Global footwear and apparel manufacturer scaling ecommerce and data infrastructure
Wolverine Worldwide operates a portfolio of owned and licensed footwear and apparel brands across 200+ countries, with active migration to Azure Synapse for data analytics and ongoing Salesforce Commerce Cloud customization. The hiring acceleration (36 roles in the last 30 days) is concentrated in product and operations, signaling a push to modernize digital commerce and supply-chain capabilities while contending with factory capacity constraints and cross-functional alignment friction.
Notable leadership hires: Finance Director, Chief Marketing Officer, Art Director
Wolverine Worldwide is a publicly traded apparel and footwear conglomerate founded in 1883, operating from Rockford, Michigan. The company manages a portfolio of owned brands (Wolverine, Merrell, Saucony, Hush Puppies, Chaco, Stride Rite, and others) alongside licensed brands including Cat Footwear and Harley-Davidson Footwear, serving consumers in approximately 200 countries and territories. Operations span manufacturing, wholesale, and direct-to-consumer ecommerce channels. The tech stack reflects a mid-market enterprise architecture: SAP for ERP and planning, Salesforce Commerce Cloud for digital retail, Azure cloud infrastructure, and legacy BI tools (Power BI, Hyperion, Anaplan). Current operational priorities include reducing factory delivery delays, improving inventory management, and consolidating disparate systems.
SAP ERP and BW for planning, Salesforce Commerce Cloud for ecommerce, Azure for cloud infrastructure (Data Lake Storage, Synapse), Power BI and Anaplan for analytics, Cisco for networking, and Adobe Creative Cloud for design.
Key projects include global ecommerce digital product development, Salesforce Commerce Cloud customization, Azure Synapse data migration, material localization programs, supply-chain planning templates, and disaster recovery initiatives.
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