SOURCING MANAGER

ADTN INTERNATIONAL LTD. One of North America’s leading apparel companies is looking for a motivated, organized, and experienced Sourcing Manager who can work in a team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities:

• Identify a healthy ongoing vendor matrix for all brands and categories.
• Negotiate costs with global suppliers, tracking historical data and maintaining margins throughout seamless product changes.
• Manage development lead time with key vendors for on-time all costing data.
• Estimate and analyze the cost of each product in the development stage.
• Keep abreast of sourcing trends, global wage increases, currency fluctuations, raw material cost swings, and sourcing modes through research and seminars.
• Establish new vendors, bringing them on board after capacity, competence, quality, and compliance review.
• Continual evaluation of sourcing base to ensure best-in-class product placement.
• Work along with the Production Team on allocations to ensure even distribution of orders as per vendor capabilities and capacities.
• Travel globally as needed to manufacturing facilities to monitor production and search for new production opportunities, newness garments, and packaging.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with vendors, communicating with an international understanding.
• Ensure appropriate work is being done to build products into target costs while maintaining design integrity.
• Continuous communication with design and overseas partners to ensure collaboration/alignment throughout the development process.
• Lead discussions around initial flash costing at the development stage to ensure styles are within range of the cost target before the tech packs are released.
• Maintain knowledge of trade regulations, duty, testing protocol, production integrity and cycle times, fabric and garment construction, quality assurance, and compliance protocols

Qualifications:

• 10 years in production, costing, and sourcing in wholesale environment.
• Experience in Men’s, Kids’ & Ladies’ Sportswear is needed.
• Managerial skills to align talents with business goals while providing growth opportunities for the next generation of managers.
• Knowledge of global sourcing hubs and their core competence; insight into cultural business practices and methods
• Advanced knowledge in the costing of finished apparel product and supply chain inputs
• Strong negotiation skills with a proven track record of profit achievements
• Must be able to break complex problems down, communicate findings, and resolve or recommend a solution.
• Strategic and analytical thinker with intellectual agility
• Strong ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment under pressure.
• Self-starter, deadline driven and highly organized.
• Exposure to apparel engineering and knowledge of compliance, sustainability, and quality systems preferred.

ADTN Benefits:

• Medical, Dental & Vision insurance available 
• 100% of life insurance premium paid by the company (effective after 90 days of employment)
• 2 weeks paid vacation (effective after 90 days of employment).
• 6 Sick days paid per Calendar year.
• Birthday PTO
• Summer Friday hours (starts week of Memorial Day to week of Labor Day)
• Paid Legal Holidays & paid extended Holiday closure at end of year.
• Additional benefits offered: commuter benefits, 401K plans etc.