Category Director, Travel & Lifestyle​/Everyday (Osprey

Category Director, Travel & Lifestyle/Everyday (Osprey)

Join our team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brand:
Osprey. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere every day.

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Position:
Category Director, Travel & Lifestyle/Everyday (Osprey)

Department:
Product Management, Osprey

Work Location:

Cortez, CO

Hybrid

Schedule:

At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations.

What you will be doing:

The Category Director, Travel & Lifestyle/Everyday is responsible for growing and evolving the travel & lifestyle/everyday product categories. The position works with internal stakeholders and outside partners to prioritize and commercialize short and long-term technical opportunities.

• Product line planning Long-Term growth for the current Travel categories and new areas for category expansion.
• Oversight of the Lifestyle/Everyday PLM & product planning Long-Term growth of the Lifestyle/everyday categories and new areas for category expansion.
• Conduct and deliver seasonal category market research and competitive analysis.
• Gather, access and  trends & needs from sales leadership, Sales reps and key retailer input.
• Quarterly market share and trend research provided at the Q  meeting.
• Partner with Global Design and marketing to  refine target customer personas.
• Working with GM, and global Sales & Marketing leads to create 5yr strat plans with detailed annual category plans with ROI for leadership team review. Including: market trends, competitive analysis, market size & sales/potential, customer research.
• Seasonal product line planning and assortment reviews with Sales, marketing, and finance during yearly budget planning and LR & GTM process.
• Works with global leadership in Design, Sales, Marketing and Opps/Production to develop a comprehensive GTM strategy for each product subcategory with related support needs.
• Work with GTM, design & development calendar to  critical steps and provide clear RACI for each step/gate. Adhere to go no go critical dates/gates.
• Improve costing and forecasting model with IT, finance, and sales.
• Product testing – instigates comprehensive field-testing program and warranty & repair assessment to ensure product quality.
• Legal – Provides proactive timely information for legal research & review of potential IP clearance or application, Names and Graphic/logo applications.
• Ensure documentation is accurate and up to date and accessible for – Line lists, 5 yr product pipeline, Briefs, and VLP's.
• Supporting product launches with shared sales & marketing strategy development, editing sales materials (GTM plan & PMP, Workbook).
• Supporting sales in work with Sales meeting presentations, Key retailer visits, trade show & PR support.
• Ensuring departmental priorities and top-level goals are communicated, understood, and supported within the global PLM and Design group.
• Ensuring top level product goals are communicated, understood, and supported by Global Sales, Marketing, and Production teams.
• Creation of Departmental staffing and individual development plans.
• Developing training and mentoring plans with annual departmental goal setting and regular one-on-one meetings and coaching.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, merchandising, design or relevant field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in outdoor packs, bags and travel luggage.
• 10+ years of…