Freelance Senior Manager, TH Strategy & Planning

About Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 16,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than 1,400 retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of the Tommy Hilfiger brand were $9.2 billion in 2019

Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide with a brand portfolio that includes TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS.

Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s most recognized premium designer lifestyle groups and is recognized for celebrating the essence of classic American cool style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.

Its focus is designing and marketing high-quality men’s tailored clothing and sportswear, women’s collection apparel and sportswear, kidswear, denim collections, underwear (including robes, sleepwear and loungewear), footwear and accessories. Through select licensees, Tommy Hilfiger offers complementary lifestyle products such as eyewear, watches, fragrance, swimwear, socks, small leather goods, home goods and luggage

The Department and Team

The Tommy Hilfiger Strategy & Planning team is the strategy and transformation function for the Global Headquarter of Tommy Hilfiger (TH) based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In this capacity, the team supports the TH Global management in structuring strategic thinking, and running strategic and transformation initiatives throughout the business: along the value chain from merchandising and design, to product development, sourcing and supply.

We are trusted advisors of management. We are a team of strategic problem solvers, analytical thinkers, and passionate team players, ambitious professionals who strive to bring about change and get our iconic brand to the next level, and help seeing this through. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with the business to develop meaningful, relevant and actionable strategies.

The Position

• Reporting to the Senior Director, the person is responsible for the planning, execution, and evaluation of strategic initiatives and will act as maternity cover for a Senior Manager on the team.

  
  
  

• Actively managing relationships between project and business leads & teams, the person is able to efficiently manage the project team’s thinking and problem solving process, while ensuring business requirements, capacities, timelines, and the highest quality standards.

  
  
  

• We are looking for a positive team player with great communication skills, that is not afraid to take on a challenge, and that is passionate about finding answers to complex problems and turning everything that she/he does into a success.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead / support the execution of strategic & transformational projects, by: formulating and testing hypotheses; developing and communicating recommendations; aligning strategies across business teams and obtaining buy-in from various senior stakeholders; implementing strategies, business processes and change

  
  

• Own the planning, execution and controlling of one or more strategic (sub)projects

  
  

• Key contact person to business leads in one or more strategic (sub)projects

  
  

• Proactively leading discussions, driving progress and facilitating decision making based on facts and insights

  
  

• Contact person to the entire organization for project related tasks and various strategic questions

  
  

• Comfortable with high levels of ambiguity, having a high sense of ownership and not shying away from responsibility

  
  

• (Co-)Lead the problem solving process: manage the structuring of issues, the running of analyses, and the development of actionable recommendations for the business

  
  

• Help develop the team to expand their skill sets and to further progress their careers

  
  

• Own and drive the preparation of top management business presentations and decision meetings

The Ideal Candidate:

• From 8+ years of experience in consulting in the fashion, apparel retail or consumer goods industry;

  
  

• University degree from a leading business school/university

  
  

• Outstanding people and relationship skills; and ability to interact with different levels of a multi-cultural, international organization

  
  

• Strong executive presence and leadership engagement skills

  
  

• Excellent written and presentation skills; able to communicate effectively through both written and verbal communication

  
  

• Flexible, and able to perform in a highly dynamic work environment

  
  

• Independent, hands-on, able to prioritize, results oriented and structured

  
  

• Ability to deal with a new and wide variety of topics

  
  

• Real team player, does not take her/himself too seriously

  
  

• Ambitious, highly motivated and with a focus on developing yourself

  
  

• High standard of ethics, integrity and confidentiality

• Excellent MS PowerPoint and Excel skills

  
  

• Proficiency in English

PVH Europe and our brands, TOMMY HILFIGER and CALVIN KLEIN, are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. We believe we are bettered by all forms of diversity, and take pride in working with top talent from every walk of life and corner of the world. In the spirit of inclusivity, qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, ability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.