The Agency Worx Looking for Freelance Sr. Sourcing Associate at New York, New York Full Time

The Sr. Sourcing Associate is responsible for execution of all in-season development & production activities while also helping to influence seasonal decisions in support of Supply strategies to meet Brand business goals. This includes on-time delivery of product at the right quality, cost, and speed as well as guiding key changes to processes and tools essential to remaining a best-in-class organization.

Responsibilities:

• Daily communication with offshore offices, Supply, and business partners for solutions as it relates to business needs
• Ensure changes/open issues are managed in a timely manner & key calendar dates are met (direct & cross functionally)
• Engage and influence cross-functional business partners (peers and leaders) to affect    improvements in process, tools, and new ways of working in support of Supply strategies
• Oversee seasonal cost negotiation, facilitate resolution on cost issues and provide cost trend/summary information
• Ownership of cross functional WIP meetings & monthly check-ins with offshore offices
• Organize meetings/drive solutions to resolve critical issues with significant business impact
• Assist in allocation of seasonal product based on vendor capabilities, capacities & supply strategies
• Build collaborative relationship with cross functional team members and strategic vendors
• Ownership of all Supply operations and deliverables for the category; including but not limited to the following:
  • Work in internal system maintaining and updating cost, sample allocation, sample tracking and all necessary process functions
  • Factory set up: liaise with Corporate Responsibility division; ensure vendor information is entered and updated as needed in Corporate Responsibility system
  • Collaborate with offshore offices and factories direct on daily tasks
  • Maintain agenda of bi-weekly cross functional team meetings
  • Maintain KPI calendar updates on a monthly basis

Experience and Education:   

• 2-3+ years of experience, product management, product development and/or production
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• A textile/PD or manufacturing-related background is preferred