Sourcing Manager

Description:

Haddad is a privately held family business with over 100 years of experience in the children’s apparel & accessories industry. A leader in the industry, Haddad Brands is the exclusive global licensee for the most iconic brands in the world, including Nike, Jordan, Converse, Hurley, Levi’s, Polo, Abercrombie and Fitch, Lacoste, and Huggies. Supported by a team of professionals skilled in design, sourcing, production, sales, marketing & distribution of premium quality children’s wear, Haddad distributes globally to 100+ countries and maintains sales and sourcing offices in 22 cities globally, including New York, Paris, Hilversum, Shanghai, Egypt, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Montreal.

Overview:

The Sourcing Manager will oversee the sourcing and production of a department or brand and work closely with overseas offices to ensure the development of new resources and resolve quality and delivery issues.

Key Accountabilities:

• Work closely with the Product Approval team and overseas offices to achieve quality and on-time delivery
• Collaborate with capacity planning team to strategically place orders
• Identify, resolve and follow up on all quality and testing issues
• Align with capacity and PA teams on priority styles by season
• Assist with negotiations on FOB prices with overseas vendors in order to meet financial goals with Sourcing Director and Senior Sourcing Manager
• Partner with cross functional teams to identify opportunities to maximize the capacities in overseas factories
• Partner with Design and overseas partners to effectively cost new products within our approved vendor base
• Align with Demand Planning teams to review and finalize all order placement for global and domestic orders
• Create and share pricing projections with international customers
• Recruit top talent, train and develop team members
• Provide direction and management to your team to meet deadlines
• Support the sourcing director to resolve any issues in production timing and deliveries to meet customer demand
• Travel to overseas vendors/factories to build and establish collaborative relationships
• Special projects as assigned

Requirements:

Required Skills/Abilities/Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Trade or Business, Fashion Merchandising or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Sourcing or Supply Chain Management within the fashion industry
• Proven ability to work with international business partner to drive results
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 40%)
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with attention to detail
• Advanced knowledge of AS40
• Clubs experience a plus but not required

Consistent in-office presence is vital to the role as it is for all Haddad Brands team members, so that we all have a full appreciation, aesthetically and tactilely, of the qualities that define our brand partners’ products and set them apart from their competitors.