Director, Category Management - Sandals

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Overview

We are looking for a Director, Category Management - Sandals to lead the global strategy and product vision for one of Crocs' most important categories. This leader will shape a compelling multi-season roadmap that builds on the strength of our established product franchises while identifying meaningful opportunities to expand consumer relevance and drive future growth.

As Director, you will connect consumer, cultural, competitive, marketplace, and business insights to a clear category vision and product strategy. You will guide the global sandals portfolio with thoughtful choices about what to strengthen, how to evolve, and where targeted newness can add meaningful value.

You are a product leader with exceptional judgment and deep consumer and marketplace instincts. You understand the global sandals landscape, can distinguish short-term trends from durable opportunities, and know how to thoughtfully evolve proven franchises while staying alert to changing consumer needs and cultural shifts.

You thrive in ambiguity, creating clarity and driving progress even when all inputs are not yet known. You confidently navigate a global, highly cross-functional organization, align teams around a shared vision, and develop talent through a culture of curiosity, ownership, collaboration, and accountability.

What Youll Do

• Own and evolve the global Sandals category strategy and multi-season roadmap, building on established product franchises while finding opportunities to expand relevance and drive future growth.
• Translate consumer, cultural, competitive, marketplace, and business insights into a clear product vision, strategic choices, and category priorities.
• Shape the portfolio architecture for Sandals, strengthening established franchises through thoughtful evolution while identifying targeted opportunities for newness across consumer needs, wearing occasions, price points, and emerging trends.
• Lead the seasonal product briefing and line-planning process, establishing clear direction across consumer targets, product stories, price architecture, franchise roles, lifecycle, color and material strategy, and newness.
• Bring exceptional product instincts and a discerning point of view, determining what is consumer-relevant, brand-right, differentiated, and additive to the strength of the existing portfolio.
• Partner cross-functionally to connect product strategy with marketplace opportunity, incorporating commercial and consumer insights into product decisions while maintaining clarity around the global category vision.
• Use category and franchise performance, consumer response, and marketplace insights to inform portfolio choices and the thoughtful evolution of the business over time.
• Balance global consistency with differing consumer and marketplace needs, ensuring the portfolio can flex appropriately while maintaining the integrity of the category vision.
• Navigate ambiguity with confidence, using strong product and business judgment to create clarity, establish direction, and maintain momentum.
• Communicate the category vision and strategic priorities through compelling storytelling, building confidence and alignment with senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Develop, coach, and inspire talent through clear expectations, meaningful ownership, timely feedback, and mentorship.

What Youll Bring to the Table

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of progressive experience in category management, product management, merchandising, product creation, or a related consumer product field, ideally within footwear, fashion, lifestyle, or adjacent consumer categories.
• Deep understanding of global consumers, culture, marketplace dynamics, competition, and emerging footwear trends; Sandals experience is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional product instincts and strong commercial judgment, with the ability to determine what is consumer-relevant, brand-right, differentiated, and capable of delivering meaningful business results.
• Demonstrated success developing global category strategies and stewarding established product franchises, with the judgment to build on proven equities while identifying targeted opportunities for future growth.
• Strong commercial savvy and the ability to use consumer insights, marketplace data, and business performance to inform product strategy and portfolio choices.
• Demonstrated ability to operate successfully in ambiguity, independently creating clarity, establishing priorities, making decisions, and driving action.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and influencing skills, with experience working effectively in a global, highly matrixed organization.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and executive verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and build alignment around a clear vision.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing talent.
• Ability to travel globally.

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The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We accept applications on an ongoing basis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other classification protected by law.

Title: Director, Category Management - Sandals

Salary or Pay Range: $165,000 - $175,000

Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities.

At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.

This organization participates in E-Verify.

This position is eligible to participate in a company incentive program.

This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.

The application window is 45 days, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the posting date in order to ensure optimal consideration. The posting will be removed if the job is filled before the application window deadline.

Job Category: Corporate