Product Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Will work closely with the Graphics and Product teams on the ideation and execution of new product concepts, ensuring products meet licensing requirements of respective league and Players’ Associations

• Will be responsible for the creation of product assortments for athlete signings including, but not limited to, new product ideation, quantity and pricing decisions and sales analysis/inventory management

• Will be responsible to create Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) for all Fanatics Authentic products, including but not limited to autographed, unsigned and make to order products.

• Will assist in monitoring sales of unsigned products and work with outside vendors on various buying functions

• Develop League and Player’s Association relationships

• Will work closely with the Product team, leagues and internal partners to ensure accurate royalty data is reported on a monthly and quarterly basis.

• Will work with Product Team and Business Operations teams with a variety of functions, including updating teams on late arrivals and cancelled orders.

• Will work closely with Sales and Marketing teams on the coordinated launch of new products across the Fanatics Retail Network of websites

• Work with senior leadership across multiple departments to begin problem solving various roadblocks throughout the business.

• Work with Assistant and Associate level employees on training key processes.

• Work well under pressure. This industry is driven by hot ticket items with time constraints to get products on the market.

• Occasional assistance with athlete signings may be required.

• Occasional travel may be required.

• Occasional assistance in the fulfillment center may be required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position may have supervisory responsibilities as business needs dictate

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• Broad Sports knowledge a must

• Superior communication skills on various levels. Must have articulate speech, proper business writing skills and ability to “listen” to client. 

• Must have strong customer service skills and be able to comprehend management and league requests. 

• Possess excellent interpersonal skills to deal with team members and clients effectively.

• Ability to consistently meet goals and high productivity levels on projects as set by yourself and/or Department Manager. 

• Able to work with minimum supervision and capable of self-checking for completeness and accuracy of work produced.

• Be organized and detail oriented. 

• High degree of problem-solving skills

• Ability to keep on top of your own correspondence. 

• Expert level mastery of Microsoft Applications and general PC skills (Word, Excel, Email).

• General Adobe Photoshop knowledge is a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Moderate physical effort required.

• Regularly required to sit or stand, reach and move about the facility.