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Leads learning and quality operations for PM shifts by conducting trainer audits, coaching trainers, managing onboarding and cross-training, tracking training progress, and maintaining reporting dashboards. Partners with supervisors and leadership to identify risks, improve training effectiveness, reinforce SOP compliance, and drive accountability. The role also supports scheduling, curriculum improvements, change management, and training operations during manager absences.

Leads global procurement strategy for the sweaters category, driving cost structures, savings, RFPs, clean-sheet costing, buy-plan approvals, upstream material sourcing, supplier negotiations, and supply continuity. Partners with merchandising, materials, production, technology, and international manufacturing vendors to improve margins, achieve cost reductions, support sustainability, and build scalable procurement processes. The role also explores verticalized supply chains, commodity strategies, and AI-enabled procurement automation.

Own global footwear procurement strategy, supplier negotiations, RFPs, clean-sheet costing, buy-plan approvals, and cost-reduction initiatives. Partner with material, sourcing, merchandising, production, and technology teams to improve margins, ensure supply continuity, optimize upstream sourcing, and support sustainable product development. The role also involves building AI-enabled procurement workflows, scenario analyses, and value-creation strategies involving verticalization, volume consolidation, and commodity management.

Own global procurement strategy for the activewear category, driving cost reductions, supplier competitiveness, and supply continuity. Lead RFPs, clean-sheet costing, buy-plan approvals, upstream material sourcing, negotiations, and vendor strategy across Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturers. Partner with merchandising, materials, production, and technology teams to optimize costs, build AI-enabled procurement workflows, and identify value creation opportunities through verticalization, consolidation, and commodity strategies.

Own global procurement strategy for women’s knit and woven tops, driving cost reductions, competitive RFPs, supplier negotiations, clean-sheet costing, buy-plan approvals, and upstream material sourcing. Partner with manufacturing, materials, merchandising, technology, and production teams to improve margins, secure supply continuity, support sustainability, and build scalable procurement tools, including AI-enabled RFP and scenario-analysis capabilities.

Lead inventory planning and forecasting for a business portfolio: produce style-color-size weekly forecasts, drive in-stock rates, turns and ROI, partner with sourcing/vendors and tech to build automated forecasting systems, conduct root-cause analytics, present to executives, and manage/mentor team members.

Leads global procurement strategy for bags and accessories, driving cost reductions, competitive RFPs, clean-sheet costing, supplier negotiations, buy-plan approvals, and upstream material sourcing. Partners with merchandising, materials, production, technology, and Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturers to improve margins, ensure supply continuity, and advance sustainability. The role also identifies value creation opportunities through verticalization, volume consolidation, commodity management, and AI-enabled procurement processes.

Produces and leads 3–5 studio shoot days weekly, managing pre-production, logistics, talent, on-set visual execution, and post-production handoff. Translates performance briefs into scalable, test-ready social video content, including hooks, CTAs, alternate messaging, and b-roll. Partners with Growth Marketing, Brand, Creative, styling, merchandising, and editing teams to support performance testing, maintain creative quality, and manage organized asset workflows.

Administer and optimize Greenhouse, ModernLoop, and related recruiting systems. Configure workflows, permissions, templates, interview plans, integrations, and automations; maintain ATS data quality and reporting readiness; provide system support; coordinate with vendors and systems engineers; and document processes and training materials. The role also identifies AI-enabled automation opportunities to improve recruiting efficiency and accuracy.

Serve as the analytical partner for People and Talent Acquisition teams. Analyze recruiting funnels, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, recruiter capacity, workforce planning, and hiring priorities. Build and maintain dashboards, define recruiting data requirements, validate datasets, standardize metrics, and translate ambiguous business questions into actionable analyses. Partner with Talent Operations, People Leadership, Data Engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders on reporting, scenario analysis, and talent strategy.