles strategy, product development, sourcing, and production support within a variety of product categories under the licensed apparel F.O.G. Essentials.. Minimum of 3 years of experience as an Assistant or Associate Product Manager in a corporate retail apparel environment

associate product manager

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Category
Apparel
Job Function
Product Management
Join the Pacsun Community Pacsun is dedicated to delivering an exclusive collection of the most relevant brands and styles to a community of inspired youth. Through partnerships with brands such as adidas, Brandy Melville, Essentials Fear of God, our own brands, and many more.
Our Pacsun community believes in and understands the importance of using our voice, platform, and resources to inspire and bring about positive development. Our program PacCares supports and partners with organizations that align with our internal and external initiatives surrounding mental health, diversity, and equality. Join the Pacsun Community.
About the Job:
This PacSun Associate Manager supports the high profile luxury brand, Fear of God. The Associate Manager is responsible for developing strong and effective business partner relationships with senior leaders, external stakeholders, company principal and creatives that lead to on-going strategic partnerships.
This position within PacSun/PSEB handles strategy, product development, sourcing, and production support within a variety of product categories under the licensed apparel F.O.G. Essentials.
A day in the life, what you’ll be doing:
In conjunction with Product Manager, Manage the pre-production style changes, and approval calendar through team sign-off for each placed order.
Manage the pre-production approval process from turnover of tech packs to insure delivery dates are maintained, via internal and external calendars.
Maintain communication with Designers and Buyers to accommodate last minute changes in response to fashion trends.
Present and maintain visibility of timeline for placement “calendar” by product category.
Manage the final approval process for warehouse flow and payment release.
Manage the on time quality delivery of merchandise.
Maintain Style/purchase/Order files, including accountability for PO revisions.
Monitor status of orders/shipping to insure Delivery Exception report reflects correct dates and comments.
Achieve Company goals for seasonal inventory levels.
Achieve IMU targets with quality, floor ready merchandise.
In conjunction with Product Manager, sources product, negotiates production prices and place orders to insure IMU’s are exceeded.
Initiate proactive internal communication for changes impacting other areas of responsibility e.g. pre-ticketing, payments or ship dates.
Ability to quickly identify a problem and provide a suggested course of corrective action.
Identify potential production, quality, and costing issues and make recommendations to ensure brand integrity.
Collaborative, energetic and hands on team player.
Nimble and flexible with regard to changing priorities and business needs.
Build and strengthen strategic relationships; successfully partner across varied functions and levels with senior internal stakeholders, external suppliers, agencies, agencies, and colleagues to drive results and influence change.
Support and maintain F.O.G. Essentials calendar in accordance with required delivery dates.
Manage to category performance targets and lead to achieve goals; hold vendors accountable to performance agreements and implement course corrections and mitigation strategies as needed.
What it takes to Join:
4 year related Degree
Minimum of 3 years of experience as an Assistant or Associate Product Manager in a corporate retail apparel environment
Domestic and international sourcing experience
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to work as a team member
Keen sense of urgency
Ability to work under pressure in an environment of constant shifting priorities and changes.
Understanding of global fashion and F.O.G. Essentials aesthetic
Developing the Community/ Leadership Qualities:
Operate with the highest level of conduct, integrity, and confidentiality; setting the example for leaders and associates.
Develop and nurture strong cross functional partnerships; driving business results and inspiring a culture of transparency, collaboration, and accountability.
Serve as a Pacsun advocate in the industry and marketplace.
Recruit, identify, develop, and retain talent that delivers performance excellence.
As a manager, serve as a leader of company culture, norms, and conduct.
Ability to balance a strong management presence with a high level of approachability, encouraging and eliciting associate feedback and interaction.

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