Product Information Manager

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Product Information Manager

Job Profile Purpose of the job:
To enable accurate, compelling, and consistent product information and content across all commercial & marketing channels. Division / Team Commercial / E-Commerce

• Start: asap
• Duration: 3 months
• Workload: 50-70%
• Location: Full remote (from abroad is possible) or hybrid from Seon (AG)

Skills and Experience
Essential:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience working as a Product Information Manager, ideally in relation to end-user facing systems (ecommerce, marketplaces) •
• A thorough understanding and experience of working with data systems • Strong project management skills & experience and ability to deliver to timelines. •
• Able to understand data architecture principles and translate business requirements into required data structures •
• Proven ability to engage with marketing, IT, and various business stakeholders in a constructive and collaborative manner. •
• Organizational and time management skills.
• Bachelor or Master degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems or related subject.

Desirable

• A good understanding of best practice for Product Information and Content with a keen interest in keeping abreast of developments in user expectations and emerging digital conventions, trends and advancements. •
• Experience in managing multiseason product catalogs e.g. in an outdoor or apparel environment is a plus
• Process/ Project Management certifications

Competences

• Highly independent with ability to manage priorities and workload independently even when working remotely •
• A proactive and responsive attitude to daily work and to developing new ideas •
• Highly data-driven and detail oriented mindset with high quality output •
• Tech-savvy with ability to adapt to new systems & tools fast •
• Natural multi-tasker who can manage multiple projects/tasks in parallel •
• Consumer-driven mindset •
• Team player able to build good relationships in a cross functional organization •
• Structured, diligent & detail-oriented way of working •
• Proactive & creative approach to problem solving • Adaptive & flexible way of working with ability to deliver against deadlines and react to changing priorities

Language skills:

• Must-Have: Fluent in English
• desirable: German and French are a plus

IT Skills

• Essential: Experience with Product and Asset Management Systems
• Desirable: Good knowledge of the Adobe products + Experience with IPIM (Novomind) is a plus and Experience with Celum is a plus

Key duties:
Product Information Management (PIM):

• Responsible for coordination, management and partial maintenance of the product information in the PIM system in close coordination with crossfunctional teams (product, master data, design, marketing & development) to ensure consistent and up-to-date product data across all channels. •
• Project based further development of the PIM system in relation to new requirements of the various stakeholders and testing of releases •
• PIM point of contact for everyone in the organization, system onboarding for employees, managing access for the tool and coordinating support tickets and testing in case of bugs, releases etc

Digital Asset Management (DAM):

• System ownership for the global DAM system (Celum) of the client including management of all product media assets (importing images, organizing, tagging, preparing for external partners) •
• Project based further development of the MAM system in terms of user experience, structure, search and interfaces •
• DAM point of contact for everyone in the organization, system onboarding for employees, managing access for the tool, 1st level technical support and coordinating support tickets and testing in case of bugs, releases etc

Content Creation and Adaptation Support:

• Supporting all internal and external stakeholders with product information creation of adaptions if needed (e-com, regions, marketplaces, WHS partners) incl. cost clarification and coordination with agencies •
• Support product image production as needed

Product and Season Launch Coordination:

• Coordinate product launches, ensuring timely availability of product information across platforms and ensure that all necessary information is ready for launch date (export from PLM with product master data team) •
• Coordination and process management of the semi-annual season change with the business units, e-commerce and marketplaces •
• Ensure product information is available in WHS purchase portals in time for sell-in timelines by season •
• Validating all product information and attributes are accurate and adding required complementary content for new product

Market Research and Product Data Guidelines:

• Stay informed about industry trends, competitor practices, and customer preferences in terms of Product Information. •
• Create guidelines for compelling product descriptions, images, and videos and optimize on an ongoing basis based on market research findings and changing customer expectations.

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Desirable: Passionate about the mountains and outdoor sports in general