VF wants to know you!

If you have KAM background, you are used to implement key strategies, plans and you show strong drive towards achievement of agreed targets and objectives, we want to know you.

We want you to support us growing our core business categories across Iberia Key Accounts. Our offices are located in Madrid and Barcelona, so if you are willing in work in one of this cities let us know. 

A Key Account Manager in Vans is taking on revenue responsibility, managing the assigned accounts, implementing brand strategy and maintaining customer relationships as well as store expansion and category penetration on existing customers.

The main responsibilities are:

• Drive profitable sales through effective management and leadership of the account           t base.
• Create, review and present personalized account plans on a seasonal base following the distribution channel segmentation strategy. The plans should be developed using most current trends, in the marketplace, Sales reports and Sell Out data, evaluations of business and direction of company.
• Drive differentiation, innovation, segmentation and assortments – head to toe. Sell segmented and phased assortments across channels, tiers, months & brand territories to enable differentiation by Key Accounts using plans, prelines and SMUs.
• Planning, implementing and supervising quarter business reviews meetings with customers; term planning, product assortment planning and line presentations.
• Provide monthly turnover forecasts liaising with customer service for product availability.  Provide full year and seasonal sales projections.
• Drive the monthly and seasonal Gross To Net process across the account base.
• Respect sales procedures and Go To Market process (deadlines, Forecasting…).
• Analyse sales, sell-out, performance by item, division. Use this knowledge and trend direction to provide recommendations to maximise opportunities and limit liabilities
• Establish and understanding of consumers and buying trends. Formulate guidelines for consumer centric opportunities, taking into consideration the different kind of consumers per each POS.
• Define and keep updated Account Plans and support Country 5 Year Plan.
• Managing of Showroom and Samples.
• Drive and facilitate the consumer Brand experience within the Iberia Marketing Manager through compelling online & instore Brand presentation.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree, Master would be an advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in sales, with a minimum of 1-3 years Key Account Management
• Strong knowledge of the Action Sport, Sporting goods or Fashion industry is an advantage
• Deep knowledge of the Sporting goods buying groups in the Spanish market.
• English proficiency and good use of  Win tools…

VF wants to know you!

If you have KAM background, you are used to implement key strategies, plans and you show strong drive towards achievement of agreed targets and objectives, we want to know you.

We want you to support us growing our core business categories across Iberia Key Accounts. Our offices are located in Madrid and Barcelona, so if you are willing in work in one of this cities let us know. 

A Key Account Manager in Vans is taking on revenue responsibility, managing the assigned accounts, implementing brand strategy and maintaining customer relationships as well as store expansion and category penetration on existing customers.

The main responsibilities are:

• Drive profitable sales through effective management and leadership of the account           t base.
• Create, review and present personalized account plans on a seasonal base following the distribution channel segmentation strategy. The plans should be developed using most current trends, in the marketplace, Sales reports and Sell Out data, evaluations of business and direction of company.
• Drive differentiation, innovation, segmentation and assortments – head to toe. Sell segmented and phased assortments across channels, tiers, months & brand territories to enable differentiation by Key Accounts using plans, prelines and SMUs.
• Planning, implementing and supervising quarter business reviews meetings with customers; term planning, product assortment planning and line presentations.
• Provide monthly turnover forecasts liaising with customer service for product availability.  Provide full year and seasonal sales projections.
• Drive the monthly and seasonal Gross To Net process across the account base.
• Respect sales procedures and Go To Market process (deadlines, Forecasting…).
• Analyse sales, sell-out, performance by item, division. Use this knowledge and trend direction to provide recommendations to maximise opportunities and limit liabilities
• Establish and understanding of consumers and buying trends. Formulate guidelines for consumer centric opportunities, taking into consideration the different kind of consumers per each POS.
• Define and keep updated Account Plans and support Country 5 Year Plan.
• Managing of Showroom and Samples.
• Drive and facilitate the consumer Brand experience within the Iberia Marketing Manager through compelling online & instore Brand presentation.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree, Master would be an advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in sales, with a minimum of 1-3 years Key Account Management
• Strong knowledge of the Action Sport, Sporting goods or Fashion industry is an advantage
• Deep knowledge of the Sporting goods buying groups in the Spanish market.
• English proficiency and good use of  Win tools…

For over 50 years Vans has been about the people that have made the brand “Off The Wall”. The people that chose this simple canvas shoe and adopted it to express themselves creatively.  At the end of the day it’s not only about the product, it’s what those products mean that make the difference – what they mean to those of us who design, manufacture, and market them, and what they mean to you, our Vans family, who affix our personality to your own.

As a member of the EMEA product team, you will be responsible for taking product from design concept to salesman samples and into bulk production for assigned styles. The Junior Product Developer will be accountable for monitoring the Master Development Calendar, meeting all major deadlines throughout the development process of the owned categories (Active categories and socks), keeping the development system updated, maintaining and archiving all records related to development, sample reviews, create development tools and support the Regional Product Creation team in preparing analysis and presentations. Work closely with Merchandising, Design, Planning and Sourcing teams.

What will you do?

