Outdoor Division Brand Manager Europe

Role located in Hossegor
- Permanent contract
- Full time

**Kathmandu** is a leading global outdoor lifestyle brand whose journey began in Aotearoa New Zealand over thirty years ago. We’re on a mission to improve the wellbeing of the world by getting more people outdoors, because nature has a positive transformative effect on us all. It makes us more happy, open, free and fun. And that’s why we’re all about creating the best sustainably made outdoor gear - to get people to experience nature’s benefits more often.

**Obōz Footwear** is a wholesale brand founded in 2007. Our home, Bozeman, Montana, is an outdoor adventurer’s paradise and is what motivates us to lace up daily to explore the 18 million acres of Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that surround us. Bozeman also inspired our name: Outside + Bozeman = Obōz. The four points of our compass—People, Community, Foot, and Experience—guide everything we do in staying “True to the Trail.”

**_About the Role_**

The **Outoor Division Brand Manager Europe** is responsible for driving sustainable sales growth, leading and executing the sales and marketing strategies, and enhancing the overall market presence of **Kathmandu and Oboz in Europe.**

This position is responsible for motivating our Kathmandu and Oboz crew to fulfil the Company Vision and uphold the Company Principles & Values to deliver on agreed strategic priorities to achieve budgeted sales & profitability targets.

**_Accountabilities_**
- Build, lead, motivate and inspire the regional team to maximise profitability and deliver on short and long-term group strategic and operational plans and budgets.
- Build and maintain a positive high-performance culture with strong employee engagement.
- Convey the company values to Kathmandu and Oboz crew.
- In partnership with the Head Office and the President of KMD Brands Europe, build and execute a three-year plan for Europe that drives regional growth.
- Actively participate to annual budget and quarterly forecast processes for Executive management review and approval.
- Review Kathmandu and Oboz monthly financial results, ensuring that results are managed within budgets. Where variances are expected, proactively communicate such variations in a timely way to KMD Brands Europe President and VP Finance.
- Oversee regional inventory purchases for Kathmandu and Oboz Europe, to manage the risk of excess inventory.
- Develop the wholesale sales strategy to drive sales in the European market.
- Lead the sales team to achieve sales budgets by product category and geographical territory.
- Build and deliver on a distribution plan that drives brand awareness, growth, and profitability.
- Identify and execute on license store opportunities, benefiting both our existing customers and store growth ambitions.
- Work with Brand Manager for Rip Curl on leveraging existing relationships across all brands within the KMD Brands portfolio.
- Ensure Europe’s product requirements are communicated to the Heads of Product, in line with the Global Design and Range Development Calendars focussing on innovation, volume, new category or style opportunities.
- Execute global marketing assets in region to ensure we stay within the principle of one world, one brand.
- Drive grass roots initiatives, inclusive of local team, events, local POP, Media, and PR.
- Partner with KMD Brands Europe Digital Manager to support eCommerce growth and unified commerce deliverables in region.
- Oversee Kathmandu and Oboz brand operations in Europe on a day-to-day basis with the support of KMD Brands Europe functions.
- Ensure Kathmandu and Oboz operate lawfully and according to accepted Corporate Compliance standards, including industrial relations, employment, and safety laws.
- Foster and cultivate Kathmandu and Oboz specific B-Corp certification and Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) requirements.
- Live the company & brand values.
- Ensure that all Kathmandu and Oboz crew understand the company & brand values. And ensure that all business activities are in line with the company values.

**_Essential qualities and experience requirements_**
- Ability to charismatically engage & lead.
- Ability to motivate teams and simultaneously manage several projects.
- Skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures.
- Demonstrated change management skills.
- Ability to develop financial plans and manage resources. And ability to analyse and interpret financial data.
- Professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to demonstrate tenacity, initiative, and strategic agility.
- Tertiary qualification in relevant field.
- Minimum of ten years’ experience in a leadership role for a large division or company.
- Track record of driving business to exceed sales targets & budgets.
- Proven experience & success in coaching & developing executive teams.
- Proven success in developing & managing talent.
- Understanding of and connection