Team Head Design

Somerville, MA

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YOUR MISSION

We are looking for an energetic design leader with a successful record to oversee PUMA’s International Running/Training Regional footwear design team. This person will be responsible for the design direction, design team management, and design process of the Running/Training Fast Team footwear line. This person will have an entrepreneurial spirit and a resume of experience that can lead a team of talented designers to create a successful regional product range that fulfills the ever-changing request of the running/training consumer. This person will manage a team of multiple designers.

Oversee speed-to-market product design process to meet regional business needs.
Manage the “Fast” Design Team which handles all regional product needs and off timeline projects.
Provide regional market research and design trend analysis in conjunction with inline and close to market key account timelines.
Design a full seasonal workload of footwear designs from concept to creation.
Manage speed to market calendar, as well as manage and update design resource tools, including toolbox and data base management.
Travel to Asia development office to address design/development issues, manufacturing processes (once possible), while building relationships with Asia development staff.
Cultivate and maintain a positive, constructive working environment for internal and external design staff.
Represent Running/Training Footwear Design in internal/external group meetings (Key Account meetings, line-freeze, signoff, finance, Sales, etc.)
Coordinate with inline design team, and other Business Units within PUMA.
Organize and participate in market travel to international and domestic markets and key accounts.

YOUR TALENT

8+ years of performance and lifestyle footwear design experience, with at least some years of experience managing designers
Experience building direction from conception to sell-in.
Knowledge of the performance and lifestyle footwear industry.
Mastery of the footwear design process –including blueprint creation, shell corrections, material expertise, and cost-effective design expertise.
Expert level sketching/rapid visualization skills
Excellent presentation skills.
Knowledge of U.S. key accounts (e.g., Footlocker, Finish Line, and Dick’s Sporting Goods, Famous, Rack, Off Broadway, Shoe Carnival, Shoe Show, Tier 2 Family accts).
Mastery of Illustrator, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office and knowledge of Keyshot for 3D color/material rendering
Experience working in international setting
25% domestic and international travel

PUMA supports over 14,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

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