Design Your Future at PVH

About Tommy Hilfiger
PVH is the growth platform for Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER. Through driving brand strength and relevance, we are connecting our global, iconic brands closer to where the consumer is going than ever before, today and with future generations. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH.

TOMMY HILFIGER is one of the world’s most recognized premium lifestyle brands, welcoming and inspiring consumers since 1985. Originally established in New York City and infused with the spirit of Americana, the brand is defined by its Classic American Cool roots and red, white and blue DNA.

Inspired by a relentless pursuit of writing new rules for American fashion and pop culture, TOMMY HILFIGER creates the modern uniform for an aspirational lifestyle. Founder Tommy Hilfiger remains our Principal Designer and represents guidance and inspiration for the design process. Global retail sales of products sold under the TOMMY HILFIGER brands, including sales by our licensees, were approximately $9 billion in 2023.

The Team

The Tommy Hilfiger Womenswear division is one of the main business drivers within Tommy Hilfiger. Based in the Amsterdam Global HQ, the team is split into 4 sub teams: Design, Production, Sourcing & Development, Buying & Planning and Merchandising & Sales.
These 4 teams work together in an informal setting to create styled and high-end quality products for the Global consumer base. Tommy Hilfiger Womenswear presents 4 collections per year (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter).

The Position

This is a fixed term contract for 6 or 7 months commencing in 2024

As a Sr. Merchandiser working in the Womenswear Division, you will be part of the Product Merchandising team creating and executing seasonal collections for specific “soft and/or constructed woven products”. You will work closely with the Merchandise manager in the team who is responsible for multiple product groups. Next to that, you will work in collaboration with the developers from the development team, the designers, Together with the Merchandise Manager you will also work on the range plans for the seasonal collection, including margin targets, styles/option count and price build ups.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Sr. Merchandiser will be reporting to the Sr. Merchandising Manager of Womenswear and will have the following responsibilities
• Gain understanding of Markets and trends by pursuing (field) market research
• Work collaboratively with the Merchandising Manager to create seasonal range plans, taking into consideration the needs of Wholesale, Retail & Ecommerce channels
• Build a strong relationship with Design and Product Development and collaborate with them to build a commercially strong collections in alignment with range plans, by providing guidance during the collection-building process (e.g. in Merchandising brief handover, Sketch and Proto reviews), and presenting the collection at key meetings
• Close collaboration with the other merchandisers within the Womenswear division or other divisions
• Responsible for execution and communication of market and merchandise-specific changes to products throughout the development process
• Review and perform different angles of sell-in/sell-out analysis and reporting needed for planning and evaluation of respective lifestyle and/or category to support (management) decision-making
• Present and explain the collection (e.g. looks, styles, and laydown) to the markets in several key milestone meetings
• Ensure forecasting and updates at given milestones and conduct PLM related activities
• Support Divisions in market smart pricing and margin management

The Ideal Candidate:

• Circa 6 years’ experience
• High level of creative and analytical skills
• Ability to handle pressure while working on multiple tasks under tight deadlines by providing high quality work results
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset
• Understanding of Global countries requirements and ability to translate the needs into the collection
• Team player mindset, embraces team mentality and collaboration
• Excellent skills in MS Excel (reporting and handling big data amount, executing pivots and other analysis) as well as Word and Power Point are a plus
• Knowledge of PLM is a pro
• Fluent in English

Be part of it.

PVH Europe and our brands, TOMMY HILFIGER and CALVIN KLEIN, are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. We believe we are bettered by all forms of diversity and take pride in working with top talent from every walk of life and corner of the world. In the spirit of inclusivity, qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, ability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.