Product Creation Business Operations Lead, Footwear [213568]

Aquent is partnering with a globally recognized athletic footwear and apparel company to find a Product Creation Business Operations Lead for a contract assignment supporting a high-profile footwear brand. This role is ideal for someone who understands how footwear or apparel products move through development and enjoys improving the processes, tools, and collaboration that make product creation successful.

You’ll work closely with product and development teams to keep operations organized, improve workflows, and help cross-functional partners execute against shared priorities.

What You’ll Do

• Support day-to-day business operations across footwear Product Management, Development, Design, Merchandising, and Planning teams.
• Maintain product creation calendars, track milestones, and communicate critical updates.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and implement improvements to processes and workflows.
• Build and maintain collaborative tools, trackers, reporting processes, and documentation.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings to resolve issues, align stakeholders, and drive execution.
• Prepare operational reports and translate information into actionable business insights.
• Develop process documentation and training materials to support consistent execution.
• Coordinate operational projects, managing timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in product operations, business operations, project management, or process improvement.
• Understanding of physical product creation and development, ideally in footwear, apparel, or consumer products.
• Experience improving business processes and coordinating work across multiple functional teams.
• Strong organizational, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing project timelines, calendars, operational reporting, and documentation.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, and lookups.
• Experience building or maintaining collaborative tools and workflows using Airtable, Smartsheet, Miro, or similar platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Ability to work onsite in Beaverton, Oregon, Monday through Thursday.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience with Nike, Jordan Brand, or another major athletic footwear company.
• Knowledge of seasonal footwear product creation calendars, PLM processes, or global product operations.
• Experience supporting process adoption, training, or organizational change.
• Advanced reporting, dashboard development, or workflow automation experience.

Why Apply?

• Support product creation operations for one of the world’s most recognizable athletic brands.
• Work closely with experienced leaders across footwear Product, Design, Development, and Merchandising.
• Make a tangible impact by improving the processes and tools used by global teams.
• Gain visibility across multiple functions within a complex product organization.
• Join an established team where your operational expertise can make an immediate difference.

Global leader in athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment. Our client focuses on innovation, performance, and marketing, partnering with top athletes and teams. The company emphasizes sustainability and digital advancements to enhance the sports experience.

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