Senior, Color Manager

Macy's•New York, NY

About The Position

The Senior, Color Manager leads the color process for multiple brands and/or business families. This role requires strong collaboration skills, building trust with teams and key partners, and identifying opportunities for collaboration. The Senior, Color Manager is known as a trusted, collaborative, and results-oriented partner to the Private Brands Overseas, Design, and Product teams. They effectively lead through complex situations and influence business partners. They evaluate situations to ensure alignment with company strategy.

Requirements

Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field are encouraged to apply.
Background in technical color and color/fabric knowledge required.
Regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands/fingers to touch, handle, and feel.
Occasionally required to move about the workplace and reach with hands and arms.
Requires close vision.
Able to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.
Collaboration Skills: Ability to work effectively with teams and key partners, building trust and identifying opportunities for collaboration.
Leadership: Manage, train, and develop the team, guiding them through complex situations and influencing business partners.
Color Differentiation: Ability to accurately and consistently differentiate and describe color differences.
Knowledge of Dyes and Dyeing Techniques: Understanding dyes, dyeing techniques for varied fiber contents, textile structures, and their influence on color appearance.
Visual and Instrumental Color Evaluation: Proficiency in using spectrophotometers, light boxes, and other color tools to evaluate colors visually and instrumentally with accurate and consistent techniques. Superior score on 100 Hue Test required.
Trend Research: Research and analyze color trends and concepts for brand development presentations.
Color Palette Development: Support the design team in developing seasonal color palettes and maintaining the history and analysis of previous palettes.
Technical Expertise: Provide technical expertise when determining color/fabric combinations for the season and CAD matches for colors on the palette.
Problem Solving: Anticipate color problems, proactively resolve concerns or issues, and execute print and pattern color evaluation.
Process Improvement: Recommend improvements to the color approval procedures and seek opportunities to expand the role and improve customer support.
Organizational Skills: Highly organized with the ability to prioritize tasks (sense of urgency) and attention to detail.
Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to establish and build healthy working relations and partnerships with internal and external customers/clients, and create and sustain high-performing teams.
Technical Proficiency: Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Excel. Understanding of fabric properties and construction (knit, woven, denim, sweaters) and how these properties affect finished garments. Proficiency in PLM is a plus.
Analytical and Reasoning Ability: Ability to multitask, work cross-functionally with multiple business partners, and solve problems using both intuition and analytics.
Strategic Planning: Ability to effectively plan and execute strategies while maintaining open and continuous communication, valuing keeping others informed, and presenting information clearly and concisely.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in PLM is a plus.

Responsibilities

Manage, train, and develop the team.
Differentiate colors accurately and consistently describe color differences.
Have knowledge of dyes, dyeing techniques for varied fiber contents, textile structures, and their influence on color appearance, as well as industry standards.
Understand visual and instrumental color evaluation with accurate and consistent techniques, including using spectrophotometers, light boxes, and other color tools.
Research color trends and concepts for brand development presentations (NY team only).
Maintain the brand concept and identity in all approval decisions (NY team only).
Maintain history and analysis of previous palettes.
Support the design team in developing seasonal color palettes (NY team only).
Facilitate digital and visual color searches within the color library and supplier libraries (NY team only).
Administer the communication of color palettes through entry into Macy’s color system.
Assist with color library updates (NY team only).
Distribute color standards and/or color cards to all Macy’s internal partners.
Provide technical expertise when determining color/fabric combinations for the season.
Provide CAD matches for colors on the palette (NY team only).
Partner with Digital Merchants in communicating and managing Hex values (NY team only).
Attend key brand meetings and support company initiatives (NY team only).
Partner with OS Colorist on visual and instrumental color approval decisions for lab dips, trims, and bulk (NY team only).
Partner with Color Service Providers and OS Teams to provide technical expertise on challenging color/fabrications.
Actively implement the color process and execute against the End-to-End calendar.
Maintain turn time requirements to achieve on-time delivery.
Communicate extensively with the brand team, overseas offices, suppliers, and mills on corrections and performance issues related to color or production techniques (NY team only).
Provide metrics for performance assessment and monitor patterns in performance to make recommendations.
Anticipate color problems and proactively resolve concerns or issues on color matches inherent in fabric selections, partnering with the color manager, design, and product development team.
Execute print and pattern color evaluation (NY team only).
Conduct alignment audits on decisions owned by the supply chain.
Recommend improvements to the color approval procedures.
Actively seek out opportunities to expand the role and improve customer support (NY team only).
Be highly organized, able to prioritize (sense of urgency), and have attention to detail.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellness coverage
401(k) match
Paid time off
Eight paid holidays
Continuous learning and leadership development
Volunteer opportunities
Merchandise discounts
Performance-based incentives
Annual merit review
Employee Assistance Program with mental health counseling and legal/financial advice
Tuition reimbursement