Job Summary
| Position Title | Director Fashion Innovation |
|---|---|
| Hiring Organization | Chalhoub Group |
| Job Location | Dubai |
| Base Salary | AED |
| Job Schedule | Full Time |
| Required Skills | Leadership Skills |
| Joining | Immediately |
| Nationality | Any |
| Languages | English |
| Category | StrategyGrowthInnovationInvestment |
Position Details
- Director Fashion Innovation
- Build and manage a fit for future structure
- Lead and empower team members (own team and cross functional teams assigned to specific projects)
- Ensure growth and professional development of the team through practical upskilling and coaching
- Support staff development and nurture talents
- Build a high performing culture and bring the teams together to achieve a common goal
Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver a data driven Owned Brands Fashion strategy that drives long term sustainable revenue and profit growth across multiple categories.
- Be a visionary leader who knows how to identify where to play, and can ignite brand concepts and ideas that are fresh, exciting and ahead of the curve, whilst basing the opportunities on emerging consumer trends with the relevant data (whilst collaborating closely with our Intelligence team to do so)
- Leading the Design team, ensuring to use consumer insights and feedback to proceed with concept development and leveraging internal and external resources to conduct this research in a time and cost effective manner, converting the insights into actionable brand concepts
- Develop an innovation pipeline strategy in line with the Group’s 3 year strategy
- Create Go to market strategies including but not limited to DTC, co creation or distribution and identify the right talent to work with to develop the brands in an optimal way
- Identify opportunities to strengthen the entire portfolio with innovation
- Create brand growth strategies by identifying opportunities to grow and expand product lines, geographies
- Lead cross functional teams including Supply Chain, Operations, Ecom, Marketing, Product Development and Commercial teams on launch plans and marketing strategies that match the brand DNA
- Contribute to the annual planning process supporting overall Group strategic objectives
- Manage assigned budgets and proactively identify risks and opportunities
Requirements
- Experience from concept to launch bringing fashion brands to market
- Proven track record in establishing and growing successful and innovative fashion brands
- An inquisitive, entrepreneurial, and creative mind
- Self directed, with the ability to work in a fast paced environment with multiple accountabilities
- Strong leadership skills to develop a high performing team
- Superior ability to track and predict trends
- Strong business knowledge and acumen
- Familiarity with the retail industry
- Excellent ability to collaborate with executive teams, and many internal and external stakeholders
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to persuasively sell ideas
- Data driven mindset, with a natural curiosity for results
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