Sr Design Manager Womenswear Woven (Freelance)

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. 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's the Power of PVH.

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.

Position Description and responsibilities

As a Senior Woven Designer Manager working in the Womenswear Division you will be responsible for the design and execution the seasonal collections for womenswear. 
Reporting to the Design Director, the Women's Senior Woven Design Manager is a strategic leader and hands on team member responsible for clearly directing and managing staff members in all aspects of the design and product development process for Outerwear, Leather, Constructed Woven and Soft Woven teams. 

You will be supported by and lead a team seven designers, from assistant to senior level. Management responsibilities include mentoring, guiding, problem solving and developing direct reports through their evolution in the company.

You will be work closely with developers, merchandisers and the Design Director for the planning and development of each seasons collection. You will design and execute seasonal collections for review with Design Director & VP of Womenswear.

Specifically, you will be responsible for:

• Reporting into the Design Director, this role is exclusively responsible for all Woven products for TH Womenswear.
• Must exhibit a clear understanding of the Global Tommy Hilfiger Women's Brand esthetic with consumer expectation on trend, silhouette, and quality
• Partners across Design and Product Development to collaborate and lead on fabric, print, trim, silhouette, and fit across multiple seasons and all stages of the development cycle
• Lead the team motivating and mentoring in executing existing and all new company initiatives while implementing best practices
• Follow up on styles & selected fabrics each season in collaboration with product developers and communicate this to our buying offices/vendors & retail needs.
• Working closely and communicating daily on issues/changes that arise from the development of the collection.
• Encourage cross-functional team work and drive partnerships between design team and cross functional teams to develop products that are part of a cohesive, creative plan that demonstrates strategy and product purpose
• Working closely with the Technical Department for the executing of garment fittings. Attend fittings to help find solutions to any problems that may come up during the fitting process.
• Continuous development of new fabrics, yarns, fillings, print and trims. Working with the Fabric/ Trim/ Print & Pattern Team to select the best concpets for each collection.
• Prepare for potential areas of risk and develop alternative solutions to maintain deadline integrity while ensuring merchants maintain collection and product integrity

Requirements

• Degree at Bachelor level - in Fashion Design Womenswear
• Minimum 12+ years related experience 
• Very commercial mentality with consumer insights
• Solid knowledge of garment specifications, fitting and pattern making
• Eye for details with an extensive knowledge of fabric
• A team-player and flexible
• Excellent computer skills (Illustrator/ Photoshop) & hand-drawn skills.
• 3D experience plus
• Ability to translate trends into a commercial collection with a contemporary handwriting
• Capable of working in a dynamic and always changing environment
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal, as English is the working language of the company.
• Open communicator and able to work with a number of personalities
• Willing to travel to Europe & Asia for supplier/vendor visits

For creative projects: 
Please include an up to date portfolio with your application. We would love to see your aesthetic as well how you commercially design to understand why this is THE role for you!

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.