Director, Owned.com Buying

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is a world leader in innovative casual footwear for men, women and children. The company offers several distinct shoe collections with more than 300 four-season footwear styles. All Crocs shoes feature Croslite material, a proprietary, revolutionary technology that gives each pair of shoes the soft, comfortable, lightweight, non-marking and odor-resistant qualities that Crocs wearers know and love. Crocs fans "Get Crocs Inside" every pair of shoes, from the iconic clog to new sneakers, sandals, boots and heels. Since its inception in 2002, Crocs has sold more than 200 million pairs of shoes in more than 90 countries around the world.

**Introduction on the role**:
Lead and orchestrate the pre-season Buying and in-season Trading of the EMEA and INDIA Owned.Com teams, driving execution and securing a holistic approach to our channel assortment and trading, aligned with global and local guidelines. Ensure the achievement of market KPIs.

A strong emphasis is placed on the leader to attract, develop and retain the very best, diverse talent in a safe, inclusive environment. We need our best leaders to help develop even better leaders.

**What will you do?**
- Ensure clear goal setting and quarterly plans are set and in place reflecting both Market and Country focuses as well as channel specific initiatives and targets to drive a common focus.
- In partnership with local demand planning, look to continuously evolve size buy breakdowns in line with demand considering geo, product type, sales line and gender
- Drive Owned.Com in-season trading from a merchandising pov:

- Ensure timely sales forecast by product area, stock intakes, and threshold/exclusion recommendations from a product standpoint with regard to markdowns.
- Proactively analyze and respond to sell-out trends (steering restock buys and closely responding to x-market sell-out trends)
- Brings physical product expertise to the entire digital business, whilst bringing Owned.Com, digital shopper expertise upstream into global merchandising and brand marketing teams.
- Act as close partner to global merchandising team across the seasonal milestones to secure a DTC-led and brand aligned product assortment and in-season trading strategy.
- Partner with Global Analytics to accelerate, build and adopt the next generation of predictive forecasting approaches across buying, ranging and in-season trading.
- Accelerate the EMEA and INDIA Buying and Trading adoption of the latest merchandising tools, capabilities and insights coming from the Global Analytics and Global Merchandising and Planning teams.
- Manage and develop a team of 6+ direct reports across two Owned.Com Buying & Trading teams based in the Netherlands and India.

**Who are you?**
- BA or BS degree from a 4-year college or university (Masters Degree preferred)
- +10 or more years DTC merchandising industry experience (showing progressive leadership) (preferred)
- 5+ years experience in eCom, digital and or tech innovation (preferred)
- 5+ years people management experience (preferred)
- Proven track record of establishing credible strategies provoking innovation
- Experience/exposure of start-up organization, scaling international businesses
- Footwear Industry experience
- Proven P&L Delivery
- Strong proven skill-set in pre-season Planning, Buying and Trading for a multichannel direct-to-consumer global brand, (via advanced training, studies, and relevant working experience, with at least 5 years in eCommerce/online).
- Deep knowledge of merchandising and retail supply and operations topics and solid knowledge of other functional areas involved in the Planning & Buying process
- Experience in Leading and Developing Teams - ensure organizational efficiency through effective motivation, training and development.
- Senior business leader with proven track record of successfully managing an eCommerce business, working successfully in cross-functional teams.
- Strong strategic, influence and operational skills. Ability to go from strategic to tactical.
- Digital experience across DTC, B2B, B2B2C, Omni, App, New eBusiness Models.
- Proven ability to navigate and be effective in matrix organizations.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Entrepreneurial & creative growth mindset: always pushing, innovating to drive growth.
- Motivational: inspires and engages by role modelling
- Accountable: takes ownership for successes and failures
- translates into learnings
- Dynamic and adaptable: can quickly and effectively assimilate and drive change
- Fluent in written and spoken English is a must. Additional languages an added plus
- Travel Requirements: 3-6 trips annually

**What do we offer?**
- A job within a unique environment with a 'startup dynamic' under the umbrella of a fast growing and solid global brand;
- 40 hours per week, in-office and remote combined, a fair salary, good pension arrangement and a bonus opportunity;
- Fun workplace, innovating working e