Design Operations Specialist (8 month-contract)

Be part of an iconic story.

TOMMY HILFIGER is one of the worlds most recognized global lifestyle brands confidently welcoming and inspiring consumers since 1985. Originally established in New York City and infused with the vibrant spirit of Americana to create the modern uniform of accessible luxury. The TOMMY HILFIGER brands consist of TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS complemented by a range of licensed product categories that extend the brand lifestyle across generations geographies activities and occasions. Tommy Hilfigers global marketing approach and communications strategy taps into culture through the world of F.A.M.E.S.: the people organizations and ideas boldly driving the future of Fashion Art Music Entertainment and Sport. Major global campaigns sponsorship platforms and disruptive activations with world-class athletes musicians and entertainers bring a constant source of energy and inspiration to the brand. Immerse yourself in TOMMY HILFIGER here! (YouTube Instagram TikTok)

The Position
We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Design Operations Specialist to join our dynamic design team. This role is essential in driving the seamless coordination and communication required to maintain our high standards of creativity and operational efficiency. The Design Operations Specialist will play a pivotal role in aligning our design strategy managing the creative calendar and enhancing collaboration across teams. If you are passionate about fashion possess exceptional organizational skills and thrive in a fast-paced creative environment we invite you to join our team and contribute to our legacy of excellence.

Responsibilities Include but not limited to

• Strategic Coordination Communication
• Organize and communicate global design strategy around key calendar moments.
• Work closely with the Product Strategy team to understand process flow milestones and any changes ensuring alignment within the design function.
• Represent the design team in cross-functional meetings to ensure alignment on design process milestones market launches and other large projects.
• Provide feedback on challenges to cross-functional teams ensuring full alignment across design teams processes and deliverables.
• Studio Creative Calendar Management
• Liaise with studio managers to align on key design gates throughout the calendar providing cross-team visibility.
• Track and plan the creative calendar for the Chief Design Officer ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities for the design team to become more collaborative unified and efficient.
• Maintain up-to-date insights on team capacity and workload to be shared and reviewed in DLT sessions.
• Partner with the finance team to track the overall and per-team design budgets throughout the fiscal year reporting back to the Chief Design Officer.
• Ensure VPs inform their teams about important updates including DLT updates.
• Partner with CTC and Showroom teams for all practical elements to ensure the success of launches and collections specifically the Market Launch.

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience in a design operations role within the fashion industry.
• Bachelors degree in Fashion Design Business Management or a related field or the equivalent in experience.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and levels.
• Proficiency in project management software and tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Ability to prioritize workload based on capacity

Your Wellbeing is Our Priority

In the heart of Amsterdam PVH is home to the global headquarters of Tommy Hilfiger and the European offices of Calvin Klein.

• Wellbeing:exclusive onsite gym and fitness classes personal training meditation studio sports clubs in-house physio and receive access to our nutritional and wellbeing programs

• Campus:extensive food and beverage offerings top-notch restaurant barista coffee bars sky bar monthly social events weekly Thursday drinks game nights and campus-themed activities that will keep your social life busy

• Develop your career: whether you lead a team or contribute your own expertise everyone is a leader at PVH. PVH University curates and delivers training programs for you to continuously develop your professional and personal goals

• Be at the forefront:stay closely connected to our brands CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER and be a part of seasonal market launches sample sales and receive employee discounts!

Check out our Amsterdam Campus here.

About PVH:

We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach we are driving fashion forward for good as one team with one vision and one plan. Thats the Power of Us thats the Power of PVH.

One of PVHs greatest strengths is our people. Our collective desire is to create a workplace environment where every individual is valued and every voice is heard and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging.Learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at PVH here.

PVH Corp. or its subsidiary (PVH) is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race ethnicity color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin citizenship status sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability military status or any other characteristic protected under federal state or local addition to complying with all applicable laws PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill ability educational background work quality experience and potential.