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About this Senior Director - Design role at Fung Group

Fung Group · Onsite · New York

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We are seeking a Senior Director – Design to lead the creative vision and strategic design direction for our key private label apparel customer. This design leadership role will oversee the development of innovative, trend-driven product across multiple apparel categories, with a strong focus on elevated brands, denim, sweaters, and other key growth areas. The Senior Director will partner closely with the customer and internal leadership teams to drive creative innovation, strengthen customer relationships, and support the continued growth of the business through compelling product and market-leading design.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the overall creative vision and design strategy across multiple private label apparel categories for a key customer.
  • Drive seasonal product direction and innovation across elevated brands, denim, sweaters, and other strategic growth categories.
  • Serve as the executive design partner to the customer, building trusted relationships and presenting seasonal concepts, trend direction, and long-term design strategies.
  • Identify emerging fashion, consumer, and marketplace trends and translate them into commercially successful product assortments.
  • Partner closely with Account Management, Merchandising, Product Development, Technical Design, Sourcing, and global teams to deliver innovative product that meets customer expectations and business objectives.
  • Lead the development of seasonal assortments from concept through commercialization, ensuring design excellence, product quality, and successful execution.
  • Champion innovation in silhouettes, fabrications, color, print, trim, washes, and product development while balancing customer needs, commercial viability, and profitability.
  • Drive category expansion and identify opportunities to grow the customer's private label business through new concepts, trend initiatives, and product innovation.
  • Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing design organization, fostering creativity, collaboration, and continuous professional growth.
  • Present seasonal design strategies, trend forecasts, and product concepts to executive leadership and customer partners.
  • Develop strong partnerships with global design teams, sourcing offices, and manufacturing partners to ensure best-in-class product execution.
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to support long-term business strategies, customer growth initiatives, and organizational objectives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design or a related field.
  • 15+ years of progressive apparel design experience, including senior leadership experience within private label apparel
  • Proven success leading design organizations supporting major national retail customers.
  • Extensive experience across multiple apparel categories, including strong expertise in denim, sweaters, elevated fashion, and contemporary product development.
  • Strong understanding of apparel product development, sourcing, garment construction, fabrication, and manufacturing.
  • Demonstrated ability to build executive-level customer relationships and influence strategic business decisions.
  • Exceptional creative vision with strong commercial awareness and business acumen.
  • Proven ability to build, mentor, and lead high-performing creative teams.
  • Excellent presentation, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment while managing multiple priorities and driving strategic initiatives.

Compensation/Benefits:

  • The approximate annual base salary range for this position is, which can vary based on role requirements, skill set, and years of experience.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and company holidays.

Important Notice: Fraudulent Communications:  It has come to our attention that there are people posing as representatives of Li & Fung. These imposters may offer false opportunities including fake employment offers and other fraudulent opportunities by email or other means of communication. Please beware of such fraudulent communications. If you are in doubt as to the legitimacy of any communications purportedly from Li & Fung, please verify with us by contacting [email protected].

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As an equal opportunity employer, we shall consider all applicants regardless of gender, age, religion, marital status, race, sexual orientation, disability, disease, pregnancy, or trade union and/or political affiliation, and disregard all factors deemed inappropriate by local law and the International Labor Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

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About Fung Group

Fung Group is a pioneer for the consumer goods supply chain. With a rich history in import and export trading and global supply chain management dating back to 1906, our core businesses operate across the entire global supply chain for consumer goods including trading, logistics, distribution and retail. Today, we are focused on advancing new, disruptive technologies shaping the future of supply chains and exploring new opportunities for business growth through strategic innovation in retailing, new products, services or markets. Across Fung Group, our core values of entrepreneurship, being humble and acting as one family, form the basis for our culture, business strategies and brand.

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