Manager, Material Portfolio, Trims

ABOUT YOUR ROLE:

This role combines trims category leadership with operational governance across fabrics and trims, and co-creates strategy, standards and ways of working with the wider Materials Sourcing team. The ideal candidate will bring strong trims and supplier knowledge, leadership experience, and a data-driven, solution-oriented mindset to deliver reliable development, consistent processes and measurable improvement.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

Trims Strategy & Brand Partnership

• •Act as the primary trims contact for brand material development and product creation teams, providing a streamlined interface across Apparel Materials.
• •Translate seasonal product needs into trims category, supplier, development, and operational priorities.
• •Ensure timely visibility of trims readiness, development status, risks, and resolution plans across key product milestones.

Trims Development & Commercialization

• •Oversee commercialization progress across the full trims portfolio, and support where needed, e.g., testing and supplier coordination.
• •Ensure trims meet aesthetic, technical, quality, compliance, sustainability, cost, and timing requirements.
• •Establish clear development standards, approval discipline, documentation, and system readiness across the trims portfolio.

Supplier Management & Performance

• •Act as a working-level contact for trims suppliers and track supplier KPIs, including quality, cost, delivery, service, innovation, sustainability, and risk.
• •Follow up on corrective actions and support supplier performance reviews and improvement plans.
• •Support negotiation preparation and supplier onboarding.

Material Operations Leadership

• •Own the operating rhythm for Apparel Materials KPI governance, including data integrity, process adherence, and leadership reporting across fabrics and trims.
• •Co-create and standardize operating processes, roles, decision rights, tools, dashboards, and reporting to support one Apparel Materials way of working.
• •Ensure accurate and timely tracking of development milestones, sample readiness, SMS and proto performance, Buy Ready status, and agreed service levels.

Systems, Data & Process Excellence

• •Oversee the quality and use of operational tools and data sources, including Airtable, Trueview, PLM/Flex, scorecards, trackers, and dashboards.
• •Partner with teams to simplify workflows, reduce manual work, strengthen data discipline, and improve decision support.
• •Lead root-cause reviews and improvement plans where performance, process adherence, or data quality falls below expectation.

Cross-Functional Risk & Decision Making

• •Partner with Sourcing, Material Development, Material Quality, Planning, Costing, Material Library, and product teams to resolve risks and maintain service continuity.
• •Surface capacity, lead-time, quality, compliance, cost, and supplier risks early, with clear owners and mitigation actions; balance cost, speed, and quality.
• •Convert complex data and issues into clear decisions and recommendations.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• •Lead, coach, and develop team members with clear goals, accountability, feedback, and development plans.
• •Build trims domain capability and operational excellence across the broader Apparel Materials team.
• •Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture focused on ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.

WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU:

Technical & Functional Expertise

• •Trims Knowledge: Strong knowledge of apparel trims, construction, manufacturing processes, testing, quality standards, and commercialization.
• •Supplier Management: Skilled in managing trims supplier performance scorecards, cost and lead-time levers, capacity, risk, and improvement plans.
• •Systems & Data: Strong understanding of material development milestones, PLM and workflow tools, operational KPIs, and data governance.

Execution & Operational Focus

• •Strong program and project management skills with disciplined follow-through.
• •Comfort working across multiple seasons, categories, suppliers, and changing priorities.
• •Data-oriented, solution-focused, and committed to process adherence and measurable improvement.

Collaboration & Communication

• •Cross-Functional Partnership: Strong partnership skills across brand, product creation, sourcing, planning, quality, costing, library, and suppliers.
• •Influence & Negotiation: Strong negotiation, facilitation, and issue-resolution skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and external partners.
• •Communication: Clear, concise communicator who can turn complex operational data into recommendations.

Leadership & People Management

• •Team Leadership: Ability to lead, coach, and develop a team.
• •Change Leadership: Ability to lead teams through organizational and process change while maintaining service levels.
• •Decision-Making: Sound judgement in balancing quality, cost, speed, sustainability, and supply risk.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• •Being a part of a movement that is Purpose led which enables us to have a positive impact on communities around the world, it gives greater meaning to the work we do.
• •Working with a team of diverse and sharp minds that work with an inclusive and global mindset because our differences are what make us stronger together.
• •Providing you with the best in class, work environment, well-being policies and work place flexibility that is about helping you show up and lean into life with your whole self – emotionally, physically and socially.

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