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Senior Manager Brand Operations (18 months limited)

PUMA Gruppe, New Bremen, OH, United States


Senior Manager Global Go-To-Market Operations (18 months limited)
Key Responsibilities

Lead by example, executing all tasks and projects with strategic oversight, attention to detail, and a heightened level of excellence and efficiency.

Lead a culture of continuous improvement by proactively evolving seasonal GTM processes, ensuring cross‑functional alignment, scalability, and adaptability to market dynamics.

Drive milestone management by developing scalable frameworks (incl. for key meetings like Line Freeze), optimizing workflows, and ensuring strategic alignment for key seasonal processes and long‑term improvements.

Continuously evolve the KI framework by shaping its definitions, refining the approach, and ensuring alignment with GTM and marketing objectives.

Serve as the primary point of contact for operational queries from markets and business units, providing guidance and issue resolution as needed.

Deliver clear and timely business packs and in‑season updates (e.g., weekly updates) by communicating deadlines and collecting content from Business Units for scheduled releases, ensuring relevant insights are available for decision‑making.

Confirm that key operational systems are updated by the relevant teams and that all seasonal articles, data, and images are accurate and ready for distribution to the markets.

Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of experience in Planning (financial, demand, supply, merchandising) in a mid‑size organization.

Professional skills in Excel and Power BI are a must have; skills in SQL, macro programming, and AI coding is a plus.

Analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to apply experience and knowledge to provide creative solutions to problems.

Ability to multitask and evaluate multiple requests with varying degrees of priority simultaneously.

Collaboration and influencing skills with the ability to follow through on projects both cross‑functionally and vertically within the organization.

Ability to execute processes and innovate to support Corporate Targets.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

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