We are seeking a high-impact, visionary leader to serve as the Director Global Operations Strategy Transformation. This is a pivotal role in determining which global markets we inhabit and how our capital is deployed to ensure long-term competitive advantages. You will be responsible for re-evaluating our global manufacturing and supply footprint, identifying cost-optimization opportunities, and leading the end-to-end migration of business units or production lines to high-efficiency regions.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the evolution of our operational architecture from 'Resilient' to Antifragile; designing systems that don't just withstand macroeconomic shocks or geopolitical volatility, but actively harvest these disruptions to catalyze innovation and gain market share
- Create the 3-to-5-year vision for the Apparel divisionâs global operational physical presence, balancing cost, resilience, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) goals.
- Act as a strategic partner to regional leaders in creating an "Adaptive Footprint" model that accounts for geopolitical shifts, and trade volatility within our operational footprint
- Develop relevant strategies that design a supply chain that allows the company to pivot production between regions/sites with minimal friction.
- Design the Transformation Playbooks to execute business migrations.
- Develop and execute a global sourcing strategy that leverages total cost of ownership models
- Conduct continuous Footprint Reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of current manufacturing and distribution sites.
- Analyze global macroeconomic indicators, client trends, commercial data, business insights, geographic advantages, including labor costs, tax incentives, logistics infrastructure, and trade regulations.
- Partner with regional business leaders in making relevant footprint optimisation decisions
- Work with Operations leaders, Mfg 4.0, and technology leadership to ensure we have the platforms and tools to maximize efficiency across our global operations footprint
- Lead business migration in partnership with regional execution project teams
- Advance use of digital and AI tools to accelerate planning and execution of âAdaptive Footprintâ model
- Simplify the overall footprint assessment and evaluation process for a more proactive future response