Senior Director Global Merchandising - Calvin Klein Underwear

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Director of Global Merchandising is the leader of product merchandising for the global community.  The role is responsible for the development of all global merchandising dashboards as well as the consolidation of global information to support and build of global strategies for Calvin Klein Men’s Underwear. 

Using strong collaborating and influencing skills, this position serves as the lead conduit between the global design team and the individual regions. With support of analysis from the Global Merchandising team and individual regions, they ensure that product meets specific merchandising objectives, revenue targets and goals.  

This leadership role manages the Calvin Klein Underwear Men’s Merchandising team. They serve as a hub for all of the merchandising needs and deliverables across the global community.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for supporting the Global Chief Merchant for the product vision and global merchandising guide lines for all Calvin Klein Men’s Underwear lines for all design teams to consider the business on their design briefs.
• Partners with regional merchandise managers in the development & translation of their regional needs as well on the regional results
• Responsible for collaborating, influencing and driving alignment thru the different regional teams, to identify one way of translating.
• Brings customer and market prospective to the design. Thoroughly understands the Brand's target customer by tracking attitude and lifestyle trends.
• Analyzes seasonal business by tracking sales information in order to identify opportunities to improve assortments and margins
• Manages the technical and merchandising teams; identifies staff strengths and areas for development; recognizes positive performance and results and counsels non-performing employees.
• Partner with SVP Design on all Product & Strategic Initiatives, both long and short term.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Experience:

• 7-10 years of product development/merchandising experience; preferably in Retail & Intimate Apparel
• 5+ years of experience managing a team of 2 or more people in differing functions

        

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree in related field 

Skills:  

• Strong problem solving, interpersonal and organizational skills
• High level of analytical skills and conceptual creative ability;
• Excellent written / verbal communication and presentation skills;
• Ability and willingness to travel to Europe and Asia 3-4 X per year; 
• Knowledge of fabrics as well as garment construction including bras;
• Working knowledge of garment costs and gross margin formulas

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PVH Corp
Website : http://www.pvh.com/