Senior Manager, Calendar & Operations Integration

Job Description

Who You Are:

The Senior Manager, Calendar & Operations Integration, serves as a strategic leader and key cross-functional liaison for Design and Merchandising. This role is responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing the end-to-end seasonal Design and Merchandising product creation calendar, operational processes, and planning frameworks that drive successful product launches, Go-to-Market execution, and on time product delivery.

The Senior Manager will oversee calendar strategy, milestone management and process governance across all product categories. This individual will ensure alignment across the organization, proactively identify risks and dependencies, and lead initiatives that improve speed, efficiency, accountability, and transparency throughout the product lifecycle.

Success in this role requires strong leadership, organizational influence, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate complex cross-functional environments while driving operational excellence.

What You'll Do:

Calendar Strategy & Management

• Lead the development, maintenance, and communication of the seasonal product creation calendar across all product categories.
• Ensure alignment of key milestones, deliverables, and Go-to-Market timelines across Design and Merchandising.
• Maintain visibility into critical path activities, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and resource constraints.
• Drive calendar adherence

Operations Integration & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary liaison between cross-functional teams, ensuring transparency, alignment, and accountability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Facilitate key cross-functional milestone meetings to support timely decision-making and issue resolution.
• Ensure the team aligns on next steps before concluding meetings, distribute timely recaps, and track action items through to completion
• Partner with senior leadership to manage competing priorities and align business objectives with operational execution.
• Translate complex workflows, dependencies, and timelines into actionable plans that support successful product launches.

Process Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Identify opportunities to improve product creation processes, workflows, and ways of working.
• Develop and maintain operational standards, documentation, and Standard Operating Procedures that support consistency and executional excellence.
• Lead initiatives focused on increasing efficiency, speed-to-market, and organizational effectiveness.
• Support change management efforts and drive adoption of new processes, on time delivery, systems, and tools.

Reporting & Governance

• Monitor report progress against seasonal milestones and track key performance indicators related to calendar adherence and operational effectiveness.
• Prepare and communicate status updates, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
• Partner with Operations and Technology teams to enhance calendar management, reporting capabilities, and to create visibility of status.
• Establish governance processes that promote accountability, visibility, and continuous improvement across the organization.

You'll Need to Have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in Project Management, Product Operations, Product Development Operations, Calendar Management, or related functions within fashion, retail, footwear, accessories, or consumer products.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, product creation processes, and Go-to-Market execution.
• Experience managing complex cross-functional calendars and critical path timelines.
• Proven ability to influence and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience with PLM and project management platforms such as Centric, FlexPLM, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, or similar tools.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated success leading process improvement and organizational change initiatives.

MK Perks:

• Generous Holiday Schedule and Vacation Days
• Summer Fridays
• Internal mobility across Capri Brands (Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo)
• Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo Discount
• Exclusive Employee Sales
• Fav 5 Cards (MK Discount for friends and family)
• 401k Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Thrive Wellness Program
• Commuter Benefits
• Gym Discounts

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company’s policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, military status, disability, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

At Capri Holdings Limited, we are committed to providing a fair and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation for the interview or application process, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at View email address on ziprecruiter.com.

In compliance with certain Pay Transparency laws, employers are required to disclose a salary range. The salary for this position will vary based on role requirements, skill set and years of experience.