Sr. Sourcing Manager (Denim) - CALVIN KLEIN

POSITION REPORTS TO: Sourcing Director

LOCATION: 205 W. 39th Street New York, NY

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sr. Sourcing Manager is responsible for category management; supporting business strategies in conjunction with the supply chain initiatives. This includes leading functions related to sourcing, product development, pre-production/production and meeting organizational KPI's

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE JOB:

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 calendar discipline (adherence & mitigation)
  
• Lead meetings with cross functional/global partners to ensure alignment on business process, special projections, KPIs, etc.
  
• Manage & develop direct reports
  
• Onboard new vendors
  
• Develop & Manage point to point vendor relationships
  

Product Development/ Sourcing/ Manufacturing

• Leads discussions with Design & Merchants regarding cost challenges and provides cost estimates/engineering opportunities at initial stages, to ensure we meet margin goals.
  
• Spearheads product and raw material allocation based on vendor strategy, cost targets & supplier capability.
  
• Drive local raw material sourcing, in collaboration with on/offshore RM partners (fabric & trim)
  
• Owns timing for delivery of protos & salesman samples as well as identification of mitigation opportunities for any delays
  
• Serves as the business-facing Sourcing lead in brand meetings/proto reviews/sms reviews/ adoption & line finalization meetings.
  
• Leads efforts around special projects/new product launches/marketing initiatives.
  
• Oversee sustainable initiatives and drive adherence to Low Impact Denim SOP
  
• Drives interaction with raw materials, technical design, and operations to provide manufacturing & supply chain expertise to drive top-line, profitable sales.
  
• Interfaces with cross functional teams on any product, quality or delivery issues and offers possible options to resolve.
  
• Works in conjunction with planning lead on seasonal capacity planning/actualizing forecast accuracy, utilization of any material balances and fulfillment of capacity gaps.
  
• 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

• Creates cost-guidance tools for design teams to reference when building product into designated cost buckets.
  

• Maximizes gross margin opportunities through leverage, product re-engineering and product versioning (where applicable).
  
• Reviews and vets costs prior to presentation to merchants (must be fact based and in line with the macro trends).
  
• Establishes/maintains cost folio within approved vendor matrix.
  
• Lead vendor counter-sourcing initiatives, in alignment with sourcing strategy
  

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REQUIRED SKILLS & CAPABILITY:

• Must be analytical; understand the numbers behind the work in global supply chain and how it ties back to business financials, KPI's & metrics.
  
• Good judgment & decision making skills (with an ability to get to root cause analysis and corrective action planning).
  
• Excellent communication & presentation skills (to include good listening & negotiation skills, must have the ability to present at leadership level)
  
• Must be detail oriented, extremely resourceful, have excellent follow up skills; using all appropriate contacts to gather information & drive solutions.
  
• Must be flexible and have the ability to function in a fast paced environment, with competing priorities and deadlines.
  
• Ability to collaborate and work as a team; transcending different cultures, geographies & time zones.
  
• Ability to develop efficient processes, review & refine; always striving for continuous improvement.
  
• Computer skills - Microsoft office is a must, PDM/PLM/XPC are a plus
  

BEHAVORIAL COMPETENCIES:

• Integrity
  
• Results Oriented/Solution Driven
  
• Customer focused
  
• Develop self & others
  
• Innovative/Creative thinker
  
• Flexible & adaptable
  
• Comfortable with ambiguity & constructive tension
  

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QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Experience: Minimum of 10 -15 years experience in the Product Development, Sourcing, Global Production Planning, Manufacturing and Supply Chain related space. Strong knowledge of Denim is preferred.

Education: Bachelor's Degree is required

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Pay Range: $110,000 - $135,000
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