Senior Manager, AI Enablement

Product Supply is the sourcing, planning and operations organization behind our products. As Senior Manager, AI Enablement, you will lead a new team that helps Product Supply put AI to work. You will work with functional teams to find the problems where AI can make a real difference, prototype and deliver solutions with digital, IT and data partners, and help people across the organization adopt them with confidence. You will keep the work focused on measurable results, such as lower cost, better service and more time for teams to spend on higher-value work, and build the team and practices to sustain it.

Include but not limited to

•      Opportunity Ideation: Work with sourcing, planning, operations and other functional teams to uncover their toughest challenges and ideate AI-driven solutions, shaping them into clear problem statements and business cases tied to cost, service and productivity.

•      Solution Building & Prototyping: Lead rapid prototyping and proofs of concept with AI tools to test feasibility, value and timelines before larger technology investment.

•      Priority Initiative Delivery: Act as the business-side program lead for high-impact AI initiatives (e.g., AI-enabled vendor allocation and cost analytics), working with digital, IT and data teams to own scope, milestones, change management and benefits realization from pilot through scale.

•      AI Fluency & Adoption: Keep the organization current on what AI makes possible by following fast-moving developments and turning them into practical guidance. Build a champions network, playbooks, prompt libraries and role-based workflows so teams know which AI tool fits which job, within IT and security guardrails.

•      Responsible AI & Data Practices: Embed data privacy, access, quality and responsible-use practices into AI solutions and ways of working.

•      Roadmap, Governance & Value Tracking: Maintain a scored AI use-case roadmap with clear stage-gates and decision rights; track benefits and report value delivered and progress to leadership.

•      Team Leadership: Build, lead and develop the AI enablement team, and mobilize talent across the organization to deliver shared outcomes.

•      Drive Innovation: turn emerging AI developments into practical opportunities for the business.

•      Lead Change: bring teams along as new tools and ways of working are adopted.

•      Drive Operational Excellence: focus on measurable gains in cost, service and productivity.

•      Hands-on experience building or delivering AI-enabled solutions, including generative AI, agents, automation and analytics, from prototype to adoption.

•      Strong learning agility, with the ability to understand a new business, its processes and its data quickly and apply AI where it creates real value.

•      Genuine curiosity and a habit of continuous learning about fast-moving AI developments.

•      Communication: bridges business needs, process design and technology execution, and explains technical topics in practical business language.

•      Stakeholder management: builds influence across business, digital and functional teams, including without direct authority.

•      Disciplined prioritization, business case development and benefits tracking.

•      Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to shape a new function and keep it focused on outcomes.

•      Leadership capability to coach and develop team members.

•      Familiarity with supply chain, sourcing, planning or manufacturing environments is a plus.

•      Minimum 8 years of relevant experience

•      Being a part of a movement that is Purpose led which enables us to have a positive impact on communities around the world, it gives greater meaning to the work we do.

•      Working with a team of diverse and sharp minds that work with an inclusive and global mindset because our differences are what make us stronger together.

•      Providing you with the best in class, work environment, well-being policies and work place flexibility that is about helping you show up and lean into life with your whole self - emotionally, physically and socially.

At VF, we foster an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences of our associates, customers, suppliers, and communities. VF is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and treating our associates and applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, HIV/AIDS status or any other legally protected factor.

•      One level up: Director, Global Allocation & AI Enablement, who reports to the Senior Director, Product Supply Enablement.

•      Current state: Senior Manager, AI Enablement, with one Senior Analyst, AI Enablement as a direct report.

•      Future state: Senior Manager, AI Enablement, leading an expanded AI Enablement team (additional analysts or specialists as the scope grows), supported by a virtual network of champions across Product Supply.

Channels Covered: Supply chain: Product Supply function covering all VF brands. Initiatives support sourcing, planning and operations processes, working with digital, IT, data and systems partners.