Director Accessories & Apparel

The Category Director for Taylor Made Accessories and Apparel is responsible for setting the strategic vision and leading the cross‑functional execution of all Taylor Made accessories and apparel products, printed materials and supporting assets across all business needs. The leader in this position brings a strong design sensibility and aesthetic vision to translate creative excellence into commercially successful products. They will drive best‑in‑class product innovation while maintaining clear, focused and profitable global product lines and business results across both categories.

• Develop and own the 3-year strategic roadmap and 5+ year high‑level vision for global accessories and apparel product lines
• Provide executive‑level updates with global regions, operations, purchasing, R&D, eCommerce teams, and US strategic account partners
• Identify and evaluate transformational growth opportunities and new product potential across both technologies and new categories for accessories and apparel
• Lead organizational alignment between Global Product Creation, Creative teams and Supply Chain, guiding the product line managers and product development teams on strategic priorities
• Drive enterprise‑wide product line strategy and portfolio optimization across accessories and apparel categories

• Direct global product needs with all global sales, product, engineering, and marketing stakeholders across both categories
• Lead a collaborative effort between Design, Development, Sourcing, Costing and Compliance teams to meet product performance and costing targets
• Oversee sample inventory, receipt, organization, and storage operations including showroom and storage facility management for accessories and apparel
• Lead packaging and hanging creative development and copy brief creation for strategic projects with executive oversight
• Partner closely with Global Supply Chain and Compliance functions on the management of the vendor network; create long‑term strategy to balance needs of factory level capabilities and costs with COO and Logistics considerations.
• Partner with senior leadership to establish cross‑functional knowledge management systems that ensure seamless communication of training materials and product requirements across the organization

• Collaborate with executive leadership (VP Product Creation and CMO) to develop all go‑to‑market product marketing materials, including POS promotion strategy at sell sheets, ensuring comprehensive market readiness
• Own the end‑to‑end product development process, providing weekly executive status updates through product log meetings and SMU projects (including but not limited to Misc. global needs, Marketing, Tour and Strategic Account requests)
• Drive consumer insights, advanced analytics teams, and external research partners to further identify and fuel categorical growth
• Direct organizational change management for accessories and apparel product launches across global regions, sales representatives, strategic accounts, and staff professionals

• Maintain deep understanding of category financial performance to drive prioritization of strategic projects and initiatives
• Analyze business health metrics including line vs. SMU total revenue trends generated by SMU orders, and lead forecasting initiatives to support business planning
• Drive Operations leadership meetings to establish year‑over‑year and multi‑year go‑to‑market strategies with complete and executive‑ready lists ensuring all data has been communicated thoroughly
• Lead strategic planning and execution of product summits, pre‑lines, and sales meetings for both categories
• Partner with senior category leaders and cross‑functional teams to develop innovative initiatives for different retail channels, including hosting and leading accessories and apparel bi‑weekly global conference calls with follow‑up emails and phone calls as needed
• Direct the creation and evolution of current and future product strategies based on…