Strategic Sourcing Specialist

2 days ago


India Horizon Group USA Full time

Role Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing Specialist – India


Report to the Global Sourcing Director

Execute new opportunities identified across the business line to proactively source customer-compliant suppliers and new products that achieve our cost savings targets and quality standards.

  • Identify SKUs, current forecasts, and vendors.
  • Prepare and share Request for Quote, RFQ, with target costs.
  • Review quotes and negotiate costs with vendors.
  • Execute RFQ comparison forms for accurate cost comparisons.
  • Facilitate Vendor Qualification Checklist, VQC.

Develop interface with India Agents, Factory and Audit team (Third Party and Internal).

Interface with US and Shanghai (SHO) Merchandising – Support new development in India with vendor quotes and samples within timeline required for business award.

Interface with SHO Global Sourcing

  • Timeline Management
  • Special Projects
  • Factory Certification
  • Follow up on the status of New Vendors
  • Address Factory and/or Sourcing challenges when current factories require it

Interface with India Agents to provide India Quality Support

  • Ensure customer-specific factory audits are sufficient or attainable in the required timeline.
  • Work with the US/SHO Product Quality team to identify customer-specific quality requirements for packaging and product, inner pack, and master pack requirements.
  • Facilitate US/SHO QA sample review.
  • Facilitate inspection requirements (Third party and internal team).
  • Monitor testing completion timeline for Retailer Private Label programs
  • Manage vendor claim process.

Interface with India Agents to execute sourcing projects for low risk, medium risk, and high-risk categories.

  • Interface with India Agents to drive costing analysis and cost reductions
  • Vendor Price Increases – Margin Analysis and Negotiation
  • Special Projects and Margin Analysis
  • Replenishment Items
  • Consolidated Purchase Orders
  • Tooling/Molding Investments
  • Coordinate new vendor set-up paperwork – SHO Sourcing and US Finance.



Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent in Business/Supply Chain
  • 5 Years experience in Global Sourcing for Hard Goods categories: Toy, Stationery, Compounds, HBA, Activity Kits, Crafts, Seasonal, Home Decor
  • Fluency in English and India Regional dialects
  • Based in India
  • Extensive Travel - 60% inside India (factories & agent offices)
  • Strong interpersonal and Communication skills.
  • Excellent time management skills


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