Sourcing Development Manager (Apparel/sportswear)

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

(but not limited to)

- Managing vendor partnerships, ensuring performance that supports the product development processes of the brands

- Effectively breaks down functional work plan into detailed work activities, ensures the team is fully aware of their respective roles & responsibilities

- Enhancing and advocating for vendors' capabilities and use of new technologies, to drive innovation of process and product

- Communicating proactively with Asia Hub stakeholders, product development and design teams to build and adhere to a product development calendar that enables best in class on time samples, execution

and delivery.

- Communicating proactively with stakeholders, when there are development concerns raised - and

provide solutions where possible, to rectify, whilst maintaining set calendar dates

- Collaboration with all 'in country' internal stakeholders across Production, Global Material Supply,

Compliance, Responsible Sourcing, Product Stewardship, Logistics and Quality teams to ensure the

Delivery of all set KPIs.

- Fostering and role modeling a culture of inclusion, candor and trust.

- Support all associates in the team, to ensure they create and drive their individual development plans - and develop a regular cadence of review.

- Challenge the status quo by adopting a creative and curious style that can drive continuous improvement

- Participate in company-wide initiatives to promote company's purpose activation and to improve company's Product Supply systems and processes.