Product Operations Associate, ISlide
$45k
Office located in Hyde Park, MA
Online athletic footwear marketplace
Job no longer available
Online athletic footwear marketplace
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$45k
Office located in Hyde Park, MA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To celebrate individuality through customization while inspiring people to Stand In What You Stand For.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics, Business Management, Entrepreneurship or equivalent preferred
- Proficient in all Microsoft Excel and all other Microsoft Office programs or equivalent
- Strong work ethic and proactivity
- Strong communication skills in English; including listening, speaking, and writing
- Maintain a creative, positive, solutions focused attitude
- Ability to use good judgment and maintain confidentiality with client information
What the job involves
- To manage product inventory levels within ISlides ERP system, the ISlide website and partner accounts through ownership of the production creation process in systems. Collaborate with Licensing, Design and Marketing teams to brief, create & price product assortments for all channels
- Manage factory ordering documents and drive creative ideas to bring new products to market. Ownership of external communications with overseas factory partners as well as maintaining internal communications on necessary next steps and critical information to drive strategic business decisions
- Upload all requested products to ISlide’s website in a manner that ensures successful order flow to the production team and accurate data collection for sales and marketing
- Handle product and SKU creation in SAP Business One, following proper process and ensuring successful order flow into the ERP system
- Manage data integrity & royalty reporting elements of product creation according to guidelines set by the Product, Sales, Marketing, and Operations teams
- Manage E2E Inventory process & integration with partner systems including: source stock, SF stock & partner supply
- Monitor inventory levels on a recurring schedule to prioritize relevant stock for key channels
- Maintain Product Calendars & Tracking of inbound freight Inventory/Shipments
- Assist in the Planning & Buying process for all skus, updating & communicating any changes based on real time inventory levels
- Support Head of Product and Operations with product creation from briefing to development to launch stage
- Collaborate with marketing on data & storytelling to launch creative collections that optimize revenue
- Lead consumer insights initiatives that help make decisions on current or future product assortment (i.e. color, design, collections, collabs, etc) as well as competitive analysis on trends within the slide market
- Review product offerings on ISlide’s website and partner websites, make recommendations to Licensing and Marketing teams to refresh our product assortment, including the removal and addition of products
- Manage ISlide product catalog & style guide and make recommendations based on consistency of product offerings
- Report inventory updates to the internal team regularly as well as assist on building impromptu reports designed to help make crucial decisions
- Assist the Head of Product and Operations on the inbound freight processes, and manage scheduling with this timeline in mind to ensure target dates are hit
- Input purchase orders from our factory partner into ISlide’s ERP system, as well as external production systems with accuracy to keep integrity of financials and physical unit counts
Our take
ISlide specializes in customizable slides, sandals, and other footwear products. The company was founded in 2013 by Justin Kittredge, a former head of Reebok Basketball, with a vision to create a unique slide that could be tailored to individual preferences.
The company has partnerships with many professional sports teams, athletes and Hollywood stars, as well as several colleges and universities. And its received several awards for its innovative designs and business practices, including being named one of the "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company in 2018.
More recently, the company has branched out and has now added apparel to its offerings, allowing fans and athletes to dress head to toe in custom gear. Alongside this ISlide has introduced new partnerships with Perfect Game and FC Barcelona, in order to increase its brand on the feet of baseball and soccer players around the world.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$0.8m
EARLY VC
Mar 2021
$0.7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $1.5m
Company HQ
Readville, Boston, MA
Leadership
Justin Kittredge
(Founder & CEO)Over two decades experience in the footwear industry, they previously worked at Reebok International as a Director in the Basketball Division and at Atsco Footwear as an Ellesse Product and Sales Manager.
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