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Vans: Vice President – Design & Innovation
| Company | VF |
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| Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $388800 – $486000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- You are a creative and innovative leader with an engaging and inspiring executive disposition
- You possess the business acumen and consumer understanding with an ability to drive execution and decision-making
- You have a proven history of building strategic working relations with trust and effective communication, and deliver on your commitments
- In building and maintaining a successful team, you coach and develop others with empowerment and by facilitating change while leveraging cultural diversity
- With your leadership skills, you sell the vision, build organizational talent, encourage entrepreneurship, and coach and develop others by leading change
- As you establish strategic direction, you drive for execution with a passion for results
- With global acumen, you cultivate networks with compelling communication, influence, and cultural and interpersonal relationships
- Your proactive approach to identifying the root cause of issues is instrumental in helping you and your teams to seek the best solutions with a values driven commitment to do what is right
Responsibilities
- Define, champion and protect a global brand design philosophy aligned to Brand DNA for all product categories with a significant focus on driving commercial designs that create excitement with our consumers
- Champion product vision and strategy within your teams and the broader brand ensuring cohesive execution for consumers
- Lead global long-term and seasonal product design direction which includes executing pre-season concepting
- Provide strategic direction, leadership, mentorship and inspiration to a diverse team of designers, while driving alignment of the total product line
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement promoting professional growth and development of the team
- Partner with global product leaders and regional partners while directing design approach to create compelling product stories on a seasonal and annual basis
- Manage the design process budget, including design cost, to deliver on financial targets and KPI including gross margin, style complexity, global commonality, and ultimately sell-through of product
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
