TEAM LEADER

• Have the general overview of the technician’s work performance and their possible need of education.
• Make sure the whole team is working with the same tools and methods.
• Supervise communication with BO and supplier.
• Be a good role model /a leader and work on building the team to a top performing team.
• Support technicians to be proactive and to search &create new ideas to solve problems and share them with the rest of the group.
• Work close with Senior Merch and Senior QC to ensure best final product.
• Coordinate the team’s holidays, traveling and education.
• Check and follow up the workload of the technicians.
• Evaluate individual staff performance and work actively with feed back and dialogue talks.

COOPERATION WITH OTHER PO TEAMS

• Strengthen cooperation with QC team and Merch team in order to secure best garments for bulk production.
• Share problems with rest of the teams to improve and learn by our mistakes.

COOPERATION WITH SEBO-PO

• Create a good dialogue with patternmaker in SEBO. Initiate PO approvals whenever possible.
• Receive and analyze information re. new technical guidelines.
• Encourage team to update patternmakers in SEBO conc. poss. improvements of garment.

COOPERATION WITH  SUPPLIERS

• Good knowledge of  suppliers technical level (machinery as well as employees skills).
• Education of  suppliers, our general technical requirements/Fitting Blocks/How to measure/How to read m-list.
• Encourage  suppliers to become more active in finding good technical solutions.

• Ensure appropriate and timely production placement decisions are made to achieve the company’s objectives.
• Communicate efficiently with different teams and geographies
• Understand suppliers capabilities, capacity and performance.
• Third party logistics for consolidation and de-consolidation to support global markets
• Traveling to factories and asses the factory capacity and capabilities for Global bids
• Cost negotiations based on an in-depth understanding of component pricing.  Provide cost savings to markets and present it management on quarterly basis
• Manage the global supplier base to ensure its performance has met or exceed the organizational objectives.  Supplier rationalization by category
• Lead the sourcing project from starting to end & provide coaching to teammates on sourcing activities.
• Participate in buying trip to ensure the trip objectives are achieved.
• Compile sourcing data, formulate spreadsheet and data analysis and consolidation
• Continuously develop product & market knowledge.
• Travel to factories and provide feedback on factories/suppliers capacity and technical abilities to support the market requirements
• Execute department initiatives that are align with GMC strategy.
• Contribute to the building of the sourcing matrix and supplier alignment by product category.
• Compile information, consolidate, organize,  formulate spreadsheet and reports for supervisor’s studies and analysis.
• Manage the buying trip from A-Z including pre-trip, itinerary set up, cost negotiation to finalization to ensure the trip objectives are fully achieved.
• Manage order execution and resolve product and production issues on a timely and proactive manner.
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure it meet or exceed company KPI.
• Conduct market research, compile relevant business reports and recaps to better understand and manage the business.
• Provide solution to markets on items and value engineering proposition to the markets to better the product and lower the cost of goods
• Follow up from PO creation to execution of the product
• Communicate and coordinate with Sourcing dept and stakeholders
• Resolve product and production issues on a timely basis to protect quality and ensure on time delivery by coordinating with appropriate parties.
• Contribute to supplier matrix and supplier alignment
• Maintain and update the performance data of each supplier on a regular basis.
•  Compile relevant business reports and recaps to better understand and manage the business.
• Identify and resolve product spec issues upfront.  Direct product specs to the right supplier after discussion with the appropriate Global market.  Understand and communicate product requirements to Supplier.
• Proactively identify potential product and production issues.  Involve technical and sourcing team to achieve quality, price and delivery requirements.
• Execute placements based on supplier capability, capacity, quality and delivery performance and price.
• Assume additional responsibilities and performs special projects as needed or directed

Requirement:

• Excellent command of English and local language.  Good communication skills.
• Well organize, proactive with a sense of urgency
• Analytical mind, open mind
• Able to handle multiple tasks in organized manner.
• Good interpersonal skill, patience
• Take ownership, flexible and able to work under pressure
• Team player with ability to work with associates from different cultures.
• Knowledge of suppliers and factories.  Able to evaluate supplier's competence and capability.
• Have a deep understanding of the products and the commodities that index the product
• Able to manage multiple markets for on time shipments from concept to PO creation
• Able to identify creative alternative solutions to solve problems and meet product objectives in quality, delivery and price.
• Good negotiation skills in working with suppliers on product and price.  Good experience in using component costing.
• Team player with ability to work with associates from different cultures.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects and timelines and keep them on track.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Proficient PC skills including MS Word, Excel and Power Point
• Basic production and manufacturing knowledge.