VP Product Development

Overview

About the Role (Summary)

Oversee multiple departments to produce new products that reflect market trends and match customer needs. Direct teams and ensure that they interpret the mood into product. Explore new business ideas. Manage and develop 4-6 associates.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will...

• Gather market data on key fashion trends considering such elements as fabrication, materials, color schemes and designs looking forward to next season.

• Regularly shop competitors to keep abreast of trends. Travel Europe/Asia to identify emerging themes and new inspirations.

• Drives global conceptual vision for the division.

• Present and sells seasonal concept to merchandising team and executives.

• Identify big business ideas to be developed and ensures design team has clear understanding of product line.

• Provide input to seasonal concepts for floor plans development and catalog design/pagination.

• Develop staffing and succession plans. Interview candidates and approve division s final candidates.

• Determine workload for staff; recommend effective processes and procedures to improve workflow and results.

• Provide direction and clarify objectives. Evaluate and appraise performance.

• Mentor, educate and develop creative staff.

• Lead and facilitate divisional meetings on director level across functions and distribution channels.

• Lead key company strategic initiatives and steering committees.

• Present seasonal product information (inspirations and facts) to field.

Why you will love working at Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

• We’re a successful, fast-growing company with an entrepreneurial vibe

• A technologically and data-driven business

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive health benefits

• We’re at the forefront of tech and retail, redefining technology for the next generation

• We’re passionate about our internal and external clients and live/breathe the client experience

• We get to be creative daily

• A smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right and is open to new ideas

• We believe in autonomy and reward taking initiative

• We have fun!

We’re excited about you because... (Essential Functions and Experience)

• Minimum 10 years hardlines design experience. Minimum4 year college degree or equivalent experience preferred.

• 5+ years management experience.

• Aesthetic Visionary, People Development & Management, Presentation Skills, Business Orientation.

About Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the home. Our family of brands includes Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room, and even outdoor spaces.

We ve seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn t changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. In 2017, we acquired Outward, Inc., a 3-D imaging and augmented reality platform for the home furnishings and décor industry.

Today, we re a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we re always looking for new energy and ideas.

Benefits

Once you are here, you can look forward to a wide variety of benefits designed to help you grow, personally and professionally, to keep you healthy, to prepare you for the unexpected, to care for your family and to build a secure future. Depending on your position and your location, here’s a look at what you might be eligible for:

• A generous discount on all Williams Sonoma Inc. brands through multiple shopping channels

• A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities

• Paid vacations, holidays and other time-off programs

• Health benefits, including…