Senior Manager, Sourcing - Calvin Klein

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POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Sourcing Manager is responsible for multi-category, dual-gender management supporting business strategies in conjunction with the special projects space and with overarching Supply initiatives. This includes leading functions related to sourcing, product development, pre-production/production and meeting organizational KPI’s.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic

·        Clear understanding of divisional goals (quantitative & qualitative) and seasonal strategies

·        Understand competition, macro-economic landscape; keep abreast with industry trends, trade regulation etc.

·        Manage to the total cost of goods/MMU for their business unit

·        Collaborate and drive process innovation & improvements

·        Collaborate and drive project management calendar discipline (adherence & mitigation)

·        Lead meetings with cross functional/global partners to ensure alignment.

·        Manage & develop direct report.

·        Onboard new vendors

·        Develop & Manage point to point vendor relationships.

Product Development/ Sourcing/ Manufacturing

·        Spearhead product and raw material allocation based on vendor strategy, cost targets & supplier capability.

·        Drive local raw material sourcing, in collaboration with RM partners.

·        Own timing for delivery of protos & salesman samples as well as identification of mitigation opportunities for any delays.

·        Serve as the business-facing Sourcing lead in brand meetings/proto reviews/SMS reviews/line finalization meetings.

·        Lead efforts around special projects/new product launches/marketing initiatives.

·        Drive interaction with raw materials, technical design, and operations to provide manufacturing & supply chain expertise to drive top-line, profitable sales.

·        Interface with cross functional teams on any product, quality or delivery issues and offers possible options to resolve.

·        Work in conjunction with planning lead on global supply planning long lead time commits, global reconciliation for collaborations.

·        VMS system management to ensure on-time delivery & mitigate where possible.

·        Lead new vendor onboarding with cross-functional teams, ensuring vendors are connecting with all internal partners as needed to execute production.

Costing

·        Create cost-guidance tools for design teams to reference when building products into designated cost buckets.

·        Maximize gross margin opportunities through leverage, product re-engineering and product versioning (where applicable).

·        Manage style costing in costing tool to ensure seamless data flows into Line Matrix.

·        Review costs prior to presentation to merchants (must be fact based and in line with the macro trends) and provide cost options as needed for margin improvements.

·        Establish/maintain cost folio within approved vendor matrix.

·        Lead vendor counter-sourcing initiatives, in alignment with sourcing strategy.

QUALIFICATIONS:

·        Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Product Development, Sourcing, Manufacturing and Supply Chain related space.

·        Knowledge of contemporary apparel and product collaborations is prefer