• Accountable for the timely adherence of calendar dates as defined by the Master Development Calendar. Provides team with input for the establishment of the timelines

• Responsible for the creation of the development grids,  record keeping of all the aspects of product development: from fits approval to strike-off approval to costs

• Work with vendors and regional sourcing colleagues to ensure all products meet required Vans quality standards in all areas

• Ensure alignment between Vans Global and Vans EMEA collections

• Keeps internal team updated on the status throughout the development process

• Coordinate development samples and communicate any eventual changes or delays

• Manage the archive of lap-dips , but also make sure all the fabrics and tracking files are diligently filled and marked with the most updated prices

• Assure measurements of samples are correct and approved for production

• Run fit sessions on the protos and support fit sessions for production with the Technical Design team

• Update constantly all the different development tools and adjust the information to EMEA development needs (TP, BOM, artworks, trim codes)

• Maintains accurate Product Development records, Fabric details, Trim records, and costing sheets

What you need to succeed?

• University Degree in Apparel Design, Product Development, Manufacturing or equivalent work experience

• Passion for Vans and the lifestyle it represents

• 2+ years of related professional experience

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Fluency in spoken and written English

• Strong analytical skills; ability to evaluate percentages, margins, tables, ability to analyse and report data

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, PLM Systems, Illustrator, Photoshop and Microsoft Office Suite including Excel

• Ability to successfully adjust to rapid change and flexibility

• Excellent written, visual, and oral communication skills

• Must be able to manage multiple development projects, across several categories, within the set timeline and meeting the standards

What’s in it for you?

• Be part of an iconic lifestyle brand

• Join a multi brand, multi countries organization to drive you career forward

• International, fun yet challenging working culture

For over 50 years Vans has been about the people that have made the brand “Off The Wall”. The people that chose this simple canvas shoe and adopted it to express themselves creatively.  At the end of the day it’s not only about the product, it’s what those products mean that make the difference – what they mean to those of us who design, manufacture, and market them, and what they mean to you, our Vans family, who affix our personality to your own.

As a member of the EMEA product team, you will be responsible for taking product from design concept to salesman samples and into bulk production for assigned styles. The Junior Product Developer will be accountable for monitoring the Master Development Calendar, meeting all major deadlines throughout the development process of the owned categories (Active categories and socks), keeping the development system updated, maintaining and archiving all records related to development, sample reviews, create development tools and support the Regional Product Creation team in preparing analysis and presentations. Work closely with Merchandising, Design, Planning and Sourcing teams.

What will you do?

• Accountable for the timely adherence of calendar dates as defined by the Master Development Calendar. Provides team with input for the establishment of the timelines

• Responsible for the creation of the development grids,  record keeping of all the aspects of product development: from fits approval to strike-off approval to costs

• Work with vendors and regional sourcing colleagues to ensure all products meet required Vans quality standards in all areas

• Ensure alignment between Vans Global and Vans EMEA collections

• Keeps internal team updated on the status throughout the development process

• Coordinate development samples and communicate any eventual changes or delays

• Manage the archive of lap-dips , but also make sure all the fabrics and tracking files are diligently filled and marked with the most updated prices

• Assure measurements of samples are correct and approved for production

• Run fit sessions on the protos and support fit sessions for production with the Technical Design team

• Update constantly all the different development tools and adjust the information to EMEA development needs (TP, BOM, artworks, trim codes)

• Maintains accurate Product Development records, Fabric details, Trim records, and costing sheets

What you need to succeed?

• University Degree in Apparel Design, Product Development, Manufacturing or equivalent work experience

• Passion for Vans and the lifestyle it represents

• 2+ years of related professional experience

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Fluency in spoken and written English

• Strong analytical skills; ability to evaluate percentages, margins, tables, ability to analyse and report data

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, PLM Systems, Illustrator, Photoshop and Microsoft Office Suite including Excel

• Ability to successfully adjust to rapid change and flexibility

• Excellent written, visual, and oral communication skills

• Must be able to manage multiple development projects, across several categories, within the set timeline and meeting the standards

What’s in it for you?

• Be part of an iconic lifestyle brand

• Join a multi brand, multi countries organization to drive you career forward

• International, fun yet challenging working culture

For over 50 years Vans has been about the people that have made the brand “Off The Wall”. The people that chose this simple canvas shoe and adopted it to express themselves creatively.  At the end of the day it’s not only about the product, it’s what those products mean that make the difference – what they mean to those of us who design, manufacture, and market them, and what they mean to you, our Vans family, who affix our personality to your own.

As a member of the EMEA Merchandising Group, the Merchandising Operations Manager will act as the hub between Merchandising teams and other key cross functional partners, eg. Planning/Sales Operations/Global. We will focus on Consumer Environments through a Digital Mindet to increase consumer connectivity, bringing the right product assortments to the marketplace at the right moment. This role will be the driver of improvement in our data capabilities, product information accuracy, sales report analysis of bookings/performance, understanding marketplace capacity and alignment of multiple cross functional processes.

What will you do?

