Brand Director Menswear (m/f/d)

Over 160 stores, 16,000 employees, 120 years’ experience: at the international fashion company Peek Cloppenburg*, with its headquarters in Vienna and Düsseldorf, traditional family values meet a dynamic industry. For us, fashion isn’t just a product – it’s our common language. Here, you’re not just an employee – you become part of our community. A fashion community in which you can live doing what you love. Let’s create the future of retail. Together. As an affiliated company of Peek Cloppenburg* B.V. Co. KG Düsseldorf, JC Brand AG is at the heart of the group's new private label strategy. Together, we are creating a dynamic, creative private label organization that combines the brand DNA of Peek Cloppenburg* Düsseldorf with fresh ideas, market trends, and entrepreneurial spirit. *There are two independent companies Peek Cloppenburg with their headquarters in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. This advertisement refers to the Düsseldorf group of companies, whose store locations you can find here: peek-cloppenburg.de/de/stores . WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR Strategic ownership: You own the strategic direction and long-term development of the Men’s category for a multi-label retailer across all brands and categories. With full end-to-end responsibility for planning, steering and controlling complex product and assortment processes in wholesale and retail, you act as the ultimate decision-maker for category priorities, investments and growth levers, shaping the commercial success and market positioning of the business. Business and financial management: You carry full P L, margin and costs responsibility for the Men’s category and drive performance across the entire sales channel. You approve budgets, pricing strategies and cost controls. You oversee cash flow, forecasting and investment decisions, working together with finance on profitability by brand and assortment. Commercial impact: With a strong commercial and analytical mindset, steer growth, optimize profitability and convert data, market insights and strategic initiatives into sustainable, measurable results at scale. You make high-level decisions quickly in a fast-moving market and manage risks around inventory, trends and market shifts. Product and creative oversight: You guide the creative direction alongside the Head of Design. Approve collections, key looks and seasonal themes, ensuring that the assortment aligns with brand DNA and customer demand. Always balancing trend-driven ideas with commercial viability. Operations Supply Chain: You oversee sourcing and production strategies, to ensure best terms and delivery of collections on time. You manage supplier relationships to a high level, with the support of our global sourcing team. Cross-functional excellence: You build relationships with key departments such as Marketing, Sales, Wholesale and Sourcing, aligning stakeholders behind a clear category roadmap. You define promotional and key commercial product strategies, oversee showroom concepts and sales tools and ensure a consistent, premium brand and product story across all channels. You excel in agile, fast-moving environments and lead cross-functional decision-making with speed and clarity. Senior leadership: You lead senior management (Designers, Buyers, Merchandisers, pattern makers etc) both disciplinarily and professionally. As a senior leader, you build and scale a strong organization, set clear expectations and performance standards, develop top talent and create a culture of accountability, trust and high performance. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Your educational background: You have completed a commercial or textile-focused education and ideally hold a degree in business administration, fashion management, clothing or a comparable field. You bring extensive senior leadership experience in the international retail or textile industry, ideally in a multi-brand environment, with proven responsibility for category strategy, P L and team leadership. Your strengths: You combine deep product, assortment and quality expertise with a highly developed strategic, analytical and commercial skill set. You offer a profound buying background with a strong focus on the product itself, alongside extensive experience in managing and developing different categories within the menswear department. You are experienced in steering complex KPIs, margins and cost structures and act with a strong entrepreneurial mindset. Your profile: You are a senior, credible leader with a collaborative yet decisive leadership style and a high degree of personal ownership. You think in scalable, process-driven structures. You lead with clarity, empathy and authority and consistently develop organizations and teams through coaching, feedback and targeted succession planning – with the ambition to build a best-in-class category organization. You are fluent in English and Spanish. You are open to international travel and mobility. WHAT WE OFFER Room to Grow: Be part of an exciting new chapter from day one. In our Madrid design hub, your ideas and creativity will have a direct impact and help shape the future of our brand. Start-Up Spirit, Strong Foundation: Experience the energy and flexibility of a start-up environment supported by the stability, structure, and reach of one of Europe’s leading fashion groups. International Collaboration: Work with a diverse and inspiring team from across Europe, united by creativity, curiosity, and a shared passion for progress. Work out on site: You have free access to the fitness room located in the building, perfect for fitting movement and energy boosts easily into your workday.