What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sourcing Associate position at Crate & Barrel?
Overview
We inspire purpose-filled living that brings joy to the modern home. With a team of more than 8,000 associates spanning 130 store and distribution locations across the U.S. and Canada, we achieve together, drive results and innovate to inspire. Drawn together by a shared passion for our customers and a spirit of fun, we deliver high-quality home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced and bring beauty and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.
We’re here for it. We think you should be too. We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as a Sourcing Associate.
This position is responsible for developing, monitoring, and pursuing tactical and strategic initiatives/projects in a specialized area (e.g., commodities, vendor/contract relationships, or supplier management). The Sourcing Associate prepares analytical reports and forecasts in order to track product costs and recommends appropriate course of action to senior purchasing/sourcing leaders. Lastly, this position partners closely with Design to ensure successful product development.
This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our
A day in the life as a Sourcing Associate…
- Supports associate managers and senior managers in seasonal sourcing activities and ongoing vendor performance management
- Monitor pre-production tasks (sample development and costing)
- Calendar milestone tracking
- Sku data gathering and management to ensure all item related information is accurate and complete prior to sku set-up exercise
- Reporting:
- IMU tracking and analysis
- Monitor internal on-time performance reporting
- Capacity reporting
What you’ll bring to the table…
- Excellent written and oral skills
- Poses multi-cultural awareness and respect
- Strong financial reporting and quantitative analysis skills, retail math skills
- Customer focus (internal and external)
- Effective email communication with overseas vendors and agents
- Negotiating skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Adaptable to meet rapidly changing priorities
- Basic understanding of manufacturing processes for assigned categories
We’d love to hear from you if you have…
- A minimum of 2 years in an associate-level role within sourcing, product development, production, or Merchandising
- College degree preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications and G Suite
