Job Posting Title:
Director, Product Design - HardlinesReq ID:
10090591Job Description:
Lead the product design & development across multiple brands from the Disney portfolio, working with design, creative, and merchandising teams, to create the highest quality, consumer focused, trend-right product lines across Disney Owned and Operated Parks and Resorts, The Disney Store, and flexible business models that build brand equity, drive innovation, and meet financial targets.
- Lead the execution of product design & development for hardlines to deliver on business needs and strategic intent of category (primarily dolls, toys, plush, souvenirs, ornaments, and 3D collectibles)
- Lead up-front trend POV for hardlines in partnership with creative
- Identify future areas of growth (with approval of VP) in our brands and across product categories
- Develop consumer centric product lines that are trend right, deliver market-leading innovation, drive revenue and capture market share globally
- Deliver designs that deliver great price/value for each tier of the value pyramid
- Drive a product design strategy that ensures stronger sell-through at retail each season, year after year
- Partner with CIMA to apply consumer insights to product design
- Relentlessly monitor competitors, product innovations and market dynamics to deliver trend right product for each tier of the segmentation pyramid.
- Manage team to select and approve materials, colors and component parts for hardlines
- Mange team to sketch, design and proto-type items with factory and sourcing partners
- Direct product approvals that uphold the integrity of our franchise and deliver the highest quality products for the retail price
- Work with 3rd party partners to design and approve market leading product lines for the Disney brands
- Direct execution against seasonal concept and vision for categories in partnership with creative, merchandising and sourcing
- Partner with studio, content providers, global creative and marketing teams to bring our content and IP to life properly and with a consistent brand point of view across the globe
- Monitor and maintain quality in color, material, function and form in all products
- Obtain QA approvals and re-design as needed to meet global quality standards
- Manage agency relationships
LEADERSHIP / MANAGEMENT
- Build compelling stories to drive brand vision and increase emotional connection with our consumers
- Drive conversation and activities with sourcing to develop and cost the line.
- Drive conversation with merchandising to create a product line in all activities, key milestone meetings
- Lead communication and collaboration with key franchise partners
- Communicate to influence cross-functional partners to drive execution and remove road blocks
- Strong point of view on consumer and trend effectively communicated across stakeholders and management
- Lead through ambiguity and create clarity
- Manage direct reports with immediate feedback on performance and weekly touch bases to review deliverables, regular development and coaching
- Build, develop, and retain, best in class product design talent
- Manage operating budget for category to meet financial targets
QUALIFICATIONS
- 10 years of experience
- Experience in designing hardlines product that resonates with consumers both globally and locally
- Experience working with large-scale, global retailers and partners to bring product designs to market for a variety of different consumer targets
- Demonstrated ability to lead a product design team in the creation of consumer-led items from concept through activation
- Demonstrated ability to capitalize on market trends and consumer zeitgeist to maximize value creation throughout the trend cycle
- Demonstrated ability to create, leverage and scale innovation in consumer products
- Strategic thinker with the ability to drive quality product design within financial KPI’s
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence a diverse audience including experience working with external partners and business owners to bring product designs to life
- Successful experience working, and thriving, in a highly matrixed company structure
- Robust leadership and talent development abilities and a collaborative and effective management style
- Strong Team Player – The ability to build & foster collaborative partnerships across functions & departments within The Walt Disney Corporation and externally
- Well-developed communication skills
- Proven ability to think creatively and disruptively to bring and infuse new ideas into product design
- Experience in multiple segments within the global market
- Demonstrated ability to lead the organizational and cultural change efforts needed to ensure new, innovative concepts, business practices, and technologies are fully adopted and integrated into the business
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally
Job Posting Segment:
NA - Global ProductJob Posting Primary Business:
NA - Global ProductPrimary Job Posting Category:
Product Design (Services)Employment Type:
Full timePrimary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Glendale, CA, USAAlternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2024-06-21More Information
Application Details
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Organization Details
1982 Disney Global Product Dev & Creative US
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