Sourcing Manager
Position Title: Sourcing Manager
Reports To: Director of Sourcing & Production/Sr. Director of Sourcing & Production
Direct Reports: Sourcing Assistant(s), Sourcing Associate(s), Sr. Sourcing Associate(s)
Overview
The Sourcing Manager will oversee the sourcing and production of a department or brand and work closely with overseas offices to ensure the development of new resources and resolve quality and delivery issues.
Responsibilities
• Work closely with the Product Approval team and overseas offices to achieve quality and on-time delivery
• Collaborate with capacity planning team to strategically place orders
• Identify, resolve and follow up on all quality and testing issues
• Align with capacity and PA teams on priority styles by season
• Assist with negotiations on FOB prices with overseas vendors in order to meet financial goals with Sourcing Director and Senior Sourcing Manager
• Partner with cross functional teams to identify opportunities to maximize the capacities in overseas factories
• Partner with Design and overseas partners to effectively cost new products within our approved vendor base
• Align with Demand Planning teams to review and finalize all order placement for global and domestic orders
• Create and share pricing projections with international customers
• Recruit top talent, train and develop team members
• Provide direction and management to your team to meet deadlines
• Support the sourcing director to resolve any issues in production timing and deliveries to meet customer demand
• Travel to overseas vendors/factories to build and establish collaborative relationships
• Special projects as assigned
Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in International Trade or Business, Fashion Merchandising or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Sourcing or Supply Chain Management within the fashion industry
• Proven ability to work with international business partner to drive results
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 40%)
Salary $75,000 -$125,000
On site
1 WFH day per month