Vice President, IT Americas

Job Description

The Vice President, IT Americas, will play a critical role in driving our IT vision and strategy for the Americas region (US, Canada, LATAM). You will be responsible for building and leading a high-performing IT team, fostering strong relationships with business stakeholders, and ensuring the successful delivery of IT services and solutions in the markets to drive growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Strategy:
  • Execute a comprehensive IT strategy for the Americas region, aligning with global IT objectives and business needs.
  • Build and manage a strong IT organization, providing leadership, mentoring, and development opportunities to team members.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence within the IT team.
• Business Partnership and Influence:
  • Cultivate strong relationships with key business stakeholders, understanding their needs and challenges.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to the business on technology matters, providing insights and recommendations.
  • Ensure IT services and solutions are aligned with business priorities and deliver value.
  • Influence various stakeholders across business and IT to drive change and transformation
• Operational Excellence:
  • Oversee the delivery of IT services and solutions, ensuring high quality, reliability, and efficiency.
  • Focus on continuous improvement and the implementation of best practices in terms of measuring and tracking IT service management.
  • Manage IT budgets and resources effectively for the region.
  • Implement and maintain appropriate IT governance and controls.
• Technology Innovation:
  • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends, identifying opportunities to leverage them for business advantage.
  • Drive the adoption of new technologies and solutions, ensuring successful implementation and integration.
• Team Management:
  • Lead and mentor a team of diverse IT professionals across NA and LATAM markets, providing guidance, support, and development opportunities.
  • Foster a positive and collaborative work environment.
  • Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback to team members.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. An MBA from a reputable university is preferred.
• Over 10 years of experience in IT leadership roles, with a focus on retail or consumer goods industries and multiple international brand environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective regional IT strategies.
• Proficient in working with SAP AFS/Fashion, APTOS, and other retail processes and integration needs.
• Experienced in leading Sales Force Commerce Cloud initiatives and SFCC knowhow along with digital tools to drive market growth
• Extensive business partner experience representing the regional business needs and priorities to work with global teams.
• Experience in representing a region and leading change in an S/4 HANA transformation journey a must.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, applications, and security.
• Proven LATAM market support and management.
• Multi-language skills (English, Spanish) are an asset.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to navigate and influence global standards while advocating for regional priorities
• Ability to build strong relationships with business stakeholders.
• Experience in managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 10-20%)

About Us

Who we are:

Samsonite is the worldwide leader in superior travel bags, luggage, and accessories combining notable style with the latest design technology and the utmost attention to quality and durability. For more than 100 years, Samsonite has leveraged its rich heritage to create unparalleled products that fulfill the travel lifestyle needs of conscious movers everywhere. With a portfolio of brands including Samsonite, Tumi, American Tourister, High Sierra, Gregory, eBags, Hartmann, and Lipault Paris, our products are sold in over 100 countries in North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America through our company-operated retail store, websites and a variety of retail partners.

About the Team

Why you'll love working here:

• Our employees matter. As a people-focused business, we work hard to provide meaningful rewards and development opportunities for our employees, recognizing performance, and creating a supportive working environment for them, wherever they are based.
• Vibrant culture. We are committed to a diverse and rich culture, welcoming people from all walks of life. Our long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers us to bring our authentic selves and unique differences to work every day.
• Socially responsible. We want to minimize our products' impact on the environment and help create positive journeys worldwide. We do this by creating the best products using the most sustainable and innovative materials, methods, and models.

What we value:

At Samsonite, we do more than create the bags that move with our consumer, we inspire and celebrate the moments that move them. We believe we have a responsibility to the world in how we operate, the products we sell, the communities where we live and work, and how we treat the people we employ. We're as diverse as travel itself, and like travel, your journey with Samsonite presents the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and explore your passions. This is why we offer various paths for professionals and celebrate the knowledge and skills they bring to our team. We are committed to a respectful workplace that allows our team members to bring their best selves to the workplace daily.

Samsonite is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting and maintaining a work environment in which all applicants, associates, customers, and other individuals are treated with dignity and respect free from unlawful harassment, discrimination, or retaliation.