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Walmart Canada · 1 day ago

Director, Fashion Design - Women's Elevated Brands

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$156K/yr - $312K/yr

8+ years exp

Walmart Inc. is a leading retail corporation, and they are seeking a Design Director for Women's Elevated Brands. In this role, you will be responsible for creating designs for Private Brands, developing trend strategies, and ensuring alignment with Walmart's broader merchandising goals.

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Responsibilities

Oversee all aspects of the brand including brand management, design, merchandising analytics, and storytelling

Lead the design vision, execution and identify of each brand, ensuring the merchant strategy and brand guidelines are followed to ensure a consistent design aesthetic on the floor and online

Be the key decision maker on brands aesthetic, design, silhouettes, and fabrics/materials

Responsible for translating the vision into a product by utilizing appropriate materials and a supply base to execute the collection

Strong collaboration and partnership with the Product Development and Sourcing team on supplier matrix, direct imports, competitive pricing, and supplier; factory relationships

Partner with marketing and brand services teams to ensure all cohesive brand vision is executed through all packaging, promotional materials

Understanding the competitive landscape of the brand portfolio, determining competitive advantages, and developing a winning strategy

Developing and adapting to the ever-changing Omni retail environment

Continually offering new experiences to customers to increase Walmarts market and customer wallet share, as well as customer retention

Partnering with other Senior Leaders to ensure Brand collections and strategy is in alignment with other business unit strategies (e.g., Operations; Replenishment, Marketing)

Collaborating with omni Merchandising Operations teams to efficiently and effectively achieve Omni SBU Merchandising objectives

In partnership with People Partner, developing a transformative talent strategy for Teams which clearly identifies the skills, experiences and competencies needed to transform the Design Team and establish the function as an industry leader for the future

Enables associate development and career growth while maintaining a High-Performance Culture

Delivering world-class Walmart exclusive brand experiences across all channels (e.g., Walmart stores, Walmart.com) by offering private label collections of high-quality, high-value products

Providing a positive customer experience that results in increased sales, customer conversion, and customer satisfaction

Qualification

Fashion DesignApparel DesignGarment ConstructionBrand StrategySupervisory ExperienceBusiness AcumenData AnalysisTeam DevelopmentCustomer FocusCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in fashion design, textile design, or related area and 8 years' experience in apparel design, garment construction, or related area

10 years' experience in apparel design, garment construction, or related area

5 years' supervisory experience

Preferred

Experience driving brand identity and innovation

Proven ability to build and scale design teams

Strong business acumen and ability to influence product strategy

Benefits

Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.

Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.

Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.

Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.