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SENIOR DIRECTOR, FBAT & GOLF MARKETPLACE, GLOBAL JORDAN, GRADE 55
PHK, Beaverton, OR
Soul, performance and style take flight at Jordan Brand. With its deep roots in basketball, the Jordan Brand began as an homage to one player: Michael Jordan. Since then, Jordan has become synonymous with peak performance and an endless pursuit of greatness. Employees in Jordan Brand bring creativity, innovation and audacious thinking, all with one mission in mind: help athletes see and feel their greatness.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will report directly to the VP, Direct & Marketplace Partners, Global Jordan and be the commercial voice of our Key Wholesale Partners into the Global FBAT and Golf teams. You will work closely with the Global FBAT and Golf teams as well as Global and Geography Sales Directors and Key Wholesale Partners.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Senior Director FBAT & Golf Marketplace will lead the development of integrated marketplace (mono and multi-brand) strategies, seasonal sales plans, and drive the commercial strategy at key seasonal gates. This role will help foster key market and account insights back into the sport teams to inform future strategies and identify marketplace opportunities.
The ideal candidate has a proven record of leading key business initiatives with clear results and revenue growth, developing and executing plans in highly matrixed environments, and has a strong leadership presence working cross-functionally. The capacity to manage ambiguity and demonstrate high resilience while influencing enterally and externally will be key to the success of this role.
- Bachelor's degree in general management, strategy planning, business operations or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- 15+ years of relevant work experience
- Minimum of 4 years of managing direct reports or team/squad management experience
- Creative future visioning, high taste-level and critical thinking
- Golf consumer experience connected with strong commercial acumen
- Project management experience
- Team oriented mentality and shown willingness to partner with others
- Demonstrable experience in working with cross-functional and cross-enterprise teams
- Strong communication and relationship management skills.
- External partner management
- Presentation/Communication style: Clear, Concise, and Thoughtful (strong verbal and written skills)
- Ability to present new ideas or vision to audiences small and large, including addressing executive leaders, and external partners or customers.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
As the Senior Director, FBAT & Golf Marketplace, you will be the commercial voice of our Key Wholesale Partners into the Global FBAT and Golf teams. You will also lead the offense as we pivot from Product Creation to Go to Market. You will be responsible for creating and driving implementation of strategic growth plans that include a channel focus as well as specific plans for strategic partners. In addition, you will:
- Develop 3-year, annual and seasonal commercial strategies by channel including direction on must win partners and key retail destinations
- Leverage marketplace, product and competitive insights to influence and align seasonal global sales targets, channel opportunities, future growth drivers and franchise / marketplace health
- Drive seasonal readiness by leading the commercial global CODE process, providing Sport sell-in tools, and coordination
- Coordinate, partner and follow through on KAPE commitments and tracking sample access
- Inspire account leadership by sharing the Global FBAT and Golf strategies at Partner Summits and T2Ts
- Serve Geo sales teams by providing clear strategic guidance and delivering cross functionally supported, seasonal sports commercial plans.
- Leverage Geo feedback to influence marketing and assortment strategies to Geo Sport Sales teams to enable their growth targets and overall business health
We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.
OUR HIRING GAME PLAN
01 Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
02 Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
03 Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
