Key Responsibilities:
1. Be a creative leader, drive innovation & commercial newness in your categories. Guide your teams to recognize the latest Asian & global trends & clearly understthe Vero Moda target consumer
2. Lead your team to recognize the key selling point of all garments, teach them how to improve enhance theiginal inspiration
3. Provide coaching problem-solving support fthe team to enable them to perform at their best in fittings, ensure that they recap & are able to give clear directions
4. Competent at driving a balanced & structured research that covers not only the trends & KOLS but also the market leaders, fabrics, details & any business opportunities that support your categories.
5. Lead your teams in sample buying & inspiration trips - hunt fthe new, cool & commercial products & be an expert at facilitating the communication between your teams to bring out the best ideas & concepts
6. Oversee & drive the fabric research & upgrade your categories. Regularly visit the fabric fairs, bring innovation & build up your teams fabric library
7. Oversee the library of finishing & detail ideas - ensure your Managers are kept updated.
8. Oversee that the existing Core Library, seasonally meet with the Buying teams to form a strategic updated the offers
9. Optimize workflow product development processes to ensure the team delivers creative innovative designs, ensuring all the best sellers are covered, the offer is based on strong research innovation
10. Assist SeniManagement to lead the Development Meetings. Ensure your Designers are prepared with their data, present their garments convincingly & are able to & resolve problems on the spot
11. Assist SeniManagement to lead the Post-Development Meetings & drive the concepts across categories
12. Work closely with Head of buying Category design Mangers.
13. Lead by example exercise good judgment to foster a culture of excellence innovation within the team
14. Be a leader & role model in effective communication: meet regularly with your teams, ensure a pleasant & productive team environment
15. Maintain strong relationships with the Buying, Retail, EC & SeniManagement
16. Continuously build up yours & your team’s commercial knowledge: spending time in Vero Moda stores & with our competitors. Study from both Retail & EC. Be fully immersed in the Chinese Web sites & social media.
17. Provide on-going workshops & a productive environment to develop & nurture your teams skills, show initiative, contribute & action ideas to improve your category
18. Grow the brands total sales year on year, through development implementation of effective creative commercial strategies matching with TA
Requirements:
1. Minimum Bacheldegree in Fashion
2. Proven experience in designing fashion womenswear (minimum 3-4 years)
3. Proven experience of managing leading the team (minimum 5 years)
4. Good management leadership skills to a positive energetic team
5. Strong team building planning skills
6. Strong portfolio
7. Creative design flair strong sense ffast moving trends
8. Excellent knowledge of fabrics attention to details is an absolute must
9. Excellent knowledge of Adobe programs (Photoshop/ Illustrator)
10. User knowledge of Microsoft Office PowerPoint
11. Strong team player with ability to prioritize workload as well as being able to work on many different collections at once.
12. Work level English