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.
** Essential Functions and

Key Responsibilities:

*** Strategic Category Leadership and Vision
** 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
* Cross-functional Leadership and Stakeholder Management
** 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
* Product Portfolio and Go-To-Market Excellence
** 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
* Revenue and Financial Stewardship
** 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
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