Assistant Product Manager - Licensed Apparel, Creation Center Portland

The Assistant Product Manager supports the end-to-end apparel creation process to deliver compelling, consumer-relevant product ranges at speed. This role works closely with Product, Design, Merchandising, and Development teams to execute against category priorities, support commercial opportunities, and contribute to the continued growth of the North America business through an agile, accelerated product creation calendar.

PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANISATION

• Be the apparel consumer and sport expert
• Influence and execute the category direction
• Work with all necessary functions to deliver the category business objectives

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to and support the strategic category direction under the guidance of the line manager, with strong focus on market needs, trends, and business priorities.
• Manage the product creation process from brief through sell-in - partnering closely with Merchandising to deliver timely, relevant assortments that meet consumer and account demand.
• Develop deep expertise in key accounts, market trends, and competitors with direction from the line manager to support agile decision making on product ranges, distribution strategy, and retail pricing.
• Identify and respond to market opportunities through a fast-paced creation model, supporting accelerated product initiatives tied to events, key retail moments, and emerging commercial trends.
• Develop clear, actionable product briefs by translating business opportunities into consumer-focused direction for Design and Development teams, ensuring briefs are insight-led, commercially viable, and aligned to accelerated timelines.
• Analyze category business performance regularly with guidance and review from the line manager, identifying opportunities for range optimization, or quick response initiatives.
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Sports Marketing, Merchandising, Design, Development, Materials, Costing, Planning and Business Units to drive alignment, maintain executional clarity, and ensure on-time delivery across key creation milestones.
• Maintain product creation systems and tools with a high level of accuracy, ensuring product information is updated, complete, and delivered on schedule across all key platforms (e.g., M-3).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Commercial curiosity and passion for sport culture, NCAA, and consumer trends
• Clear communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• High attention to detail with strong executional discipline
• Ability to balance speed, quality, and business impact in decision-making
• Passion for sports
• Ability to travel

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE / MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• College degree, preferably in marketing/business /textile/fashion
• Minimum of 0-2 years Product Marketing experience with APP, FTW or ACC background
• Experience in trade, vertical retail business model or sales is helpful
• PC skills (MS Office programs, especially PowerPoint and Excel)

• adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.