Our client is one of China’s leading fashion retailers operating with great presence across the Region.They are currently looking for high caliber candidates in Creative Director to cope with their business expansion.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure high performance and productive design team
- Ensure to lead with example and good judgment
- Proper planning and work plan for teams
- Conduct coaching and problem solving for team
- Create team spirit and unified team which bring together team and also inspire team.
- Ensure skill building and professional development to create successful talent.
- Optimize workflow and product development process
- Grow new brand China total sales year on year going forward
- Increase sales productivity, like pieces per transaction, average price point, basket size(no of pieces * average price) and conversion rate
- Increase sales through measure by pieces and value, before seasonal on-sale and after seasonal on-sale
- Collection planning budget:
- Understand planned product supply (sales budgets, order versus budget, etc.)
- Fundamental understanding of retail sales by product category, price points, product line and styles, etc.
- Plan selling meeting dates and related seasonal collection planning for design teams work.
- Collection planning by product category and sub-category
- Price matrix: Certain styles developed for higher price points
- In-debt analysis and review of past sales
- Inspiration trips (buying samples, new materials, etc. learn from category “role-models”): Gain more value out of travel and spend
- Seasonal design process and team coaching:
- Trend research, inspiration and reach conclusion for direction
- Workshops for seasonal development of key product categories
- Establish clear work plans and action calendars for each team
- Keep deadlines and ensure collection sample ready for selling meeting
- Work with buying team for closing selling meeting orders: online buying team & offline buying team
- Expand categories with lower share of share of sales in retail stores & on-line
- Focus on serving and partner with new brand China online & offline sales channels
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in Fashion design subject
- Over 8-10 years solid work experience within higher end womenwears band, involved in providing creative contents and solutions
- Ability to write and present creative proposals
- Ability to strongly interpret trends into designs/product for the customer
- Ability to develop strong relationships both internally and with supply partners
- Excellent verbal/written English communication & time management skills
- Comfortable to work with deadlines and working under pressure
- Excellent communication / presentation skills are a must
- Team player and good inter-personal skills.
- Fluent of written and spoken English and Chinese, Mandarin preferred
- Frequent inspiration trips in Asia