Director, Casual & Fashion

You are self-motivated. • Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said • Provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others • Let's people know where they stand • Faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly • Is not afraid to take negative action when necessary Managing and Measuring Work: The ability to establish clear goals and expectations, review progress, and provide timely feedback. and create a specific and purposeful path when there are clear answers to these two questions • Able to create a strategy based on the organization's core values, mission, and your vision • Able to determine core competencies and strategic challenges • Able to develop goals, objectives, and specific strategies to accomplish those goals • Able to create priorities once objectives are determined • Able to deploy action plans throughout the organization • Able to establish a process for aligning day-to-day decisions to the strategic plan Supporting and Training Staff: The process of improving employee performance by increasing the employee's ability to perform through learning, changing the employee's attitude, or increasing the employee's skills and knowledge. • Possesses knowledge of the business or scope of the employee's work • Understands how to maximize company resources and build an efficient and productive workforce • Able to measure and assess staff training needs • Able to identify weaknesses and skill gaps • Understands the importance of facilitating on-going professional development opportunities for staff • Capable of assessing training needs and identifying means (e.g., classes, mentoring, written materials) to fill skill gaps • Understands the many different types of training strategies that are available and can decide what is best for the specific area of focus • Able to provide opportunities for staff to demonstrate leadership skills • Able to provide clear and meaningful performance evaluation • Able to encourage the development of skills that increase personal and departmental productivities • Understands how to elevate or advance participants who are doing well to positions with greater status and have a system to track results and provide relevant data Time Management: The ability to organize and plan how to divide your time between specific activities. • Uses their time effectively and efficiently • Values time • Concentrates their efforts on the more important priorities • Gets more done in less time than others • Can attend to a broader range of activities Vendor/Buyer Relations and Negotiation - Subject Matter Expert: The process and management of building strong, valuable vendor relationships.