Senior Merchandising Director

About PVH Corp.

PVH is one of the most admired fashion and lifestyle companies in the world. We power brandsthat drive fashion forward - for good. Our brand portfolio includes the iconicCALVIN KLEINandTOMMYHILFIGERbrands.We market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands. PVH has over 40,000 associates operating in over 40 countries and $9.9 billion in annual revenues. That's the Power of Us. That's the Power of PVH.

About Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 16,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than1,400 retail storesthroughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of theTommy Hilfigerbrand were $9.2 billionin 2019

Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide with a brand portfolio that includesTOMMY HILFIGERandTOMMY JEANS.

Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world's most recognized premium designer lifestyle groups and is recognized for celebrating the essence of "classic American cool" style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.

Its focus is designing and marketing high-quality men's tailored clothing and sportswear, women's collection apparel and sportswear, kidswear, denim collections, underwear (including robes, sleepwear and loungewear), footwear and accessories. Through select licensees, Tommy Hilfiger offers complementary lifestyle products such as eyewear, watches, fragrance, swimwear, socks, small leather goods, home goods and luggage.

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Merchandising Director will:

• Report in to and partner with the TH World of Men's (WOM) Lifestyle's VP of Merchandising
• Hold a strategic leadership role within the WOM team, with specific Merchandising ownership across all three key pillars of WOM's Apparel: Sportswear, Tailored & Dress Casual, Hilfiger Sport, CTB.
• Develop and align the short and long-term WOM Apparel growth strategies with the overall TH Brand WOM Lifestyle vision
• Partner closely with Footwear and Accessories counterparts in ensuring a synergistic 'consumer centric' approach to product when producing seasonal collections
• Partner with the Consumer Insights teams in analyzing updated Apparel data points to further enhance and continuously modernize the WOM Aspirational Consumer Profile
• Lead and create a bottoms-up WOM Apparel architecture and framework for the collection - across all Product Groups - in the form of seasonal Range Plans that correspond to the long-term business objectives and KPI targets
• Partner with key stakeholders and cross-functional partners in building commercially strong collections, while ensuring margin targets, price point architecture, Hero styles, volume drivers, etc., are all successfully executed
• Lead the facilitation and development of optimal relationships between Merchandising, Design, PD, and Country Partners both in and out of key seasonal milestone meetings
• Oversee the creation of all seasonal Digital Asset management and Market Launch toolkits
• Partner with (and drive) the Retail and ECOM teams in delivering optimal 'consumer centric' assortments that meet all Retail strategic needs, hit all financial targets, and accelerate the O&O business
• Lead and drive all key milestone meetings (Range Plan Meeting, Digital Collection Review, Omnichannel Validation Meeting, etc.) and present / discuss the collection, review Product Stories, and provide product feedback to cover Market needs
• Participate in cross-divisional projects related to strategic impact and provide inputs for key presentations
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 17 junior to senior level Merchants

Requirements:

• Minimum 12+ years MERCHANDISING experience
• Visionary; proven ability to strategically lead a large-scale business towards continuous growth while, at times, navigating through unchartered territory
• Strong discernment to quickly identify new business opportunities; ability to convert into clear, actionable business strategy
• Strategic risk-taker
• Omni-channel experience
• Analytical mind-set; in-depth proficiency of all Financials and KPI levers associated with leading a high-volume business
• Proven history in developing assortment frameworks and building annual/seasonal Range Plan architectures from the ground-up
• An effective communicator who possesses a deep understanding of consumer preferences across key markets, emphasizes accountability in decisions, promotes continuous improvement and motivation via proven strong leadership, possesses high energy/urgency, and creative problem solving.
• Understanding of multiple Markets, regions, cultural and consumer differences and the requirements to deliver against financial results and customer-centric KPIs.
• Strong networker; proven history in forming effective working relationships with all key cross-functional departments (Merchandising, Design, Production, and Markets/Country Partners)
• Previous experience leading and managing a large team with demonstrated ability to coach and develop future leaders (minimum size team of 10 - 15, including 3 Directors)
• Understanding of the end-to-end seasonal process and experience with managing (and providing input) into the annual/seasonal corporate calendar and associated work-stream
• Strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and diverse environment
• Experience in Retail, Wholesale, and Online environments is preferred
• Knowledge and skills in working with Corporate Systems (i.e. PLM, Consumer Insights) and in MS Office software (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Verbal and Written Proficiency in English is required

What You Can Expect from Us:

• Acompanyculturethat fostersdevelopment, offering trainingand learning opportunities through our very own PVH University
• An international environment which respects diversity, equality,and individuality
• Amonthly Covid home- office budget
• Asmart work programthatempowers ourassociates to workfrom home in the Netherlands, withina flexible schedule
• Abeautifulstate-of-the-artCampus awaiting you upon our return to the office

PVH Europe and ourbrands,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.