Sourcing Manager, Apparel

2 weeks ago

Bangalore, India Walmart Full time

Essential Functions

  • An individual must be able to successfully perform the essential functions of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation.
  • Communicates with retail teams to align sourcing strategies, arrange buy trips, and manage critical issues during the order execution process.
  • Oversees factory capability and capacity, product quality, and on-time delivery.
  • Conducts supplier assessments and formulates the supplier matrix for an assigned category.
  • Develops, maintains and strengthens business relationships with suppliers.
  • Demonstrates awareness of trade and political issues for assigned geographies and incorporates into sourcing proposals.
  • Understands buying objectives and product specifications and communicates with suppliers.
  • Negotiates product and price and develops alternatives to achieve sourcing objectives. Identifies and resolves pricing and factory issues with suppliers.
  • Partners with Merchandise Quality Engineers on problems related to quality. Presents sourcing solutions that mitigate risks while maintaining profitability.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally with the various business partners and suppliers to understand business needs and priorities and develop optimal solutions to support.
  • Collaborates with the Global Supply Management team to align order strategy. Leverages suppliers with different retail markets.
  • Mentors and guides team members with sourcing-related activities. Understands supplier capabilities, capacity, and performance.
  • Plans factory visits to monitor production and assess factory capacity. Uses in-depth understanding of component pricing to provide cost-saving opportunities.
  • Actively participates in order placement decisions. Leads sourcing initiatives/projects with cross-functional partners.
  • Provides coaching/guidance to team members on sourcing activities. Continuously develops product and market knowledge and industry know-how.
  • Applies digitalization and new ways of working during sourcing activities.
  • Optimizes strategic sourcing and procurement processes.
  • Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders; supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs; identifying and communicating goals and objectives; building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; identifying and addressing improvement opportunities; and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning.
  • Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training; mentoring; assigning duties; providing recognition; and ensuring diversity awareness.
  • Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans; utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy; and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices.

Leadership expectations

  • Flexibility: understands working in an international environment with different offices worldwide and reports to a remote manager, flexible to take calls sometimes early in the morning or late in the evening time, with international teams when the business requires it.
  • A flexible, open-minded individual with experience working in an international environment and a strong ability to think outside the box.
  • Live our Values:Culture Champion - Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance.
  • Live our Values:Servant Leadership - Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
  • Embrace Change:Curiosity & Courage - Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
  • Embrace Change:Digital Transformation & Change - Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.
  • Deliver for the Customer:Customer Focus - Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni(1)merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans.
  • Deliver for the Customer:Strategic Thinking - Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team's strategy.
  • Focus on our Associates:Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Identifies, attracts, and retains diverse and inclusive team members; builds a high-performing team; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs. Focus on our Associates:Collaboration & Influence - Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
  • Focus on our Associates:Talent Management - Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments.
  • Flexibility: understands working in an international environment with different offices worldwide and reports to a remote manager, flexible to take calls sometimes early in the morning or late in the evening time, with international teams when the business requires it.
  • A flexible, open-minded individual with experience working in an international environment and a strong ability to think outside the box.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Supply Chain or related area.
  • 8 years -10 years’ experience in sourcing.
  • Bilingual in English and one or more language used to transact business in assigned country.
  • Project Management certification.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5 years’ experience in retail, manufacturing, or sourcing.
  • 5 years’ experience working for a retailer, or major brand, importer/agent serving a major retail customer.

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