PVH

Country Lead – Vietnam

Office Vietnam Full time

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Country Lead – Vietnam

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