ABOUT YOUR ROLE:

The Director, Material Portfolio and Supply Strategy is a senior enterprise leadership role responsible for shaping VF’s material portfolio strategy, establishing supply strategy frameworks, and enabling Material Experience Centers in Singapore and key regions. The role connects brand needs, category strategy, supplier capability, sustainability, cost/value opportunities, and material storytelling to create a focused, scalable, and commercially impactful material ecosystem.

The incumbent will establish portfolio governance, preferred material platforms, supply strategy frameworks, and center activation models, while partnering with Material Sourcing leads and cross-functional teams to support execution, unlock enterprise leverage, inspire innovation, and improve material decision-making.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

MATERIAL PORTFOLIO STRATEGY, CURATION & VALUE CREATION

• Own the enterprise material portfolio strategy across categories, linking brand needs, product requirements, commercial priorities, sustainability, and supply capabilities.

• Identify cross-brand and cross-category opportunities to increase scale, reduce duplication, improve value, and strengthen strategic supplier partnerships.

• Define portfolio architecture, decision criteria, and governance for preferred, core, strategic, innovative, and emerging materials.

• Lead portfolio reviews to assess relevance, duplication, adoption, performance, and opportunities to scale, refresh, or sunset materials.

SUPPLY STRATEGY FRAMEWORK, SUPPLIER ECOSYSTEM & MATERIAL PLATFORMS

• Establish supply strategy frameworks for strategic material platforms, including supplier segmentation, capability mapping, capacity readiness, cost positioning, regional considerations, and scalability requirements.

• Define the operating model for supply strategy alignment across material categories, brand priorities, sourcing regions, and supplier networks, in partnership with Material Sourcing leads who own execution.

• Enable cross-brand leverage by creating visibility to demand, volume, fragmentation, and supplier opportunities for Material Sourcing leads to execute.

MATERIAL EXPERIENCE CENTER, INNOVATION & MARKET INTELLIGENCE

• Establish and maintain the Singapore Material Experience Center and enable regional centers as spaces for material inspiration, supplier storytelling, innovation, and strategic portfolio engagement.

• Curate material stories, displays, supplier showcases, and experience journeys that spark idea creation and accelerate material exploration across brands.

• Own the multi-year material portfolio roadmap across categories, aligned with brand strategies, product needs, value creation priorities, sustainability goals, and evolving supply-market capabilities.

• Build a structured market intelligence and scouting approach covering material technologies, supplier capabilities, cost drivers, sustainability, regulatory shifts, and consumer expectations.

• Shape strategic supplier engagement for portfolio priorities, preferred platforms, capability development, supply resilience, innovation themes, and enterprise value creation with category sourcing and development leaders.

• Connect supplier capabilities with cross-brand needs to unlock differentiated solutions, faster commercialization, and scalable value.

DIGITAL GOVERNANCE, DATA & ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP

• Partner with technology and data teams to strengthen the digital material ecosystem and create simple, scalable user experiences.

• Establish dashboards and operating rhythms to track portfolio health, platform adoption, value creation, supply risk, scouting progress, and center engagement.

• Create decision rights, standards, and governance connecting portfolio strategy, supply frameworks, brand needs, regional execution, and supplier partnership processes.

• Lead and develop a high-performing, inclusive team with expertise in material portfolio strategy, supply strategy, category insights, supplier capability, analytics, governance, and operations.

• Build trusted relationships across brands, categories, regions, and functions to align priorities, resolve trade-offs, and deliver enterprise outcomes.

• Influence senior leaders through clear insights, compelling material storytelling, fact-based recommendations, and transparent measures of value.

WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU:

• Deep expertise across material categories, with the ability to connect technical knowledge, portfolio strategy, commercial value, sustainability, and supply considerations.

• Proven experience shaping enterprise material, category, portfolio, innovation, or supplier strategies in a complex global organization.

• Strong commercial and analytical acumen, with demonstrated success converting leverage opportunities into measurable value.

• Demonstrated capability in portfolio governance, supply strategy frameworks, market intelligence, supplier scouting, Material Experience Center activation, and innovation-to-scale processes.

• Ability to translate complex market and technical signals into clear choices, priorities, stories, and actions.

• Experienced people leader and enterprise connector with excellent executive communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• A clear enterprise material portfolio strategy is established, governed, and adopted across brands, categories, and key functional partners.

• Material choices are more focused, commercially grounded, supply-ready, and aligned to brand, consumer, performance, sustainability, and value needs.

• Cross-brand and cross-category leverage opportunities are visible, governed, adopted, and converted into measurable enterprise value.

• A clear material portfolio roadmap and repeatable market intelligence and scouting engine inform brand strategies, supply strategy frameworks, innovation pipelines, and category plans.

• Material Experience Centers in Singapore and key regions are actively used to inspire ideas, showcase strategic materials, engage partners, and convert exploration into pilots or innovation opportunities.

• Material portfolio duplication is reduced, adoption of strategic platforms increases, and teams make faster, better-informed decisions.

• A connected internal and external material ecosystem expands VF’s access to relevant capabilities and future opportunities.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• A purpose-driven opportunity to transform how material portfolios are built, governed, sourced, shared, and scaled across iconic global brands.

• A platform to lead cross-brand and cross-category impact in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.

• A best-in-class work environment, well-being policies, and workplace flexibility designed to help you show up and lean into life with your whole self - emotionally, physically, and socially.