东莞招聘

Job Purpose:

The Merchandiser is the liaison between the San Francisco based team and the factories, managing seasonal developments, vendor relations, T&A and key communications. They work in conjunction with WSI China QA to support the US based team and factory needs.

Job Content and Duties:

1. Product Development:

- Fully versed on T&A master calendar and all key dates for product development samples.

- Monitor Testing of products with factories and protocol adherence

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

- Communicate program approval to vendors and ensure that the factory has the correct approved sample before they go into production

- Troubleshoot any issues that come up in production and work with factory to ensure on-time delivery and notify Merchandise Manager if there are any major delays.

2. Vendor relations and capacity management

- Facilitate On-boarding of new vendors

- Create strong relationships with all of our key vendors

- Stay on top of factory issues (strikes, holidays, etc) and report to Merchandise manager as needed.

4. Sourcing

- source new products /factories via trade shows and market contacts

- Understand the capabilities of all of our factories

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5. Development Trips

- prepare all documents and samples for team’s visit

6. Liaise with QA team

- Arrange inspection schedule across factories

Job Competencies & Experience

Knowledge

The incumbent must have proficient knowledge in the following areas:

- Minimum 4 years of practical experience in Dec Acc products

- Knowledge of sourcing and product development

- Basic knowledge of manufacturing process in the Dec Acc / Tabletop area

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Skills

The incumbent must demonstrate the following skills:

- good interpersonal skills

- effective verbal and listening communications skills

- attention to detail and high level of accuracy

- good organizational skills

- good written communications skills

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

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.