What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sourcing Coordinator position at Pets + People (Fetch for Pets & Brand Buzz)?
Job Title: Sourcing Coordinator
Department: Sourcing
Reports To: Director of Global Sourcing
At Pets People, we make tails wag and customers smile with products brought to market through strategic licensing and innovation. Our brands make everyday life fresh, fun, and user-friendly for the whole family. Our team of over 80 dedicated employees is headquartered in New York City with both national and global support. With our background, experience, and network, we are uniquely positioned to extend the reach of any brand to a new market. “We’ve been a pioneer in licensing since 2008, translating favorite brands into practical "pet" applications. In 2014, we expanded our vision into new markets within the "people" sector. Now, we are leveraging our long track record of success and applying it both to pets people.” – Steven Shweky, Top Dog
Job Overview:
The Sourcing Specialist plays a key role in supporting the Global Sourcing team. This role will work closely with the Sourcing Manager to execute sourcing strategies and key initiatives to help achieve financial goals. The Sourcing Specialist will be a key assist to the Sourcing Manager in vendor set up and management, cost management, quoting and project management.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Build effective relationships with cross-functional partners, internal stakeholders and external suppliers to produce positive results.
- Execute sourcing initiatives in support of the department priorities.
- Responsible for new vendor set up in ProductTrack system and all data maintenance related to new vendors, quotes and sampling status.
- Understand costing and margin targets.
- Monitor time and action calendar from a sourcing perspective as it relates to new product launches or product re-launches
- Execute special projects as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
- 2-3 years of working experience.
- Experience in Sourcing, Product Management or Operations in a Consumer Products wholesale/import environment.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Familiarity using a PLM system or similar.
- Ability to handle and organize large volumes of work while paying attention to detail.
- Ability to retain a depth of information
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to take direction, follow through and meet deadlines.
- Knowledge Microsoft Office and Windows OS
