海宁招聘

JOB SUMMARY:

The Merchandise Manager is the local sourcing arm for WSI and is responsible for executing Brand directives in the focus country. They are the primary liaison between the San Francisco based team and the factories, managing seasonal developments, vendor relations and key communications. They work in conjunction with WSI QA and customer service teams to support factory and Brand needs.

Job Content and Duties:

1. Product Development:

- Work with Merchandise Director to ensure right product, right vendor

- Familiar with master calendar and key dates. Alert Sourcing team when falling off calendar.

- Manage spec packet hand off with factories and 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

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

- Review weekly development & production status to assess risks

2. Negotiate costs and MOQs

- Assist the Merchandise Director to achieve target retails and margins for seasonal developments

- Obtain agreement on initial and reorder MOQs

- Manage quarterly Master Cost/MOQ file with program updates

- Address factory upcharges as they arise and work with the brand to drive agreements

3. Vendor relations and capacity management

- Align with corporate sourcing teams on short and long term sourcing strategies

- 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)

- Address critical quality issues and settle challenging claims

4. Sourcing

- Consult with Merchandise Director and work with SF sourcing team 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

- Decision-maker for quality or production questions and visit factories as needed to trouble shoot

5. Development Trips

- Coordinate development trips with corporate sourcing team

- Attend development trips in country

- prepare all documents and samples for team’s visit

6. Manage Furniture Technician

- Prioritize and maintain technician schedule across factories

- Monitor performance and develop goals/growth plan

Job Competencies & Experience

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 overseas sourcing and product development

- Knowledge of Textile manufacturing operations

- Preferred experience working with or for a Retailer

Skills

The incumbent must demonstrate the following skills:

- excellent interpersonal skills

- analytical and problem solving skills

- decision making skills

- effective verbal and listening communications skills

- attention to detail and high level of accuracy

- very effective organizational skills

- 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.
Williams-Sonoma 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.
Williams-Sonoma operate nearly 600 stores located in 44 states of the United States; Washington, D.C, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
At WSI, there is no limit to what you can achieve. We provide a host of development opportunities and encourage enterprising employees to pursue cross-brand, or cross functional career movement. We have many long-tenured employees, who, through teamwork, collaboration, ownership, entrepreneurial spirit and a strong drive to win, have built deeply rewarding careers and relationships.
Williams-Sonoma Global Operation (WSGO) China was established in 2011. There are three offices in Dongguan, Shenzhen and Shanghai. With the business growth, WSGO China is now looking for more talents to join and grow with us.

威廉索拿马股份有限公司成立于1956年，是美国及加拿大著名的家居用品销售商。我们的各个品牌在家居业界均享有盛名。我们的产品主要通过零售商场，目录邮购和互联网三种渠道为广大消费者服务。
威廉索拿马旗下的品牌可以为您提供全方位的家居服务。West Elm品牌为您提供家具，纺织品，家装配饰，灯饰，桌面饰品等各种产品；Pottery Barn 品牌为您提供床上及卫浴用品；Pottery Barn Kids品牌为您提供儿童家具及配饰。
威廉索拿马在美国44个州、华盛顿地区、加拿大及波多黎哥设有600多家零售专买店，为您服务。
在威廉索拿马大家庭，一切你想要的皆有可能实现。我们为员工提供大量的发展机会，鼓励每一位有进取心的员工追求跨品牌，跨部门的职位变动。我们公司有许多长期服务的员工，他们在这里通过团队配合、相互协作、主人翁精神、企业家精神已经获得一份非常有意义的事业以及人际关系。
威廉索拿马中国成立于2011年，在上海、深圳、东莞设有办公室。随着中国业务的不断壮大，我们诚邀您的加入，与我们共同迈向成功！