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SENIOR SOURCING MANAGER (WOVEN)
Position Description
· Manage the sourcing of product throughout your region.
· Make timely placements to suppliers in line with the vendor matrix and sourcing strategy.
· Know and understand suppliers/factories and their capabilities, capacity and performance.
· Negotiate price based on an in-depth understanding of product and components.
· Support the supplier matrix for the region. Align suppliers by product type.
· Measure supplier performance, capability and capacity in order to make appropriate sourcing decisions. Keep information up to date. Manage supplier performance.
· identify growth, maintain, downtrend and to-be-eliminated vendors. Shift business from non-strategic, underperforming suppliers to strategic partner suppliers.
· Understand trade and political issues and incorporate into sourcing decisions. Reduce risk.
· Meet with suppliers to establish a sound knowledge base and strong relationships.
· Work with New York Sourcing to define lead times. Manage the sourcing process to ensure timely decisions and actions.
· Use buy plans and product specs, to plan and coordinate product placement decisions by supplier and factory.
· Understand all product objectives. Proactively identify and resolve product spec issues upfront. Allocate product specs to the right supplier.
· Work with the Production Management team to ensure placements are made with right factories. Identify production issues upfront and involve Quality Assurance teams to resolve.
· Manage the seasonal quotation process and component costing. Effectively negotiate product and price, and determine creative alternatives to achieve objectives.
· Keep abreast of the current pre-production and production issues in order to make informed sourcing decisions.
· Identify and resolve issues with suppliers for pricing, shipping, services, etc.
· Obtain order tracking information from Logistics from origin port entry to warehouse entry.
· Resolve issues with CTL such as problems with product specifications, purchase orders, safety failures, and supplier execution.
· Share order tracking information from Ex-Country to Warehouse with Merchandising.
· Share changes in costs with Merchandising & Planning organization. Confirm costing information with Buyers.
· Share component costing information to Product Development to ensure product is developed and produced in an affordable and safe manner.
· Provide accurate and updated metrics to maintain Domestic Supplier Scorecards.
· Participate in price negotiation with Global Sourcing and Suppliers.
· Partner with PD Technical, Color and Fabric team on special initiatives, CTL issues, product specifications, and failures.
· Ensure that processes are executed in a timely manner and tradeoff options are considered to drive continual
Minimum Qualifications
· Regional or global experience in sourcing the product category is required.
· Able to manage within a global sourcing organization and build ownership and teamwork.
· Some Technical knowledge is required. Understanding of specification, components, component suppliers and construction. Good production knowledge.
· Excellent problem solving skills. Creatively able to develop alternative solutions to achieve product and business objectives.
· In-depth knowledge of relevant suppliers and factories. Able to understand and differentiate between various manufacturers.
· Detailed knowledge and use of component costing.
· Able to take charge of time and action plans globally across offices.
· Able to manage large amounts of data. Establishes efficient processes in order to make sound decisions.
· Able to work under pressure. Takes ownership. Manages multiple projects well. Able to prioritize. Manages change well.
· Team player who always works respectfully with associates and suppliers from different cultures.
· Driven and motivated. Inspires others. High expectations of self and others. Results oriented. High sense of urgency.
· Excellent communication skills. Clear, direct and open approach.
· Fluent in English and local language Experience 5-7 years US Retail or Major Brand, or importer/agent serving major U.S. retail customers
Additional Preferred Qualifications
· Education University – 4-year degree/Bachelors Textile industry (Fashion) preferred or business Experience 7-10 years Experience in manufacturing, retail sourcing
You may apply by sending your detailed resume (indicating the job title in the subject title) stating current & expected salary to
hindone@wal-mart.com
Closing date for submission is 20 November 2011. We regret that only short list candidates will be notified
