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We are looking for brave summitteers who don´t want to stay put. Leave your footprint at Jack Wolfskin.
We Live to Discover
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
We Live to Discover
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
Join us as soon as possible at our headquarters in Idstein as a Category Director Footwear & Equipment (m/f/d).
The story begins
- Lead and develop the team, fostering both functional and personnel growth
- Define the long-term strategy, focus areas, and direction for the collection
- Develop a roadmap aligned with seasonal goals and strategy
- Oversee the collection development process, collaborating with design, technical, fabric sourcing, product engineering, and allocation teams
- Prepare for and follow up on key milestone meetings (Range, Design, Prototype, Range Fixing, Sales) in coordination with senior leadership
- Handover the collection to sales and marketing, and present to internal teams and external audiences at trade shows and key account meetings
- Analyze key consumer trends and behaviors to inform strategy
- Monitor developments, innovations, and product launches within categories, including pricing structure
- Set and track category-specific goals to ensure alignment with overall strategy
- Identify and track primary and emerging competitors and their activities
- Assess market needs and trends in key target markets
- Evaluate developments within key sales channels
- Develop initial product forecasts based on seasonal financial objectives
- Ensure margin targets are met and take overall P&L responsibility for assigned categories
- Manage the budget for assigned categories
- Collaborate with the merchandising team to analyze sell-in and sell-out data, and monitor KPIs (margin, volume, net sales, product efficiency)
- Incorporate insights from past seasons into the development of future collections
- Work with the sales team to build and maintain relationships with key customers and integrate their feedback
- Manage the go-to-market process for each collection
- Collaborate closely with design, merchandising, apparel, footwear & equipment, marketing, sales, retail, e-commerce, and product development teams to create cross-functional concepts and strategies
Your proven path
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Fashion Management, or a related field
- At least 5+ years of experience in product or category management
- Excellent product and market knowledge within the outdoor/sports industry
- Strong understanding of collection development, product development, production, and sourcing processes
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- Several years of experience in team leadership
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Willingness to travel for trade shows, store visits, Jack Wolfskin store checks, and customer meetings, including international travel
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Persuasiveness with the ability to inspire enthusiasm
- Strong strategic and technical expertise
We are an outdoor gear company and we act like it
- Exciting product world and international environment within a responsible and sustainable company
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Ability to work remotely from abroad for up to 4 weeks
- Attractive employee discounts and additional company benefits
- Free water, coffee, and specialty teas
- Casual dress code
- Bike leasing and monthly subsidies for up to two leasing contracts
- EGYM corporate fitness program with access to over 7,000 gyms
- Team events and outdoor sports activities
- Likeminded, our mental health partner, offering various training opportunities
- Company languages are German and English, with access to language courses
- Employee referral program
Want to join us?
Join us and apply online at our career portal, stating your desired salary and earliest start date.
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We, at Jack Wolfskin, are offering you an exciting job opportunity in a continuously developing working environment with flat hierarchies, short decision-making paths and swift implementation.
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recruiting@jack-wolfskin.com Please note:
We can only answer questions here and do not accept applications sent to this email address. Please submit applications online via our career portal. Email applications will not processed.
We can only answer questions here and do not accept applications sent to this email address. Please submit applications online via our career portal. Email applications will not processed.
Please note: We can only answer questions here and do not accept applications sent to this email address. Please submit applications online via our career portal. Email applications will not processed.
