Sourcing & Buying Manager
- Employer
- Stine Goya
- Location
- Copenhagen, Hovedstaden (DK)
- Salary
- Competitive annual salary + benefits
- Closing date
- 21 Mar 2021
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- Function
- Production - Garments & Accessories
- Level
- Manager
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Sourcing & Buying Manager
Stine Goya is currently recruiting an astute and experienced Sourcing & Buying Manager to work within the company's fast-paced product production team. Reporting to the Head of Development & Production, the ideal candidate will come bearing a passion for sustainability and product, exceptional organizational skills and a can-do attitude.
Sourcing
- Fabric and trim sourcing for Stine Goya’s four annual collections in close collaboration with the design team and with support from the Head of Development & Production.
- Consistently approaching sourcing and developing new fabrics and trims with a sustainable mindset and ensure new qualities are meeting the Stine Goya needs, wishes and requirements
- Pre-book sampling fabrics and materials
- Order placement for sampling and coordinating deliveries
- Maintain current manufacturer relations and build new ones according to the company’s product strategy
Buying
- Working across all seasons and taking charge for Stine Goya’s production and buying procedures, from sales samples to delivery of final bulk
- Assuring the company’s suppliers adhere to the Code of Conduct and other regulations and contracts
- Maintenance and updating of supplier manual and supporting documents
- Responsible for forecasting, pre-booking, stock orders and fabric bookings at CMT suppliers
- Negotiations on costing and delivery
- Order placement in ERP system Spy
- Quality testing and factory audits to ensure all standards are being met
- Close collaboration with customer service on claims and actions towards suppliers
- Proactive in developing the company’s CSR and sustainability activities
- Participate in fittings, follow pre-production and shipment samples
- Responsible for monitoring bulk approvals and purchase orders
- Monitor deliveries together with supply chain
- Update deliveries in ERP SPY and communicate to the company’s sales channels.
- Making sure all product info and care instructions are correct in ERP and other system/specs
Key competencies
- Experience working with sustainable strategies and implementation
- High sense of quality, workmanship and attention to detail and experience working in CMT
- Excellent with numbers and Excel
- Strong negotiator with good organisational and communicative skills
- Keen problem solver with a proactive attitude
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Established supplier network across all tiers and product categories, within both Europe and Asia
- Acute technical knowledge of fabrics, yarns and trims
- Strong understanding of garment construction
- Comfortable travelling to manufacturing countries
- Experience working with ERP systems such as Spy is considered a plus
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