ABOUT YOUR ROLE: 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. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE: 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. WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU: Competency requirements: • 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. Skills: • 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 WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US: • 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. Statement on Diversity & Inclusion 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. PART 2: JOB SCOPE (internal use only, for job evaluation) Business Scope: Product Supply function for all VF brands. Enterprise AI enablement across sourcing, planning and operations, including AI-enabled vendor allocation and cost analytics, AI tools and licenses (e.g., Copilot, Claude), and AI adoption across Product Supply teams. Team structure (current state and future state, one level up and down): • 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. R-20261104-0028 VF Corporation habille les consommateurs partout dans le monde grâce à son portefeuille diversifié de marques emblématiques de style de vie, notamment Vans®, The North Face® et Timberland®. Fondée en 1899, VF est l’une des plus importantes entreprises mondiales de vêtements, de chaussures et d’accessoires. Elle exerce ses activités de façon socialement et écologiquement responsable dans de nombreuses régions du monde, catégories de produits et canaux de distribution. VF s’engage à offrir des produits novateurs aux consommateurs et à créer une valeur durable pour ses clients et ses actionnaires. VF Corporation outfits consumers around the world with its diverse portfolio of iconic lifestyle brands, including Vans®, The North Face®, and Timberland®. Founded in 1899, VF is one of the world's largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies with socially and environmentally responsible operations spanning numerous geographies, product categories and distribution channels. VF is committed to delivering innovative products to consumers and creating long-term value for its customers and shareholders. Énoncé de vision de VF en matière de diversité VF s’engage à créer un environnement inclusif qui accueille et valorise les différences parmi tous ses associés, ses clients, ses fournisseurs et les collectivités où nous vivons et exerçons nos activités. Le succès et la croissance continus de VF sont renforcés par des initiatives qui favorisent la diversité à l’échelle mondiale. VF s’engage à offrir l’égalité des chances en matière d’emploi et à traiter ses associés et ses candidats sans discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, le sexe, l’âge, l’origine nationale, la religion, l’orientation sexuelle, l’identité ou l’expression de genre, l’état matrimonial, la citoyenneté, un handicap, le statut d’ancien combattant protégé, le statut VIH/sida ou tout autre motif protégé par la loi. VF s’engage à répondre aux divers besoins des personnes en situation de handicap dans des délais raisonnables, conformément aux principes d’autonomie, de dignité, d’intégration et d’égalité des chances. Pour ce faire, VF s’efforcera de cerner, de prévenir et d’éliminer les obstacles à l’accessibilité partout où cela est possible, tout en respectant les exigences en matière d’accessibilité prévues par l’ADA, la LAPHO (AODA) et toute autre réglementation provinciale, étatique ou locale applicable. VF s’engage à assurer l’accessibilité numérique, à se conformer aux Règles pour l’accessibilité des contenus Web (WCAG) 2.1, niveau AA, ainsi qu’aux normes de conception accessible de l’ADA et de la LAPHO (AODA), et à toute autre réglementation applicable. Si vous avez besoin d’une mesure d’adaptation ou si vous avez des questions concernant cet énoncé, veuillez transmettre votre demande à [email protected] VF Diversity Vision Statement VF is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. The continued success and growth of VF is enhanced through initiatives that promote diversity throughout VF around the world. VF is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and treating our VF associates and VF applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender, 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 basis. VF is committed to meeting the diverse needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner that is consistent with the principles of independence, dignity, integration and equality of opportunity, and will do so by striving to identify, prevent and remove barriers to accessibility wherever possible as well as by meeting the accessibility requirements under the ADA, AODA, and other applicable state, local or provincial regulations. VF is committed to digital accessibility, and to conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA and complying with the ADA and AODA Standards for Accessible Design, and other applicable regulations. If you need an accommodation or have any questions regarding this statement, please send your request to [email protected].

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