Sourcing Manager

Responsibilities • Work closely with the Product Approval team and overseas offices to achieve quality and on-time delivery • Collaborate with capacity planning team to strategically place orders • Identify, resolve and follow up on all quality and testing issues • Align with capacity and PA teams on priority styles by season • Assist with negotiations on FOB prices with overseas vendors in order to meet financial goals with Sourcing Director and Senior Sourcing Manager • Partner with cross functional teams to identify opportunities to maximize the capacities in overseas factories • Partner with Design and overseas partners to effectively cost new products within our approved vendor base • Align with Demand Planning teams to review and finalize all order placement for global and domestic orders • Create and share pricing projections with international customers • Recruit top talent, train and develop team members • Provide direction and management to your team to meet deadlines • Support the sourcing director to resolve any issues in production timing and deliveries to meet customer demand • Travel to overseas vendors/factories to build and establish collaborative relationships • Special projects as assigned Requirements • Bachelor’s Degree in International Trade or Business, Fashion Merchandising or related field • 3+ years of experience in Sourcing or Supply Chain Management within the fashion industry • Proven ability to work with international business partner to drive results • Ability to travel as needed (up to 40%) . Sourcing Associate(s) Overview The Sourcing Manager will oversee the sourcing and production of a department or brand and work closely with overseas offices to ensure the development of new resources and resolve quality and delivery issues.