Product Creation Lead

  • Full-time

Company Description

Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit team atmosphere that comes with being a privately held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Our focus on our people and culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Principles of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring Our People, Centering on the Customer, and Preserving the Long Term Success and Legacy of Our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

Job Description

Responsible for overseeing the Product Creation process and ensuring that all milestones are on track. Works collaboratively with the Product Creation and Supply Chain teams to ensure effective execution of projects; Oversees Product Creation process to ensure effective execution, maintenance and ongoing improvement; Provides value-added process ownership from end-to-end of the Go-to-Market process; Drives continuous improvement of the Go-to-Market process and keeps documentation up-to-date; Liaison with Product Creation teams and cross-functional leaders to articulate project status and potential solutions. Communicates project status in a way that complies with current Product Creation and Project Management guardrails.

Qualifications

Education/ Experience

  • Four year degree in Business or related field; Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management. Experience in product development and/or PLM system management is preferred.

 Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to get results through collaboration with organizational partners
  • Strong relationship building skills, with the ability to influence
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to modify message and delivery based on the audience
  • Strong computer skills including ability to update and maintain product database, and use of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and Outlook
  • Knowledge of footwear terms and processes preferred
  • Some travel required

Additional Information

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

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