Sourcing / Buying Manager - Apparel (EU buying office)

Sourcing / Buying Manager - Apparel (EU buying office)

Excellent opportunity to join one of top European retailers as a Manager in their sizable sourcing office in Hong Kong. The company has a strong presence all-over Europe and a successful sourcing business for a number of years in Asia. Reporting directly into the Director, you will be leading a number of staffs to strategically plan and execute various sourcing operations.

As a senior member of the sourcing team, you will be responsible for:-

• 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
• Communications with regional buyers
  • 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
  • Monitor capacity of each location carefully
  • Analyse, evaluate and propose available capacity for order allocation
• Communications with internal support teams
  • Assist in certain quality or CSR driven initiatives
  • Assist in any quality issues, claims or disputes between buyers/QA

Requirements:-

• Bachelor degree of above (Masters / MBA an advantage)
• Relevant sourcing experience from EU buying offices with global exposure
• Excellent written and verbal Chinese and English
• Excellent in manipulating various systems
• Proven managerial skills
• Strong sourcing experience in China and SEA countries (e.g. Bangladesh, India)
• Experience working in large sized European retailers is preferred

Interested parties please send your CV in word format to Angela Tsui (angela.tsui @connectedgroup.com) for more information.

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