* Vendor management
* Analyse, evaluate and improve vendor's capabilities and performance
* Capacity management
* Expand or consolidate vendor base when appropriate
* Price negotiation and create detailed cost saving plans and methods
* Lead-time negotiation along with regular trouble shooting issues such as deliveries and quality issues
* Communications with head office
* Build up strong communication platform and schedules with buyers and designers
* Constant interaction and consultation on vendor capacity, order allocation etc
* Observe and understand in detail the buyer's needs and provide as much support as possible
* Lead and supervise the sampling and costing operations and strive for continuous improvement
* Communications with internal teams in off-shore countries
* Monitor capacity of each location carefully
* Analyse, evaluate and propose available capacity for order allocation
* Drive and execute certain projects and strategies together to achieve the common goal
* Communications with internal support teams
* Build trust with the quality and CSR teams in order to ensure all products sourced are done so ethically at the required quality standards
* Assist in certain quality or CSR driven initiatives
* Assist in any quality issues, claims or disputes between buyers/QA with vendors
* Monitor potential quality issues and execute relative solutions to ensure they can be avoided
* Key Performance Indicator
* Your performance will be evaluated based on price margin, sampling, communications between key stakeholders and direct manager, along with quality 'right first time' initiative
Requirements:-
* Bachelor degree or above
* Strong woven experience across different gender & age
* Excellent communication skills - fluency in English
* Ability to work in an extremely fast-paced environment
* Must have strong sourcing experience in China and SEA countries
Interested parties please send your CV to Angela Tsui ([email protected]).
For other available opportunities, please visit www.connectedgroup.com
Employer Ref.: 14694
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