Job Profile:
Develop an intimate knowledge of the Regional (product) sources and stay abreast of global industry trends, market conditions, technological advancements, trade regulations etc;
Develop and implement regional sourcing strategy;
Identify new source opportunity and best sources of supply to ensure support for the product strategy;
Develop in-depth knowledge of supplier base with fully understanding of capability, capacity, and products produced and costing;
Develop new ways of working with source to improve performance against KPI's for the benefit of the source and the Company;
Build up good relationships with buyers on identified categories to deliver business plan and work closely with them on product development improvement;
Manage the product development team to deliver products on time and to cost;
Approve and track high level critical path milestones and have overall ownership for the product critical path to ensure availability of product to agreed timelines;
Negotiate with sources to margin targets utilizing capacity and production planning to achieve best results;
Job Requirement:
Bachelor degree in purchasing/ Textile engineering/ business management or related discipline;
At least 8 years working experience in strategic sourcing or procurement in which 3 years in supervisory or managerial level;
Significant experiences in a development capacity with manufactures and in setting sourcing strategy,
Searching and selecting source are core requirements;
Able to react promptly in changing environment;
Excellent in negotiation, communication and time management skills.
Self motivated, high integrity, high initiative, detailed oriented and able to solve problem independently are must;