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Vice President, Global Brand Finance & Strategy
Fashion Industry Company
New York, NY, United States
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Vice President, Global Brand Finance & Strategy - Origins
Description
Position Summary:
Spearhead and create Strategic Plan for the Origins brand, both annually & ongoing working in conjunction with Finance, Marketing and Brand President
Responsibilities:
• Annual Budget Development and Coordination – Lead the Annual budget process inclusive of global brand target setting and development and coordination of annual budgets for the Global Brand, for all regions and brand support areas. Ensure resources are aligned to support and enable growth initiatives and effectively drive cost efficiencies to continue to deliver profit growth objectives.
• Global Brand Strategy - Lead the coordination and development of the Brand Strategy in partnership with the Brand Leadership team. Develop strategic perspectives on the greatest growth opportunity areas and the appropriate resource allocation to enable growth objectives. Track progress on key strategic initiatives throughout the year.
• Global Financial Planning and Analysis - Ongoing special projects / analysis as requested. Continuously assess global brand performance utilizing financial, market, consumer and other KPI’s to identify drivers of performance to support identification of growth opportunities inclusive of pricing opportunities. Evaluate performance of new product launches, advertising, marketing and promotion effectiveness and ‘net extra’ generation to support growth objectives. Support ongoing cost efficiency initiatives including PMT, SKU efficiency, and new product cost management.
• Monthly P&L Closing Estimates and Management - Development of Global Support departments estimates. Monthly review of Global Support / Region accruals. Manage the Global Brand P&L estimate and performance during the year inclusive of profit protection and resource allocation. Implement action plans to either fuel sales or protect profits. Lead the Global Brand SIOP from a financial perspective to minimize excess inventory and enhance working capital.
• Monthly Reporting Commentary - Formal analysis and reporting on Results of Operations and fiscal year estimate for Global Brand. Issuance of related Income Statements. Preparation of Monthly Performance Reporting to Sr. Management for Financial Review meetings with Sr. Corporate Management.
• Staff Management Training and Development for career growth
Qualifications
• MBA in Finance
• Minimum 15 years Financial Planning and Analysis experience including management of staff, full P&L financial responsibility, development of Strategies and Budgets.
• Exceptional financial budgeting, analytical and problem solving skills, Strategic Thinking, and Business Advisory Skills.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills including ability to build relationships globally
• Excellent organization, presentation and writing skills
• Demonstrated success in the leadership of multiple projects that have driven enhanced value via identification of growth initiatives and cost efficiencies.
• Staff management and development
• International travel required 3 – 4 times per year.
• Utilize syndicated data where available to analyze market trends and identify growth opportunities and / or gaps in our portfolio.
• Analyze sell thru trends, monitor and learn from cannibalization and halo impacts to improve the accuracy of forecasts resulting in more effective and efficient resource allocation and reduced inventory and obsolescence levels.