Position:Â Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
Responsibilities:
- Develop sourcing strategies & facilitate the transformation through activities such as prices, terms negotiation, supplier selection, benchmarking and supply market analysis in Asia Pacific to drive the best-in-class products with lowest cost, best quality for Fossil product categories
- Initiate and drive ongoing cost improvement programs through the cross category teams synergy, sourcing for new suppliers, negotiation with current suppliers, managing supplier eco-system to the next tiers (component & process suppliers)
- Accountable for key initiatives such as supplier consolidation, diversification, dual sourcing, etc, as well as identify the opportunities in new product introduction end-to-end plans to meet on time, quality and pricing needs
- Ownership on key KPI such as purchase spending for the related categories/business unit, which include the purchase price variances (PPV), should-cost modeling with recommendations. Drive supplier scorecard; work with cross functional teams to identify the gap and develop a clear roadmap for continuous improvements
- Able to leverage retail and consumer insight to identify potential opportunities, map competitive advantages and find the best possible values in the marketplace
- Act as the focal point of contact and drive partnership with cross functional teams.
- Establish strong business network and relationship with suppliers
- Lead process and system improvement programs and work with BPI/IT or related teams to eliminate the waste, improve the productivity, efficiency and quality of works
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business management, supply chain/operations management, engineering or related field
- Excellent leadership, communications, planning, execution, influence and presentation skills
- Good business sense, able to juggle competing interests in costs, timelines, and quality. Sound financial reporting knowledge
- Minimum of 7 years of strategic international sourcing,/merchandising/ procurement management experience with minimum of 10 years in management role (MNC is preferred)
- Solid knowledge in Chinese factory operations, including product development engineering, production line set up and control, outbound logistics and factory audits
- Solid experience in buying office/trading and or manufacturing is preferred
- Business process & system improvement experience is required. Exposure to Watch, Jewelry, Accessories and other fashion products is a plus
- International sourcing/purchasing experience in China/Asia Pacific is required
- Excellent command of written and spoken English, Cantonese and Mandarin
Interested parties please send your application and resume, stating present and expected salary by email to [email protected]. A competitive remuneration package with excellent career prospect is offered to the successful candidate. Only short-listed candidate will be notified. All personal data collected will be kept in strict confidence and only be used for recruitment purpose
Fossil Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration of employment without regard to race, disability, gender, religion, family status, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression or any other basis protected by local, state, or national law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination
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