Description
This is an office-based role in our Singapore office.
The Manager, Global Merchandise Sourcing is responsible for managing Apparel categories and supporting the Senior Manager. The Manager, Global Merchandise Sourcing has responsibility for anticipating production market shifts and developing breakthrough ideas and processes to continually mitigate risk.
Responsibilities:
- Inspires and motivates peer and direct reports
- Proactively drives measurable efficiencies of team communications, tasks, and overall workflow
- Facilitates short and long-term sourcing strategies for managed categories
- Travel internationally/domestically to build factory and supplier relationships
- Assists in leveraging opportunities and trains and executes sourcing strategies for global site-specific items
- Drives product to meet Disney quality standards and elevate supplier performance
- Partner with US-based Sourcing team to drive market exploration and diversification
- Transform data into information and collaborate with Quality Assurance team on root cause/corrective action
- Manages the development process, supporting on time delivery and driving profitability
- Drives product development management, communicating key milestones and deadlines
- Negotiates costing and proposes value engineering options
- Seeks new ideas, techniques, and materials to drive product innovation
- Identifies opportunities to leverage cross-category tools and resources
- Collaborates with factory and Product Design to bring new art techniques and applications
- Understands market behavior and suggests strategy options to mitigate risk
- Develops and maintains a stable and socially compliant supply base
- Proactively addresses issues with timely and high-caliber communication and actions
Requirements:
- 8 to 10 years’ experience in Global Sourcing and/or Merchandising
- Strong knowledge of product-specific construction standards, materials, and manufacturing processes
- Experience in merchandise sourcing and production management
- Experience with fabric sourcing and garment development
- Exposure to 3D product creation tools preferred
- Strong apparel construction, fit, and fabric knowledge
- Understanding of textile performance and testing
- Experience with 3D garment tools such as CLO, Browzwear
- Solid costing, negotiation, and analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to balance conflicting priorities between creative design and cost of goods objectives
- Proficient in English and Mandarin or native dialects
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical and strategy-formulation skills
- Ability to influence internal stakeholders and drive efficient decision-making
- Understanding of macro-economic pressures and variables that influence global sourcing decisions
- Strong computer skills
Educational Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (Apparel, Textiles, or related field a plus)