Associate, Raw Material Sourcing
Buck Mason
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Location Type: Office
Location: Los Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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About the role
- Work with mills and overseas vendors on seasonal fabric development by communicating directly with mills and providing support to sourcing team.
- Assist the Fabric R&D process by translating design direction into fabric requirement and relate fabric requirements to mills.
- Own sourcing processes across assigned categories and collaboratively support seasonal product development process and timelines by managing mill selection, fabric quality, costing, lead times, MOQs.
- Provide continuous communication with design/PD to ensure collaboration/alignment throughout the development process.
- Drive and influence continuous process improvements & opportunities to help improve efficiencies and profitability within the department.
- Understand product costs to identify price distortions and engage cross functional partners for solutions.
- Negotiate price with domestic and overseas suppliers based on market fluctuations and quantities.
- Drive cross-functional calendar adherence and alert cross-functional partners on calendar implications should deliverables be missed.
- Build/maintain the fabric library ensure all fabrics are brand/price appropriate and manage receipt of new fabrics, present to Design and file accordingly.
- Maintain and review records of fabric developed, cost, delivery, & fabric/mill performance.
- Perform filing, data entry, and organizing on a daily basis.
- Proactive management of potential issues; driving to resolution with cross functional teams.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of experience in global strategic sourcing or procurement including raw material selection supplier selection, management, relevant experience in a textile/PD or mill-related background is preferred.
- Possess technical knowledge of yarns, fabrics, dyeing, printing, finishing, finished goods manufacturing processes
- Previous experience/exposure to international factories/vendors required
- Demonstrated ability to collaboratively manage multiple projects across categories, commodities, suppliers.
- Understanding of Product construction and costing
- Ability to work independently to deliver results and influence stakeholders internally and externally
- Strong verbal and written communication skills & understanding of design fabric intent.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
global strategic sourcingprocurementraw material selectionsupplier selectionyarnsfabricsdyeingprintingfinishingproduct costing
Soft skills
collaborative project managementindependent workinfluencing stakeholdersstrong verbal communicationstrong written communicationproblem resolutionprocess improvementefficiency enhancementcross-functional collaborationorganizational skills