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|Product Brand Manager | Head Office Australia
Cotton On Group
Victoria Melbourne, , Australia
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ABOUT US
Cotton On Kids was established in 2005 following a strong customer demand for fashionable, fun and age-appropriate childrenswear.
Since then, we’ve added dress ups, accessories, sleepwear, created over 500,000 unique garments, with over 180 stockists and growing! We always put our Cotton On Kids style on everything we do. From our product, to our stores, to our staff – we like everything to be a little different from the rest.
We provide a unique and engaging environment, and live by our motto, ‘Happy kids = Happy Parents’.
ABOUT THE ROLE
A pivotal role within the KIDS Leadership team, this position is focused on our vision of being the most loved & trusted KIDS brand in the world, creating value fashion and a fun shopping experience that surprises and delights kids and parents. A truly strategic role that is accountable for coaching and developing a team to drive growth across all product departments and categories in all of the markets that we operate in. Instrumental in creating product our customers love by continually listening, evolving and challenging what we do.
As the Cotton On Kids Product Brand Manager, you will be responsible to provide the business with leadership to the product team in order to achieve growth and K.P.I’s and to play an integral role in executing the Cotton On Kids’s DNA & consistent product experience across all markets to achieve the Cotton On Kids and COG global growth plan.
You will develop, nurture and elevate the current business by identifying and capitalising on growth opportunities through supporting, strengthening, and motivating the team. You will mitigate risk to profit by streamlining and seeking to finesse existing processes around stock turns, sell through, planned inventory, depth and width of product & markets.
Working closely with the General Manager, you will develop Cotton On Kids’ brand strategy & annual goals to facilitate growth through Product, Team, Market/Hemisphere Product & growth delivery, Supply Chain, Planning & other cross functional units, to continually engage with the customer & grow the bottom line. You will develop and nurture The Buyers and Planners of your team, along with the VM and Retail relationships to build a profitable, dynamic and efficient platform to accelerate Cotton On Kid’s growth globally.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Demonstrated experience working with local and overseas market trends and possess a strong understanding of vertical apparel, consumer goods or lifestyle product industries
• Exceptional negotiation skills within direct and support teams
• Degree qualified in Buying, Merchandising, Business or Retail, with in depth knowledge of Buying, Production, Merchandising and Retail.
• You will have worked at an Executive level in a significant multi brand and multi site global retailer.
• Influential and highly accountable, this role demands an innovative leader with sound commercial judgment, executive presence and strong creative intellect.
OUR CULTURE
Enjoyment and playfulness = Cotton On Kids!
Our shopping environment is all about our littlest customers and is quirky, classic, confident, trusted and authentic, and that’s reflective in our team members! We are a fun and playful group of people, and never take ourselves too seriously.
We are fortunate enough to be a part of the Cotton On Group, and with that, to be part of the Cotton On Foundation. We believe that every Kid across the globe should all have fun, education and healthy living conditions. Being part of this team empowers each one of us to be part of positive change globally.
BENEFITS
• Flexible working hours
• A fully functional Health + Wellbeing centre including a Gym, Personal trainers and Osteo …
• As we continue to open new stores in Australia and around the world there are some serious advancement opportunities which includes our international hubs.
• Did we mention you can bring your Dog to work? – check out #dogsofcotton