Roles And Responsibilities
- Executes seasonal and short-term sourcing plans, utilizing knowledge of apparel sourcing to
meet line financial, customer service, quality, aesthetic, safety and terms-of-engagement
requirements.
- Must communicate capacity and price requirements to meet line margin and delivery
requirements.
- Must be able to provide alternatives to merchandising/design teammates to meet commercial
requirements at the most competitive cost. Identify and enable opportunities to leverage library of
components, fits, and sources.
- Must closely review the capacity plan & production schedule to optimise capacity and utilize
available vendors.
- Would be involved in product execution from sketch to delivery, including fabrication alternatives,
garment engineering, sample management.
- Develops, manages and coaches a high-performing vendor team, ensuring current and future
business needs are met.
- “Go to Market” Accountability: Responsible for accurately tracking adoption rates, delivery of
proto/shoot/catalogue/PP samples to meet required targets.
- Responsible for driving team to meet GTM deadlines. Able to negotiate and influence Design
and buying/Merchandising partners to achieve GTM milestones.
- Analyse and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.
Qualifications & Experience
- 2-4 years of proven work experience in Sourcing – Product Development.
- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant category.
- Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement.
- Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
- Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data.
- Demonstrates a “can-do” approach in being proactive with work assignments.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office suite including Power Point, Excel, and/or other relevant analytical tools.
- Degree in garment textiles is good to have.
- Flexible to travel.
Job Features
| Job Category | Associate HR, HR |