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Calvin Klein · 3 weeks ago

Senior Manager, Sourcing - Calvin Klein

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$121K/yr - $164K/yr

8+ years exp

Calvin Klein is a renowned lifestyle brand committed to fostering an inclusive culture. The Senior Sourcing Manager will oversee multi-category sourcing and product development, ensuring alignment with business strategies and organizational KPIs while managing vendor relationships and driving cost efficiency.

ApparelBrand MarketingFashionTextiles

No H1B

Responsibilities

Clear understanding of divisional goals (quantitative & qualitative) and seasonal strategies

Understand competition, macro-economic landscape; keep abreast with industry trends, trade regulation etc

Manage to the total cost of goods/MMU for their business unit

Collaborate and drive process innovation & improvements

Collaborate and drive project management calendar discipline (adherence & mitigation)

Lead meetings with cross functional/global partners to ensure alignment

Manage & develop direct report

Onboard new vendors

Develop & Manage point to point vendor relationships

Spearhead product and raw material allocation based on vendor strategy, cost targets & supplier capability

Drive local raw material sourcing, in collaboration with RM partners

Own timing for delivery of protos & salesman samples as well as identification of mitigation opportunities for any delays

Serve as the business-facing Sourcing lead in brand meetings/proto reviews/SMS reviews/line finalization meetings

Lead efforts around special projects/new product launches/marketing initiatives

Drive interaction with raw materials, technical design, and operations to provide manufacturing & supply chain expertise to drive top-line, profitable sales

Interface with cross functional teams on any product, quality or delivery issues and offers possible options to resolve

Work in conjunction with planning lead on global supply planning long lead time commits, global reconciliation for collaborations

VMS system management to ensure on-time delivery & mitigate where possible

Lead new vendor onboarding with cross-functional teams, ensuring vendors are connecting with all internal partners as needed to execute production

Create cost-guidance tools for design teams to reference when building products into designated cost buckets

Maximize gross margin opportunities through leverage, product re-engineering and product versioning (where applicable)

Manage style costing in costing tool to ensure seamless data flows into Line Matrix

Review costs prior to presentation to merchants (must be fact based and in line with the macro trends) and provide cost options as needed for margin improvements

Establish/maintain cost folio within approved vendor matrix

Lead vendor counter-sourcing initiatives, in alignment with sourcing strategy

Qualification

Product DevelopmentSourcingManufacturingSupply ChainCostingVendor ManagementProject ManagementInnovative ThinkerCommunication SkillsDecision-Making SkillsTeam CollaborationGrowth MindsetDetail OrientedCustomer FocusedFlexible & AdaptableIntegrity

Required

Minimum of 8 years' experience in Product Development, Sourcing, Manufacturing and Supply Chain related space

Bachelor's Degree is required

Growth mindset

Must have strong soft skills, ability to influence across and up

Experience working with European-based L1/L2

Good judgment & decision-making skills (with an ability to get to root cause analysis and corrective action planning)

Excellent communication & presentation skills (to include good listening & negotiation skills, must have the ability to present at leadership level)

Must be detail oriented, extremely resourceful, have excellent follow-up skills, using all appropriate contacts to gather information & drive solutions

Must be flexible and can function in a fast-paced environment, with competing priorities and deadlines

Ability to collaborate and work as a team, transcending different cultures, geographies & time zones

Ability to develop efficient processes, review & refine; always striving for continuous improvement

Computer skills - Microsoft office is a must, PLM, Cost systems are a plus

Integrity

Results Oriented/Solution Driven

Customer focused

Develop self & others

Innovative/Creative thinker

Flexible & adaptable

Comfortable with ambiguity & constructive tension

All day-to-day decisions to deliver into divisional goals (pertaining to finished goods)

Must be extremely resourceful, have excellent follow-up skills; learning and using all appropriate contacts and data bases to gather information, influence decisions and drive solutions that enhance successful project completion

Fast paced with competing priorities, must have the ability to multi-task and drive results in a matrixed reporting structure