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Senior Director Regional Merchandising (all categories)
The Team
Within the Full Price Buying & Merchandising team, our mission is to ensure the Global Full Price product strategy is adapted to meet the specific needs of the region to maximize DTC performance & wholesale growth, and to ensure operational readiness across the Full Price buying teams. This position serves as the backbone of the Full Price team, collaborating closely with Hubs and wider CK teams to drive overall commercial performance. With an integral position in the team, the role contributes significantly to the department’s operational efficiency, strategic growth and overall success.
The Position
As Senior Director Regional Merchandising, you will be crucial to the Full Price Buying & Merchandising team, driving the regional assortment architecture, aligning needs with global strategies to meet market demands for the category (e.g. apparel, close to body, accessories etc.). You will work closely with global product creation teams and wider CK teams to ensure the EMEA region is well positioned with the right product mix. This role is vital for achieving the Full Price Buying & Merchandising objectives and your work will be key to the commercial success of the CK brand.
Key Responsibilities:
• Regional assortment architecture: Drive the development and execution of the regional assortment architecture for the EMEA region, aligning product needs with global strategies and market demands to ensure the right assortment across all channels, including wholesale and DTC. This includes managing product selection and segmentation for optimal growth and profitability.
• Partner with global teams: Partner with global product creation teams to provide category strategy, range feedback, and regional product needs. Analyze market trends, consumer insights, and competitor activity to influence and inform the global product assortment, ensuring the EMEA region is well-positioned with the right mix of products.
• Regional buying & assortment strategies: Define and manage regional buying and assortment strategies by collaborating with cross-functional teams to create comprehensive buy plans. This includes forecasting product volumes, managing commitments on a style level, and ensuring that products are available for both short-term and long-term market needs, optimizing inventory and sales.
• Roll out of product assortment: Lead the regional rollout of product assortments, including ensuring that products are downloaded to sales teams and customers effectively. Coordinate showroom setups, launch strategies, and in-market execution to maximize sales performance and brand presence across the EMEA region, ensuring product launches are on time and aligned with regional priorities.
• Team and line management: Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing merchandising team, fostering a collaborative, results-driven environment, and ensuring continuous professional growth and alignment with company goals.
• Support departmental plans: work with the VP CK FP Buying & Merchandising to develop departmental plans and priorities
Measures of Success
• Product selection and trend responsiveness: high levels of assortment success including sell out performance of new collections, speed to market for new trends, exclusive product performance
• Customer and market insight: accurate market insight including customer demand forecasting, customer ratings and reviews
• Range & option count, sell through rate, net sales and inventory levels
Requirements
• Minimal 12 years’ experience in Merchandising for a fashion retailer
• Able to work in a fast paced, matrix based, challenging environment. Strong influencing skills with experience in managing cross functional teams and marketplace execution
• Proven analytical, planning and organization skills with the ability to generate meaningful data insight to take commercial decisions.
• Communication skills: advanced ability to clearly convey information both written and orally with executive internal stakeholders and senior external stakeholders, effectively influencing others
• Commercial Acumen: Advanced business and commercial acumen skills
• Team player: Team player, and proven previous experience of 7+ years building and managing a team, coaching and developing individual team members providing stewardship, guidance and support
• Fluent English both written and verbal
• Ability to travel abroad
• Education: a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Fashion Merchandising, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent professional experience
At PVH, how we act is as important as what we do. Here are some key behaviours we expect from our people:
ENTERPRISE FIRST – we act in the best interests of PVH and its consumers beyond our own team, brand, region or market.
DRIVE CHANGE – we lead by example and are optimistic about change. We challenge the status quo but fully commit once a decision is made.
CREATE CLARITY – we are diligent in providing context and setting our priorities so we can be productive quickly.
INSPIRE TRUST – we create safe spaces for debate and deliver on what we promise so people can learn to depend on us.
TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY – we focus on work with the biggest business impact and give candid feedback to each other.
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
In the heart of Amsterdam, PVH is home to the global headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger and the European offices of Calvin Klein.
Wellbeing: exclusive onsite gym and fitness classes, personal training, meditation studio, sports clubs, in-house physio, and receive access to our nutritional and wellbeing programs
Campus: extensive food and beverage offerings, top-notch restaurant, barista coffee bars, sky bar, monthly social events, weekly Thursday drinks, game nights, and campus-themed activities that will keep your social life busy
Be at the forefront: stay closely connected to our brands, CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER, and be a part of seasonal market launches, sample sales and receive employee discounts!
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About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. 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+.
One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.
