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POSITION SUMMARY:
The Denim Design Manager is responsible for managing the design & development of the global offering for all Calvin Klein Women’s Denim product categories within the Outlet and Off-Price channels. As the Design Manager for Women's Denim, you will be an integral part of the design team in supporting the creation of stylish and trendsetting denim collections. Your role will involve managing the design process for ideating and interpreting seasonal design direction, conducting research, and contributing to the development of denim designs that align with the brand's vision, market trends, and customer preferences. You will work with design, merchandising and supply partners, gain valuable experience, and play a significant role in elevating the brand's women's global denim offerings. Additionally, you will manage and guide growth to an entry level designer.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE JOB:
1. Design Support:
· Collaborate with the director to create sketches, illustrations, and technical drawings for women's denim garments, including jeans, jackets, shorts, skirts, shirts and dresses.
· Leads in brainstorming sessions and concept ideation to develop new and innovative denim designs.
· Manage and organize design development line sheets, wash charts and CADs.
· Ability to meet overlapping deadlines, strong time management skills and proactive problem solving.
· Manage and empower growth for entry level designer while ensuring work and deadlines are being met
2. Trend Research and Analysis:
· Conduct research on denim trends, wash techniques, fabrications, and runway relevant to women's denim.
· Stay updated with the latest market trends and customer preferences in women's denim fashion and fits.
· Works with Director on building out seasonal ideas, sketches and wash standards.
3. Material and Wash Selection:
· Conducts communicating on development on fabrics, washes, trims, and embellishments for garment prototypes and production.
· Works closely with supply and fabric team for sampling and fabric ordering.
· Manage the creation of building out seasonal wash ranges and sample fabric ordering
4. Tech Pack Creation:
· Responsible for the creation and managing of tech packs, design specifications and bill of material for denim development samples and production.
· Facilitating and owning design pass offs with technical design team from design details to construction.
5. Sample Review and Fit Sessions:
· Attends sample reviews and fit sessions to provide feedback on the fit, construction, and design details of denim prototypes.
6. Collaboration and Communication:
· Responsible for communication with cross-functional teams, including product developers and merchandisers, to ensure seamless execution of development and bulk.
· Proactively communicates with director on status updates and timelines in a timely manner to ensure deadlines and needs are being meet.
7. Brand Alignment:
· Understand and maintain the brand's design aesthetic and language in all women's denim products.
· Collaborate with the design team and brand team to ensure consistency in storytelling and branding across denim collections.
8. Trend Presentation:
· Prepares trend presentations and mood boards to inspire and inform the design process.
· Presents design sketches and story boards during internal sketch reviews and assortment meetings, including merchandisers and design leadership
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
Experience:
· 7-11 years design experience
Skills:
· Previous experience in corporate fashion design, with a focus on women's denim.
· Proficient in design software and tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Centric, PLM, Excel and Miro
· Ability to meet overlapping deadlines, strong time management skills and proactive problem solving.
· Strong organizational skills and detailed oriented
· Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment while staying flexible
· Knowledge in denim fabrication, wash, fit and garment construction
· Excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively present ideas
· Welcomes new challenges with optimism and patience.
Pay Range:$99,500---$141,200PVH currently provides base salary ranges for all positions-on job advertisements-in the United States based on local requirements. These ranges are based on what PVH reasonably believes that it will pay an associate for their base salary for said position at the time of the posting. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors including but-not limited to qualifications, geographic location and other relevant skills. PVH is committed to providing a market-competitive total rewards package to eligible associates, which includes diverse and robust health and insurance benefits to meet the varied needs of our associates and an above-market 401(k) contribution to help our associates save for retirement. We also offer career growth opportunities, empowering our associates to design their future at PVH.Additional Compensation: This role is bonus eligible.
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
At PVH, we offer competitive, cost-effective, and comprehensive benefit packages. We strive to provide options when it comes to your health, finances, and work-life balance. This includes:
Pay & Insurance: Competitive pay, bonus programs, best in class medical insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.
401(k): An above-market 401(k) contribution to help our eligible associates save for retirement.
Flexible Workplace: Generous company-paid holidays, paid time off, hybrid working arrangements, volunteer opportunities, seasonal hours, and flexible work schedules.
Wellbeing Support: A variety of wellbeing tools and programs such as, Headspace membership, reimbursement for fitness memberships and/or digital meditation subscriptions, and the opportunity to earn up to $200 a year in rewards for exercising and participating in healthy activities.
Care.com Services: Access to services for childcare, elder care, adoption preparation, pet care, plus reimbursement for backup care when your regular plans fall through.
Education Assistance: Receive support for continued education including tuition reimbursement.
Associate Discount: Shop at our company outlets and e-commerce sites at a discount.
Please note, eligibility depends on employment status, location and length of time employed with PVH and our benefits may be subject to change. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
About PVH:
We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.
One of PVH’s greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued, and every voice is heard, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.
PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.
To achieve these goals, across the United States and its territories, PVH prohibits any PVH employee, agent or representative from requesting or otherwise considering any job applicant’s current or prior wages, salary or other compensation information in connection with the hiring process. Accordingly, applicants are asked not to disclose this salary history information to PVH.