Vans Vice President, AMER Wholesale

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Vans is the original brand rooted in the authentic lifestyle of skateboarding. We are driven by our mission to inspire and empower everyone to live Off The Wall embracing the youthful spirit of freedom non-conformity and relentless progression. Yesterdays Off The Wall moment is todays new normal and at Vans we believe in constantly outdoing ourselves. Together with our communities across the globe our vision is to push culture forward because we believe that the pursuit of progression never ends. We are constantly inspired by the future generation of positive catalysts within our community.

So before we get to the job details take a minute to learn a little more about us our values and our culture. If you can see yourself working side-by-side with a team of people who think and live Off the Wall Vans just may be the place for you.

To learn more about our values and our culture visit Vans Careers or .

What will you do

A day in the life of a Vice President Americas Wholesale at Vans looks a little like this.

As the Vice President of Wholesale for the Americas you will set the strategic vision and lead all aspects of Vans regional wholesale business to accelerate growth deepen marketplace partnerships and deliver sustainable profitability. You will provide inspirational futurefocused leadership to the Wholesale Sales organizationdriving product sellin optimizing distribution and ensuring brand and channel integrity across all wholesale accounts. You will define and execute a forwardlooking strategy to expand Vans presence within the digital marketplace ecosystem strengthening connections with consumers and enhancing account performance through datadriven omnichannel growth.

In this role you are accountable for commercial results P&L performance and the successful execution of key strategic initiatives. You bring a proven track record of leading highperforming teams scaling complex businesses and developing datadriven sales strategies that reflect the evolving retail landscape. You will champion crossfunctional collaboration elevate operational excellence and cultivate a culture of agility and performance. The Vice President of Wholesale reports to the Vans Americas General Manager and serves as a member of the Americas Leadership Team.

Lets break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

• Lead the longterm profitable growth of the wholesale business setting the strategic direction for category channel and marketplace expansion to deliver sustained revenue and margin improvement.

• Develop and execute wholesale marketplace strategies across physical and digital wholesale partners including seasonal gotomarket plans account segmentation joint business planning and major account negotiations.

• Oversee comprehensive sales operations including preseason planning inseason tracking order book health discount frameworks shipment performance and compliance across all order types (preseason bulk reorder and closeout).

• Strengthen and maintain strategic customer relationships ensuring proactive worldclass service levels while actively supporting toptotop engagements and key account selling opportunities.

• Provide inspirational leadership and build organizational capability developing talent pipelines succession plans and a highperformance inclusive culture across the Wholesale Sales team.

• Partner with Americas & Brand Leadership Team to inform longrange strategic planning across categories channels environments and territories ensuring alignment to Vans brand vision and commercial goals.

• Deliver actionable marketplace intelligence consistently monitoring and reporting on sellin and sellthrough performance partner health competitive insights and consumer trends to inform future product distribution and marketing strategies.

• Ensure operational excellence and account compliance overseeing vendor documentation distribution integrity pricing adherence and all components of account governance.

What do you need to succeed

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role there are foundation skills youll need to succeed and excel. Additionally while formal education in a related field is great to have we are most interested in your 15 years of experience and professional achievements.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Strategic Commercial Leadership: Demonstrated ability to set longterm marketplace strategy drive profitable growth and manage full P&L ownership. Devising and delivering scalable strategies is a key skill.

• Wholesale & Account Management Expertise: Deep experience leading major account relationships joint business planning negotiations and seasonal gotomarket execution.

• Digital Marketplace & Omnichannel Acumen: Strong understanding of digital wholesale platforms online merchandising and omnichannel integration to accelerate partner performance.

• Operational & Analytical Strength: Skilled in forecasting order book management retail math and using data/insights to inform decisions and optimize business performance.

• Consumer & Customer Focus: Commitment to delivering worldclass service and proactively anticipating partner needs challenges and opportunities.

• CrossFunctional Influence: Ability to collaborate effectively across Merchandising Planning Finance Marketing and Operations to align strategies and drive outcomes.

• Leadership & Talent Development: Proven success building highperforming teams developing future leaders and fostering an inclusive valuesdriven culture.

• Executive Presence & Communication: Strong storyteller with the ability to distill complex information influence senior stakeholders and represent the brand at toptotop levels.

• Change & Transformation Leadership: Comfortable leading through ambiguity improving processes and driving organizational evolution with clarity and agility.

What do we offer you

At Vans we know you expect as much from us as we do from you. That is why we make a commitment to support and grow our people. We offer extensive development and growth opportunities for your current and future positions a competitive compensation package and a strong benefits package that includes medical dental vision and 401(k).

Our commitment extends beyond this and into your daily work life. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture based on respect connection and authenticity. Our focus on DEI is at the foundation of who we are and what we do.

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Hiring Range:

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan sales incentive orcommissionpotential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Long-Term Incentive Potential: This position is eligible to participate in a Long-Term Incentive Plan. Specific details of the plan will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered including this years medical plan rates on and by clicking Looking to Join VF Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay determining the specific compensation for this position we comply with all local state and federal laws.

At VF we value a diverse inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individuals race color sex gender identity gender expression religion age national origin or ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability medical condition family care status marital status domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information military or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process please contact us at . VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.