Director - Sourcing

Director Global Sourcing

The Director Global Sourcing will play a significant role in assisting the Senior Vice President - Global Sourcing to drive the process and lead the team to successfully execute the strategies and achieve the financial goals established by the Company.

Major Activities

• Strategic Planning
• Drive Direct Import growth through effective product lifecycle management
• Develop category Sourcing Plans and be responsible for execution of the Plans
• Team Building
• Responsible for 2-4 direct reports and manage a network of service providers including Agent staff in Dallas and Asia.
• Business Process
• Establish and deploy business processes for vendor engagement, capacity planning, production execution.
• Develop product solutions in support of the Merchandising direction and ensure that the Company's goals of product innovation and quality are achieved
• Identify, evaluate, and develop vendor relationships that support category needs. Furthermore, leverage these relationships across the Company to provide the best "cost" and "value" equation.
• Be the key internal link between all internal and external stakeholders including Merchandising, Product Lifecycle Management, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Agents, Vendors, Legal and Inventory Management
• Significant international travel to identify, evaluate, and manage a global vendor and agent network
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree is required

Minimum Type of Experience the Job Requires

• Minimum 10 years of experience with a major retailer, brand or product development/sourcing company

Other

• We are looking for a world class sourcing executive with a demonstrated track record in product development and sourcing
• The person must possess strong leadership, business knowledge and technical abilities

Preferred Education

• MBA or master's degree in related field is preferred
• Business related major is highly preferred