Product Manager, Apparel

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Regular Associate Corporate Portland, OR, US

5 days ago Requisition

Pendleton has been woven in the West since 1863. Built on a legacy of craft, quality, and authenticity, our products are known for their timeless design and enduring stories. The Product Manager plays a critical role in shaping Pendleton’s product vision by translating consumer insights, marketplace opportunities, and business objectives into commercially successful apparel assortments.

This role owns assigned apparel categories and/or franchises across the seasonal product lifecycle, partnering closely with Design, Development, Technical Design, Sourcing, Planning, Sales, DTC, Marketing, and Creative teams to deliver consumer-led, brand-right product. In addition to managing assortment strategy, category performance, pricing, and margin opportunities, you will drive cross-functional execution from seasonal strategy through commercialization and in-market performance.

This position offers the opportunity to influence product direction, business growth, and consumer connection while protecting the heritage, craftsmanship, and enduring quality that define the Pendleton brand.

• Own assigned apparel categories and/or franchises across the seasonal product lifecycle.
• Develop seasonal assortment strategies using consumer insights, historical performance, marketplace trends, competitive analysis, channel feedback, and company growth priorities.
• Build and manage seasonal line architecture, including category roles, style/color counts, product flow, price ladders, franchise positioning, and lifecycle recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to grow, evolve, consolidate, refresh, carry over, or exit products and franchises based on consumer relevance and business performance, supporting multi-season franchise strategies and scalable product platforms.
• Partner with Design to translate business and consumer opportunities into clear product briefs and seasonal assortment direction that protects Pendleton's heritage and product integrity.
• Analyze sales, margin, sell-through, inventory, productivity, consumer performance, and seasonal hindsight to identify opportunities and inform future assortment decisions.
• Develop pricing recommendations and manage price architecture across assigned categories.
• Partner with Development, Sourcing, and Planning to manage product costs and achieve seasonal gross margin targets.
• Evaluate product adoption and investment decisions based on consumer relevance, assortment need, cost, margin, productivity, MOQ requirements, and financial opportunity.
• Partner with Planning, Sales, and DTC to align forecasts, channel needs, and product investments.
• Lead Product Management activities from seasonal strategy and briefing through adoption, commercialization, and in-market performance.
• Lead and participate in key seasonal product milestones and provide clear product direction and decision-making throughout the development process.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure product execution aligns with product briefs, financial objectives, calendar expectations, quality standards, and brand direction.
• Identify and escalate risks related to assortment clarity, cost, margin, development capacity, quality, delivery, or calendar timing, and partner with Product Line Coordinator/Product Operations resources on product data and administrative execution.
• Partner with Sales and DTC to develop channel-appropriate assortments while maintaining a cohesive Pendleton brand and product strategy.
• Evaluate SMU, collaboration, regional, marketplace, and exclusive opportunities based on strategic alignment, revenue opportunity, margin, MOQ requirements, and organizational capacity.
• Manage approved special product programs through the product creation process in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Serve as the primary Product Management contact for assigned categories and communicate product strategies, assortment decisions, financial implications, and…