Position Overview

Responsible for driving RL’s leather material strategy, leading season ahead R&D innovation and seasonal concept development by aligning global R&D direction with vendor capabilities, ensuring material readiness, technical excellence, and continuous elevation of the leather supply base.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Leather Raw Material & Skins Technical ManagementDrives seasonal leather raw material in alignment to RM strategy , including macro's(like to like skin cost season on season) , driving localization, approval of all new leather qualities while ensuring testing and master standards as part of SOP.Manages tannery relationships and ensures full compliance to LWG with RL’s global standards on quality, sustainability, and traceability.Manage & maintain leather master standard library - color & quality level in seasonal base and support production team for bulk color and qualities issues.Drive technical system operations including T2/...