Sourcing & Buying Manager

Responsibilities Manage Sourcing Officers. Build Glocal Sourcing and Buying PUSH Strategies (GPS) for your process. Identify most suitable suppliers that can deliver cost plus flexibility commitment lead‑time VMI reactivity production engineering quality reliability on‑time delivery vertical integration transparency sustainability social and traceability. Develop new vendors / sourcing countries in collaboration with Country Leaders and present it to the leadership team for alignment. Develop and implement the allocation strategy of files per country and confirm vendor allocation. Coordinate with Merchandising Service Providers, Business Analyst and Capacity Team for volume allocation. Mobilize teams, vendor and service providers to optimize product availability while improving cash flow. Co‑Build Fabric Strategy with Fab Lab & Collection in collaboration with vendors to ensure greater traceability sustainability and reduce lead‑times. Co‑lead fabric workshops to ensure significant leverage for rationalisation cost and transversality. Identify fabric strategies between NOOS Fabric Booking and Allocation and Nomination strategies to support multi‑country reactivity and replenishment. Build GTMC for PUSH process having a global view and a strong understanding of capabilities of sourcing countries to optimise production flow, ensure quick replenishment speed on product development in line with commitment strategy. Define the operational budget (volume price country capacity allocation etc.) of their perimeter with other team members. Validate allocation to vendors and instruct Sourcing Officer to issue Purchase Orders. Develop and promote fair business behaviour keeping in mind social compliance and environmental as a priority. Define Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) approach and animate the long‑term partnership with key vendors based on the company vision. Define and construct a global benchmark looking at market intelligence mega trends best countries sourcing fairs etc. Support merchandising teams to improve collaboration with collection. Animate performance in a multi‑country environment for your team foster teamwork & initiatives. Responsible for claims settlement with Vendors and Service Providers. Contribute and be an actor in company projects to develop efficiency and support change management in the organisation. Including but not limited to the previous responsibilities the company can also require the Sourcing Manager to carry out other duties (tasks, projects, temporary missions etc.) that may be assigned by the Leadership on specific matters. Qualifications University graduate in Procurement / Purchasing / Textile Engineering or related discipline. Minimum 10 years relevant working experience of which 5 years in Woven. Experience in managerial strategic role in designing buying or sourcing environment is an advantage. Good command of spoken & written English and Chinese including Mandarin. Communication in French is a definite advantage; effective negotiation, influencing and sourcing skills; proactive, dynamic with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A good team player and self‑motivated. Additional Information KIABI is an inclusive company and is committed to considering all applications on an equal basis. To find out more about KIABI please visit our careers site here. Remote Work: No Employment Type: Full‑time Key Skills: Category Management, Presentation Skills, Public Relations, Purchasing, Organizational skills, Produce Experience, Office Experience, Warehouse Distribution Experience, Analysis Skills, Retail Math, Supervising Experience, Logistics Experience: years Vacancy: 1 #J-18808-Ljbffr