Merchandising Operations:

• Lead for Merchandising in all operational projects/discussions with cross functional teams

• Represent the region with Global Teams

• Partner with sales operations for reporting – what’s needed/when/details

• Support Merchandising Leadership team and work with them to continually identify areas of improvement for Merch Ops

• Key driver in process improvement projects, eg. Chameleon/Enovia/Flex PLM

• Line list/Flex/Enovia ‘super user’

• Represent Merchandising Team in Master Data conversations

GTM Process

• Lead Merchandising conversations with GTM Director for process improvement

• Run key GTM countdown meetings

• Drive the GTM calendar for Merchandising

What you need to succeed?

• 5+ years’ experience in a Merchandising/Operations/Planning role

• University Degree in related field

• Passion for Vans and the lifestyle it represents

• Strong experience in action sports industry

• Excel and Power Point Expertise

• Fluent in English

• Cross-Dept work attitude

• Collaborates and communicates effectively

What’s in it for you?

• Be part of an iconic lifestyle brand

• Join a multi brand, multi countries organization to drive you career forward

• International, fun yet challenging working culture

For over 50 years Vans has been about the people that have made the brand “Off The Wall”. The people that chose this simple canvas shoe and adopted it to express themselves creatively.  At the end of the day it’s not only about the product, it’s what those products mean that make the difference – what they mean to those of us who design, manufacture, and market them, and what they mean to you, our Vans family, who affix our personality to your own.

As a member of the EMEA Merchandising Group, the Merchandising Operations Manager will act as the hub between Merchandising teams and other key cross functional partners, eg. Planning/Sales Operations/Global. We will focus on Consumer Environments through a Digital Mindet to increase consumer connectivity, bringing the right product assortments to the marketplace at the right moment. This role will be the driver of improvement in our data capabilities, product information accuracy, sales report analysis of bookings/performance, understanding marketplace capacity and alignment of multiple cross functional processes.

What will you do?

Merchandising Operations:

• Lead for Merchandising in all operational projects/discussions with cross functional teams

• Represent the region with Global Teams

• Partner with sales operations for reporting – what’s needed/when/details

• Support Merchandising Leadership team and work with them to continually identify areas of improvement for Merch Ops

• Key driver in process improvement projects, eg. Chameleon/Enovia/Flex PLM

• Line list/Flex/Enovia ‘super user’

• Represent Merchandising Team in Master Data conversations

GTM Process

• Lead Merchandising conversations with GTM Director for process improvement

• Run key GTM countdown meetings

• Drive the GTM calendar for Merchandising

What you need to succeed?

• 5+ years’ experience in a Merchandising/Operations/Planning role

• University Degree in related field

• Passion for Vans and the lifestyle it represents

• Strong experience in action sports industry

• Excel and Power Point Expertise

• Fluent in English

• Cross-Dept work attitude

• Collaborates and communicates effectively

What’s in it for you?

• Be part of an iconic lifestyle brand

• Join a multi brand, multi countries organization to drive you career forward

• International, fun yet challenging working culture

VF Corporation: Purpose Led. Performance Driven.

We’re looking for an outstanding Credit Controller fluent in Italian and English to join our VF Credit team in Calverton, Nottingham, UK. 

You may ask “Just who is VF?”. Well, we are the global company behind some of the world’s leading lifestyle brands. Household names such as Vans, Timberland, The North Face, Napapijri, Eastpak and Kipling.

As one of the largest apparel providers in the world, we are passionate about finding great people to join our extended family.

Let’s talk about the role!     

As a Credit Controller you will play a key role in managing major European online and high street retail customer accounts within the Italian markets.

We expect that our Credit Controllers deliver unbeatable results whilst also fulfilling the following aspects of the role:   

• Communicating with customers in their native language, over the phone and by email to discuss payments, credit terms and to resolve any queries

• Chasing debt to achieve department targets and to effectively clear disputes

• Controlling the customer database and maintaining up to date files

• Discussing credit limits and escalating debt up to and including the litigation team

• Assessing and reviewing credit limits to provide the best customer service.

How you’ll make a difference...

• You are fluent in English and Italian

• You are financially and commercially aware with excellent numeracy skills

• You are highly customer focussed and results driven to resolve queries

• You are computer literate, with proficiency in Excel.

What’s in it for you?   

Most companies like to say they offer a competitive salary, an amazing benefit and pension scheme as well as staff discounts (btw we offer 50%!). We also do this, only quite different. Because it’s not just our products which set us apart from others. It’s our people and we believe they deserve to be nurtured and looked after.  

That’s why, on top of the usual benefits, we offer much more: 

• Career ownership, enabling you to build your knowledge and experience across different brands and even different countries 

• A supportive feedback-based culture where respect and integrity guide us in what we do 

• Tailored training. From a thorough induction to ongoing online and face-to-face training, we are committed to helping you grow, both professionally and personally.   

• An inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds, lifestyles and nationalities love working together 

• Health and wellbeing initiatives

• Subsidised canteen as well as break out areas offering complimentary hot drinks

At VF We don’t just make the world’s best apparel and footwear, we power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet.

So, if you like what you have read and would like to join our team, then we would love to hear from you!