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Vice President, Global HR Business Partner (The North Face)

The North Face was built on a love for the outdoors and the desire to enable all types of exploration, for all people, from their backyards to the Himalayas. Over the last 50 years we've lived by our “true north,” the belief that exploration has the power to change us, to challenge us and to help us see the world from new perspectives.

To help ignite a global movement of outdoor exploration, love for the natural world and an unwavering commitment to protect it, we welcome and encourage new participants to the outdoors. We extend our reach through support of non-profit organizations, establishing programs that connect participants with close-to-home recreation opportunities, and creating a connection with young leaders, inspiring them to explore and conserve. As we enter our sixth decade, we pledge to:

Empower exploration and the thrill of the unknown for as many people as possible.
Protect the places where we live, play, and operate.
Evolve the way we make our products by improving our environmental performance and social responsibility in the supply chain.

Vice President, Global HR Business Partner (TNF): Become the Newest Member of the VF Family

As the Vice President, Global HR Business Partner (TNF), you will ensure that the right organization, leadership, culture and talent is in place to continue to grow our brand globally. You are an inclusive leader and have a passion for purpose, our brand and customers and are collaborative in nature. Through your strong business acumen, you will brilliantly execute the broader Human Resources and People strategies, in partnership with the Brand President, as you will provide counsel, advisory and consultative services to support business growth. As such, you will enable our leadership teams to tackle specific challenges and business objectives through strategic talent needs.

Based in Denver, Colorado, you will have the great responsibility to focus on organization effectiveness, talent management and organization culture. You are a strong leader who can deliver credible solutions, build relationships at all levels, in each business, and with functional peers. You are driven and motivated to create tangible, positive impact on VF Corporation’s plan through creating and executing programs to build and enhance a high-performance workforce in alignment with the overall business strategy.

In addition, you will be part of the VF Corporation family and HR team. VF wide, our Human Resources leaders build rapport, drive organizational and culture change, and maintain trust with the business. Therefore, you must be an outstanding performance partner for the business - agile, connected, and accountable for strategic delivery.

How You Will Make a Difference:

Primary HR leader and business confidant to the Brand President: integrate business strategy into people strategy and act as advisor on people, organization and business issues and impacts globally.
Partner with business leaders to develop and execute both short- and long-term organizational effectiveness strategies that directly support an effective transition from strategy formulation to achieving results. Ensuring global organization alignment and partnership.
Lead VF’s talent plan in The North Face, with a strong focus on in inclusion & diversity. Set standards for talent assessment, selection, deployment, capability development and cultural adoption. Lead performance management process across the region and pull the relevant reward levers to deliver business and talent benefits. Model and integrate diversity and inclusion objectives.
Embed VF people strategy into day-to-day work, ensuring that HR objectives and plans are translated into concrete actions and tangible results. Accountable for all HR work within the business unit/function, ensuring it is in alignment with global strategies.
Execute talent management by monitoring workforce analytics/trends; diagnose root causes or issues and identify performance gaps; support Leaders in IDEA objectives
Lead and develop the HR team elevating business support to create and reinforce the VF and The North Face employee experience
Drive greater value from the inside out, from employee to customer: Employee engagement, employee satisfaction, and employee retention
Act as an organizational coach who builds organizational capabilities, reduces complexity, and partners with clients to maximize team performance. Provide strategic coaching to key employees as related to succession planning, career path development, and performance management.
Lead a team that operates with a sense of urgency, proactively solves problems, and embodies a commitment to high-performance
Serve as a purpose led, performance driven leader to build productive relationships and collaboration with a strong focus on motivating and developing talent while leading by example.

Skills for Success:

Years of Related Professional Experience: 15+ years

Educational/ Position Requirements:

A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or related field and a minimum of 10+ years of experience leading a progressive Human Resources department.
Master’s Degree Preferred
5-10 years of senior-level business partnership experience
Successfully operated as an integral part of an executive management team, contributing in business areas beyond HR.
Other critical areas of functional expertise: Global/International experience, organizational effectiveness, talent management, and performance/organizational culture management.

10-plus years operating in a global and highly complex, customer-focused business

VF Corporation is a large-scale, highly-distributed, matrixed business with global operations. Experience in a highly-regarded, preferably international organization, with multiple operations is ideal.

Highly motivated, energetic, extremely personable, comfortable working closely with a diverse leadership team.
Thorough and detail oriented; ability to handle a wide range of issues varying in complexity.
Unquestioned ethics, integrity, intellectual honesty and sound judgment.
Demonstrated ability to recruit top talent and to lead globally distributed teams.
Embraces change - highly adaptable to changing business conditions and priorities.
Superior communication skills.
Collaborative, down-to-earth, genuine, and considerate of others.

Additional Requirements:

Travel by air and overnight, as required approximately 30% amount of time.

Pay Range:

$216,000.00 USD - $324,000.00 USD annually

Incentive Potential:

This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Long-Term Incentive:

This position is eligible to participate in a Long-Term Incentive Plan. Specific details of the plan will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation:

You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on

www.MyVFbenefits.com

and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our pay ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

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