Head of Product (Activewear) – Vanquish Fitness
Rewarding Salary + Benefits
Enfield, London – Hybrid
Full Time
We’ve teamed up with the exciting activewear brand Vanquish Fitness, who are now in the market to secure a Head of Product!
About the Company
Vanquish Fitness was created in 2015 by two school friends, Oliver Maloney and Ruben O’Brien, and is now, not just an apparel brand and online retailer, but one of the fastest growing fitness communities in the world! Our mission is to inspire our colleagues on their pursuit of self-defined greatness. Providing the time and resources that our employees need to strive to become Better Than Yesterday.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Product, with extensive experience within Buying and Merchandising, as well as experience managing the full design/product life cycle, to join and lead our product/design team. We are looking for someone that encompasses our values and mission, and is excited about the idea of furthering our company through data lead strategy with a constant conscience on commercialisation. You will have experience working within large projects, managing a large team, organising the entire critical path from start to finish and utilising data to produce the most commercially driven collections. Experience working within the fitness/activewear industry would be extremely beneficial. You will report into the two founders of the business and work closely with the other departments to obtain and assess internal and external data to drive the business forward.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Strategic Vision & Fashion Industry Knowledge: Understanding the fashion market as well as our demographic, consumer trends, and translating them into commercially viable product development strategies.
* Leadership & Team Management: Working with management to motivate and guide our design, buying, merchandising and garment technology teams to achieve shared product development goals.
* Project Management Expertise: Effectively plan, organize, and manage all aspects of the product development process, delegating tasks and roles to the design team throughout, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
* Strong Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Analyse market data, competitor products, and identify solutions to production challenges.
* Excellent Communication & Collaboration: Effectively communicate product vision, plans, and challenges to all internal and external stakeholders.
* Be the expert on the product strategy and vision, define and lead the seasonal and long-term product strategy and ensure collections align with the brand identity, customer needs and market trends
* Manage the range plan and line architecture
* Collaborate with finance to manage the seasonal spend and product investment, set the price architecture, margin targets and volume expectations, making sure everything supports the forecasted revenue goals and delivers sufficient stock levels across channels
* Manage, mentor and develop the product and design team through clear KPI and goal setting, feedback and reviews and ensuring collaboration across the functions
* Regularly review and analyse data from marketing, digital, finance and customer service, as well as externally, to manage the growth of the product and design offerings
* Be accountable for the quality, timeliness and cost of production for all collections
* Build strong relationships with all suppliers and review on a regular basis to highlight areas for improvement
* Present all collections to stakeholders while taking on all suggestions from the wider team on new products
About You
* 3+ years experience within a Head of Product role, or similar level, with a wealth of years of experience within Buying/Merchandising, as well as managing design and product development, ideally within the fitness/activewear industry
* Demonstratable experience managing and evolving a product/design function
* A strong history of production excellence within timeliness, quality, costs etc
* Experience working across departments to collate useful data
* A drive and passion to review and analyse both internal and external data to create forward thinking and commercially driven collections
* Lead and directed a team within the product/design function, guiding, motivating and monitoring their performance
* Experience and comfort working in a startup environment
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave (Plus BH)
* Sick pay
* Annual apparel allowance
* Discounts on everything Vanquish
* Attendance to our community events
* Quarterly Socials
* Hybrid working (Wednesdays and Fridays from home)
* 35 hour working week
* Free Parking
* Modern office in the grounds of a beautiful House gardens, perfect for lunch time walks to get your steps in
If this sounds like you then hit apply or email Kyle on kyle@hypergrowthrec.co.uk to find out more!