潮州招聘

JOB SUMMARY:

To assist the Merchandise Manager / Director in the execution of brand directives in the focus country.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Product Development:

- Assist with spec packet hand off to factories and drive development process with furniture technicians

- Communicate target costs and sample ETD’s to vendors, and follow up with customer service teams on weekly progress

- Communicate program approval to vendors and ensure that the factory has an MCS and approved color panel before they go into production

- Ensure vendors are staying on track for testing

- Work with factory to ensure on-time delivery and notify superior if there are any major delays

- Review weekly development & production status with CS teams to assess risks

2. Negotiate costs and MOQs

- Work with factories to achieve target cost

- MOQ negotiations

3. Vendor relations and capacity management

- Facilitate on-boarding of new vendors

- Create strong relationships with all of our key vendors

- Conduct monthly capacity forecast and scorecard discussions

- Stay on top of factory issues (strikes, holidays, etc) and communicate as needed to superior

- Visit factories as needed to troubleshoot issues

- Assist MM with critical quality issues and settling challenging claims

4. Sourcing

- Consult with MM to understand the material/product needs of approaching seasons

- Visit trade shows in Asia to source new factories as well as network within the furniture industry

- Understand where our competitors are producing their product in your country and understand the capabilities of all of our factories

5. Development Trips

- Coordinate and attend development trips with corporate sourcing team

- Prepare all documents and ensure sample readiness for team’s visit

6. Manage Furniture Technician

- Prioritize and maintain technician schedule across factories

- Monitor performance and develop goals/growth plan

DESIRABLE QUALIFICAIONS & COMPETENCIES:

Knowledge

The incumbent must have proficient knowledge in the following areas:

- 5 years of practical experience including 3 years of additional management responsibility

- Knowledge of local sourcing and product development

- Knowledge of furniture manufacturing operations

- Preferred experience working with or for a Retailer

- Need to have furniture technical background

Skills

The incumbent must demonstrate the following skills:

- excellent interpersonal skills

- team building skills

- analytical and problem solving skills

- decision making skills

- effective verbal and listening communications skills

- attention to detail and high level of accuracy

- effective written communications skills

- computer skills including the spreadsheet and word-processing programs, and e-mail at a highly proficient level

- stress management skills

- time management skills

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of home furnishings in the United States and Canada. Our brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry; and we successfully market them through all three major channels — retail stores, catalogs, and the Internet.
We also provide home furnishing categories, including furniture, textiles, decorative accessories, lighting, and tabletop items under the West Elm brand name; bed and bath products under the Pottery Barn brand name; and children's furnishings and accessories under the Pottery Barn Kids brand name.
We operate nearly 600 stores located in 44 states of the United States; Washington, D.C.; Canada; and Puerto Rico.

We established our China branch in 2011, locate in Dongguan and Hangzhou. We are now looking for more talents to join us.