Head of Design- Trenery

14 hours ago


Melbourne, Australia Country Road Group Full time

The Role

Reporting to the General Manager of Trenery, own the creative direction, design, development and execution of the brand’s collections with a focus on Womenswear.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design team to deliver customer focused, modern, inspirational and well balanced ranges, ensuring they are in keeping with brand strategy and adhere to option plan, pricing and margin targets.
- Develop seasonal and monthly strategic design briefs, including colour, print and fabric direction, which align to the Trenery customer profile and deliver to brand strategic objectives, ensuring they are versatile and cover breadth of lifestyle.
- Lead and inspire team of 10 with 4 direct reports
- With support from the Production Manager and QA team, ensure that quality and fit standards are understood and delivered to.
- Liaise and build relationships with suppliers and overseas agents.
- Prior experience in a design leadership role with knowledge across women’s apparel product design & development as a minimum.
- Experience in building ranges taking in to account core, seasonal and aspirational elements
- Experience sourcing and working with overseas vendors; in particular with China and India
- Strong fabric and technical knowledge
- Excellent leadership qualities with proven experience of leading and coaching a team of designers

Why work for us?
- A competitive remuneration package, including incentives
- Bi-annual product allowances and generous discounts on all brands products (Country Road, Trenery, Witchery, Mimco and David Jones) for you and your immediate family
- Birthday roster day off
- Excellent career progression involving regular training and on the job development
- A genuine, open and high performing culture
- Opportunity to become involved in our Corporate Social Responsibility program, by supporting our community partnerships

About Us

Trenery was created by the team behind the iconic Australian fashion retailer Country Road and launched in Australia in 2009. It is designed for women and men who appreciate the beauty of simple, sophisticated collections that are modern in approach and timeless in style.



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