Support Center - Irving
The Director - Global Sourcing will play a significant role in assisting the Senior Vice President - Global Sourcing to drive the process and lead the team to successfully execute the strategies and achieve the financial goals established by the Company.
Major ActivitiesStrategic Planning - Drive Direct Import growth through effective product lifecycle management
- Develop category Sourcing Plans and be responsible for execution of the Plans
Team Building - Responsible for 2-4 direct reports and manage a network of service providers including Agent staff in Dallas and Asia.
Business Process- Establish and deploy business processes for vendor engagement, capacity planning, production execution.
- Develop product solutions in support of the Merchandising direction and ensure that the Company's goals of product innovation and quality are achieved
- Identify, evaluate, and develop vendor relationships that support category needs. Furthermore, leverage these relationships across the Company to provide the best "cost" and "value" equation.
- Be the key internal link between all internal and external stakeholders including Merchandising, Product Lifecycle Management, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Agents, Vendors, Legal and Inventory Management
- Significant international travel to identify, evaluate, and manage a global vendor and agent network
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Education - Bachelor's degree is required
Minimum Type of Experience the Job Requires - Minimum 10 years of experience with a major retailer, brand or product development/sourcing company
Other- We are looking for a world class sourcing executive with a demonstrated track record in product development and sourcing
- The person must possess strong leadership, business knowledge and technical abilities
Preferred Education - MBA or master's degree in related field is preferred
- Business related major is highly preferred
Applicants in the U.S. must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job. 
