Deputy Director - Sourcing - bengaluru

Roles and Responsibilities

• To lead Knits/Winter Wear Sourcing of 5 Brands,  with a team of 6 Senior team members.
• Regular catch up with regional teams across India and Bangladesh.
• Executes seasonal and long-term sourcing plans, utilizing knowledge of apparel sourcing to meet line financial, customer service, quality, aesthetic, safety and terms-of-engagement requirements. 
• Must be able to lead the brand along with the team to smoothly communicate capacity and price targets to meet line margin and delivery requirements.
• Must be able to provide alternatives to merchandising/design teammates to meet commercial requirements at the most competitive cost.  Identify and enable opportunities to leverage library of components, fits, and sources.
• Would be involved in leading along with team product execution from sketch to delivery, including fabrication alternatives, garment engineering, sample management.
• Develops, manages, and coaches a high-performing vendor team, ensuring current and future business needs are met.  Should be a good leader to be able to guide the team on priority planning ensuring deadlines are still met.
• “Go To Market” Accountability:  Takes ownership for accurately tracking adoption rates, delivery of proto/shoot/catalogue/PP samples to meet required targets.  Is accountable for driving team to meet GTM deadlines.  Uses communication and negotiation skills to influence Design and buying/Merchandising partners to achieve GTM milestones.
• Analyse and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.

Qualifications & Experience

• 12-15 years of proven work experience in Sourcing – Product Development.
• Strong Negotiation & Convincing Skills.
• Alumni of NIFT/similar collage will be preferred.
• At Least 6-8 years of Experience in Ecommerce/ Retail Brand.
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and Knitscategory.
• Able to handle the e-com style option scale and growth pace.
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgment.
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships.
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analysing and interpreting data.