Product Manager/Buyer, Work & Play

at  Flying Tiger Copenhagen

ARE YOU READY TO SEIZE A NEW OPPORTUNITY AT FLYING TIGER COPENHAGEN COMBINING DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMERCIAL SKILLS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MARK ON THE PRODUCT ASSORTMENT IN A GLOBAL RETAILER WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH? MAYBE, YOU HAVE THE PROFILE WE ARE LOOKING FOR AT FLYING TIGER COPENHAGEN!

In this exciting position you will be part of a team of Product Managers (Buyers) who are responsible for developing and creating the product assortment within our Work & Play division, this encompasses our Stationery, Toy, Game, and Hobby categories.
As a Product Manager within this division, you will be aligning product assortment with the commercial and company vision, through a clear understanding of our consumers in all markets and channels.
You will have the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally with colleagues throughout the business working to simplify operations and generate speed – and creating products that are in line with the unique Flying Tiger Copenhagen brand.
You will be part of a large and engaged Product team and report to the Category Manager. We are all based at our vibrant and international head office in the heart of Copenhagen.

DID YOU KNOW

We take climate change very seriously and work very hard to minimize our carbon footprint. We do this by buying less plastic and more renewable materials (everything which grows) – and we also want to make sure that all stores are run on renewable energy. We walk the talk – and make sure that what we do is validated by external experts, in the Science Based Targets initiative. You can read more about our work with climate action her

• End-to-end responsible for on-time development of product and packaging across Campaign & Core Assortments.
• Collaboration cross-category to maximize campaigns and ensure common ways of working and alignment.
• Using design direction, market data, trend insights and historical information in conjunction with the Merchandise Planning and Procurement teams to develop a strong category assortment.
• Working close together with our Design department to ensure alignment with the commercial stories and the right look & feel of our products.
• Responsible for checking copyright with Legal, and regulatory requirements with external partners, and with Compliance to ensure all our products are safe and compliant.
• Negotiate and build relations with suppliers, conduct vendors’ visits and work with key suppliers to continuously improve products.
• Attend fairs/supplier showrooms, trend sites/stores, websites and different markets and competitors to ensure best assortment of products.
• Ensure that the products have the right space and look in store by working with Visual Merchandising and Packaging.
• Align the campaign collection ensuring that the agreed balance of unique product and newness, both in products and categories is created to ensure we continue to deliver inspiring products.
• Together with Category Director and Category Manager, lead the category performance ensuring sales revenue, profit, and productivity meet revenue targets.