Senior Director Head Office

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization
Create, drive and implement a strategic framework for selected BU based on the brand strategy framework. Lead BU project management and milestone preparation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategy
- Create, drive and implement a strategic framework for BU in close alignment with given brand directions and shape the BU strategy (incl. consumer strategy)
- Contribute to brand Strategy development
- Co-develop strategy with GM in close alignment with given brand directions
- Act as facilitator between BUs and functions within Brand, ensuring BU insights and requirements are considered in functional strategies (and vice versa)
- Lead and steer BU in building strategic business plans
- Conceptualize and monitor/influence strategic BU projects
- Provide guidance to BU where needed in implementation
- Monitor and influence strategic projects after conceptualization
- Check content alignment of BU collaborations with strategy
- Feedback and facilitate sharing of best practices or improvement ideas
- Brief research needs in close alignment with Brand Strategy to Intelligence Hub
- Lead and manage BU specific project portfolio
- Head Office
- Deliver high quality team and process management for BU Senior Leadership Team
- Lead the constant improvement and management of a high-end team performance culture
- Lead the constant improvement and management of business processes
- Lead and coordinate horizontal BU topics and projects
- Support and coordinate horizontal brand topics and projects
- Support GM with the management of the BU (Teams)
- Prepare GM for all brand milestones and other internal and external meetings as required
- Lead the preparation and organization of GM’s presentations and meetings
- Future
- Create, drive and manage SBP for BU specific innovation objectives
- Build and lead the BU team, driving SBP related innovation objectives through Future team project initiatives
- Review innovation landscape and project portfolio connecting to Future and identifying opportunities to incorporate concepts and insights into the BU strategy
- Bring style and design aesthetic into the Future domain to enhance the consumer connections. Identify categorical concepts that can fuel growth and development
- Contribute to the Future View Innovation content and presentation
- Operate as a contributing member of the Future function senior leadership team
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Team player, motivated, interested in ‘the new’ and speed
- Resolute and good problem solver
- Strong project management skills
- Strong process and organizational skills
- Fluent in English
- Strong market and industry awareness
- Good interpersonal skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Strong conceptual understanding of brand/sub-brand/label building
- Having an innovation mindset and understanding the conditions to promote and support this within the team
- Demonstrate strategic visioning and big picture capability, showing an openness to look at problem solving differently and making connections where they might not exist
- Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications
- University degree in business/marketing (Master or MBA preferred)
- Proven experience in cross-functional and collaborative working (matrix organization)
- Functional: 12+ years of relevant work experience in marketing/brand (experience in finance is a plus)
- Proven track record across various functions, divisions or sub-labels 3+ years respectively
- At least 7 years leadership of diverse and global teams in a matrix organization

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