Freelance Lead Retail POS Engineer

About PVH Corp:

PVH is one of the most admired fashion and lifestyle companies in the world. We power brands that drive fashion forward for good. Our brand portfolio includes the iconic CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER brands. 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 is the Power of PVH.

Department and Team:

PVH Europe is on a mission to redefine the fashion industry by driving full digitization along the company’s entire value chain, from product design to the end-consumer.

The focus of the Technology department is to become a driving force in the organization for technology strategies & tools that enable the company’s growth and create ever-increasing value for the end-user, be it the PVH organization, the employees, our customers, or consumers.

Our Retail Omnichannel product teams create a seamless consumer experience across all consumer channels, thereby connecting online and offline channels. The success of the product teams is based on the effort and collaboration with many other teams across the organization which are all part of the company’s omnichannel journey. The product teams develop, implement, and orchestrate the initiatives in an agile way from a business perspective until complete operational implementation as well as guide the cross-functional teams.

The Retail Technology Team focus is on PVH’s brick and mortar stores across Europe. The members are currently structured in 4 teams, In Store Sale, Retail Inventory Management Solutions and Retail Technology Operations and Project Deliver. The members of the domain are thriving experts in various retail technologies such as GK OmniPOS, SAP Sales, SAP CAR, RFID Technology, Fiori and ABAP development. As well embarking on the cloud journey to move code and solutions to the cloud.

The Position:

As part of the In Store Sales, the candiate will be responsible for the technical design of the GK POS OmniChannel solutions and capabilities, realised without losing sight of the feasibility, financial impact and operational security. You set out the lines to build future ready solutions in collaboration with our stakeholders and (external) partners. You guide our teams to their new destination and guide our development teams to do their best. You will build personal partnerships whilst simultaneously ensuring that the technology relates to business.

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the application management of the GK Omni POS plus associated systems such as Adyen, ShopperTrack and Global Blue.

• Drive operational excellence for the POS systems and make sure systems run smoothly and are scalable for future growth.

• Design solutions and drive implementations with our vendors to fulfill business and technical requirements.

• Define an application strategy to be on the best tech stack for the future (e.g., mobile POS, cloud-based applications, API driven commication) and align it with our vendors.

• Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase effectiveness and systems flexibility.

• Finding the best tech solution among all possible to solve the existing business problems.

• Describing the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to project stakeholders.

• Defining features, phases, and solution requirements.

• Providing specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered.

• Identify, create, and maintain appropriate solution architecture artifacts throughout the lifecycle.

You are:

• Proactive and solution-oriented

• Experienced, professional, and collaborative

• Always open to look back, learn and continuously improve

• Competent in your expertise, willing and eager to develop other team members

• Fluent in English, both verbal and written

• Willing to travel if needed

You have:

• 5 + years working experience with POS systems

• Ability to lead and motivate team members, strong drive and able to pull people together

• A strong background in application management and software development

• Ability to create architectural designs and connecting the dots to the bigger ecosystem

• Strong process knowledge regarding Sales in Stores incl. gift cards, employee sales, etc.

• Experience in working in an agile environment

• Experience in working with vendors on software solutions and aligning on roadmaps

• Experience with the below mentioned solutions:

• GK OmniPOS incl. mobile POS or similar

• Adyen or similar

• High level knowledge of SAP integrations for sales (SAP POS DTA/SAP Retail)

• CRM integrations

• ShopperTrack or similar traffic counter solutions

• Using APIs for integrated POS solutions

• Web Applications used for POS relevant transactions

• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, etc.

• Retail and Backoffice Infrastructure to run POS systems

• The ability to adapt to the fast-paced "way of working" which is needed to drive excellence

What You Can Expect from Us:

• A company culture that fosters development, offering training and learning opportunities through our very own PVH University.

• An international environment which respects diversity, equality, and individuality.

• A monthly Covid home- office budget.

• Possibility for a future permanent position.

• A smart work program that empowers our associates to work from home in the Netherlands, within a flexible schedule.

• A beautiful state-of-the-art Campus awaiting you upon our return to the office.