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About the Role
The Director of Color provides strategic and operational leadership for all color development, color management, and color commercialization activities. This role ensures color consistency from concept through production, drives excellence in color execution, and oversees the Color team's performance. The Director partners with various departments to align color strategies with brand objectives and customer requirements, while ensuring compliance with retailer-specific color standards and managing color laboratory operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead execution of seasonal color cards and color standard library across multiple product categories.
- Oversee color approval processes from concept through production.
- Ensure color standards, specifications, and color testing requirements are clearly communicated to suppliers and manufacturing partners.
- Resolve complex color issues affecting product quality, commercialization timelines, or customer satisfaction.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to color development, approval, and production processes.
- Directly oversee the Color team, including Color Managers, Color Specialists, Color Technicians, and other color development personnel.
- Establish team priorities, goals, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and career development opportunities to build a high-performing color organization.
- Allocate resources and manage workloads to support seasonal development and production deadlines.
- Foster collaboration and accountability across cross-functional teams.
- Recruit, develop, and retain top talent within the Color function.
- Ensure all color processes, standards, and best practices are consistently followed throughout the organization.
- Ensure all color development, submission, testing, and approval processes are executed in accordance with retailer-specific requirements and timelines.
- Oversee all color laboratory operations to ensure accurate, reliable, and consistent color measurement practices.
- Manage calibration, certification, maintenance, and validation programs for color laboratory equipment.
- Ensure spectrophotometers, light boxes, color assessment tools, and related equipment are maintained and calibrated according to industry standards and manufacturer requirements.
- Establish processes to maintain current certifications and audit readiness for all color testing equipment.
- Partner with Quality and Technical teams to ensure measurement consistency across internal In Country facilities and external suppliers.
- Develop and enforce color measurement protocols that support accurate color approvals and production consistency.
- Lead implementation, optimization and laboratory best practices.
- Communicate color-related priorities, issues, and opportunities to leadership and stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with mills, dye houses, printers, manufacturing partners and In Country Color teams.
- Evaluate vendor color performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure color standards are consistently executed across all manufacturing locations.
- Collaborate with suppliers to resolve color challenges and improve first-pass approval rates.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in color development, color management, textiles, apparel, or consumer soft products.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing color teams and cross-functional business initiatives.
- Experience working with global sourcing, manufacturing, and supplier networks.
- Proven experience managing retailer-specific color requirements and approval processes.
- Walmart Color Experience a Plus.
Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Creative Vision
- Team Leadership & Development
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Executive Communication
- Problem Solving
- Change Management
- Decision Making
Experience Level
- 10+ years of progressive experience in color development, color management, textiles, apparel, or consumer soft products.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing color teams and cross-functional business initiatives.