Country Lead – Vietnam

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POSITION SUMMARY:
All Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brand strategy, product development and innovation are led and driven by certain PVH affiliates in the Netherlands where Tommy Hilfiger is head-quartered, and Calvin Klein in the US where it is head-quartered and both catering to global market needs. The position in this job description helps the above-mentioned PVH related parties meet their operating and strategic needs.

• In charge of Vietnam and TH Supply Operations that includes Production Ops and Management while supporting sourcing functions.

• Country Management to be the visible face of the region to both internal and external stakeholders and providing Country level inputs into corporate requirements on behalf of the region.

• In charge of cross functional/geographic team to execute multi-tiered global supply chain strategies to drive value and achieve business goals. Have a strong business strategic vision and is business intelligence paired with supply chain experience to deliver best in class product in a competitive global marketplace.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES (Supply)
Operational Excellence & Execution

• Drive sustainable practices and systems to ensure delivery of best-in-class product to meet PVH OTD requirements in the right quality.

• Maintain operational excellence ensuring vendors and teams are adhering to PVH’s rollout of policies and initiatives (e.g., BCCU tracking, Transaction and Garment certification, Traceability initiatives).

• Drive Critical Path adherence within the region from PO placement to ACD.

• Support product-to-market process activities, including development and bulk allocation, while owning production planning and purchase order management.

• Identify and execute initiatives to increase operational efficiencies, leverage economies of scale, and optimize the supply chain.

Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Manage relationships with L1 vendors and key L2/L3 partners in the country/region.

• Partner with Regional and Global Sourcing and Category Leads on vendor strategy by providing inputs into regional vendor allocation to support business needs.

• Build relationships and maintain connectivity with country partners to develop future partners and execute strategies.

• Manage internal and external vendor relationships and report out on qualitative and quantitative performance metrics.

• Optimize regional country of origin strategies to service global ship-to destinations, focusing on duty benefits, cost, quality, and lead time.

Cost Optimization & Value Creation

• Optimize product cost by leading cost renegotiations with vendors where applicable, unlocking value, and delivering against margin goals.

• Drive supply chain initiatives that enable speed, agility, and flexibility to deliver best price-value product.

Product Quality, Technical Excellence & Compliance

• Ensure consumer and brand product needs are met by partnering with Technical Services, Quality teams, and vendors to achieve quality standards.

• Ensure Corporate Responsibility standards throughout the supply chain, inclusive of social and environmental responsibility, sustainability, and global requirements.

Strategic Alignment & Business Integration

• Understand and execute on PVH Supply Plan priorities.

• Partner cross-functionally to ensure sourcing strategies align with overall brand, consumer, and business objectives.

Talent Development & Leadership

• Develop high-performing teams and grow best-in-class talent committed to a shared value system of integrity and collaboration.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES (Country Management)

• Own geo-political oversight and connections with industry and government and trade bodies.

• Drive PVH wide initiatives in collaboration & alignment with the respective Brand Supply regional leads.

• Drive country specific strategic initiatives

• Drive CR CAP and initiatives with vendors.

• Support developing vendor capabilities and new vendors for both brands in alignment with the brands evolving strategic needs.

• Own running of the office/administration in as smooth manner.

• Provide overall leadership for the office, lead I&D activities and social committee activities.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Garment and Textile, or its equivalent with about 15-20 years of working experience, of which a minimum of 10 years in Leadership positions including 5 years or more in manufacturing

• Experience developing winning communication

• Ability to manage and mentor Direct and Indirect associates in the region

• Exemplary project management skills

• Extensive supply chain knowledge and experience with focus on Asia

• Extensive knowledge of raw materials, costing, macro-economic trends and capacity planning

• In-depth knowledge of sourcing and production Strategy

• In-depth knowledge of multi-tiered sourcing strategies

• Knowledge of local trade policies and legislative action

• Access to an extensive network of contacts and relationships

• Superior writing and editing skills

• Public speaking skills

Skills:

• Anticipates future market and customer changes that will have an impact to the function and organization

• Creates an environment that effectively balances business needs and risks and can proactively respond to it when changes arise

• Operates successfully in ambiguous and complex situations and leads the team through it

• Be ambitious, takes ultimate ownership in achieving the highest performance for oneself and the team

• Ability to break down overall direction into achievable goals for teams and help them to stay organized, provides appropriate resources against work committed

• Motivates and inspires people to press ahead to achieve the functional and company vision, in spite of difficulties and uncertainties

• Strong leadership skills: ability to drive change, inspire, coach, mentor and develop a high performing team

• Relationships: establish and maintain strong working relationships cross-functionally and cross-divisionally, as well as externally (does not work, think or behave with a silo mindset)

• Influencing: ability to influence cross-functionally and throughout the organization to drive results

• Strategic & pragmatic: manage short-term business decisions while driving toward long term strategic vision

• Flexible & adaptable: operate in an environment with changing business needs, ad hoc project requests, shifting priorities, and deadlines

• Ability to synthesize: take complex issues and draw valid actionable fact based conclusions

• Detail oriented, creative, and innovative in approach

• Results & solutions driven

• Ability to know when to direct teams in a leadership capacity and when to take a hands-on approach in order to deliver timely results

• Strong negotiating skills in diverse cultural environments