CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS
Critical Thinking
This individual must be intellectually sharp and use critical thinking to make or influence decisions while demonstrating outstanding business judgement. He or she will be comfortable creating the new and the different.
Results-Oriented
The new vice president must be performance-driven and able to provide measurable results. The successful candidate will be resourceful, action-oriented, as well as a flexible and decisive manager who establishes clarity in the midst of distractions to produce results in a timely fashion. He/she will provide clear direction and establish achievable goals and will actively lead cross-functional teams to ensure their success.
Communication
This individual should possess very strong communication, listening, and persuasion skills, in order to truly partner with the management team. He/She must be an adept writer as well as be comfortable, dynamic, and an effective presenter in front of both external and internal audiences including employees, senior management, and customers and public forums. This is a highly collaborative management team. This individual should have a broad perspective on the impact of Sales from Innovation, Operations, Sales, Finance, Information Technology, and Executive Management. A willingness to engage in a broad range of topics and discussions across all constituents.
Perspective
This individual will provide a worldly perspective of macro and industry influences to assist in guiding the company in new directions. He/she will provide perspective coming in from outside the organization to aid in the collective leadership team’s understanding and acceptance of trends, insights, changing business perspective and management strategies. This keen perspective should be presented with patience and guidance rather than authoritative.
Strategic Agility
This individual must be intellectually sharp and clearly capable of thinking on his/her feet while demonstrating outstanding business judgment. The vice president will possess the analytical skills to improve overall productivity and elevate the company’s e-commerce efforts as a point of differentiation in the marketplace. Today’s vision may change drastically in the future. This person must not only embrace change, but be entrepreneurial in nature, creating and altering this road map along the way.
Leadership Acumen and Team Orientation
The vice president will be charged with elevating the overall revenue, profitability, and talent of the business through various e-commerce efforts. Through the development of improved processes and training and development, this individual will work to foster a culture of accountability and results. Working at Kontoor Brands requires a hands-on, team-oriented executive who has broad-based credibility and is capable of consistently motivating people to take action. An exceptional leader, who builds, inspires, and coaches teams with a passion for the business, while forging close working relationships with other senior leaders throughout the organization.