上海招聘

Reports to: EVP, Sourcing
Direct reports: 10+ (in China and USA)

Position Overview

Global brand specific business leader that facilitates and executes companies vision through management of pre-production time and action and production work-in­ process calendars for bought styles, trouble shooting any issues while supporting Merchant's needs and business requirements specific to the retailers.

Job Summary

-- Overall responsibility & Management of Sourcing, Production Coordination and P/L as it relates to doing business in China.
--Accountable for planning, defining and developing strategic and business objectives of China Sourcing in accordance with the company's objectives.
--In collaboration w/Sourcing Managers, responsible for Factory Allocation from development thru production.
--Responsible for signing off on all Price Agreements from the Factories.
--Overseeing Quality Assurance is being followed.
--Responsible for Managing the IC.
--Responsible for Managing the China Office.
--Ensure that customer satisfaction is achieved in terms of the timely delivery of quality products and services.
--Ensure supplier contracts are in place and enforced.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

--Team Development I Management
Assess and develop staff. Build the appropriate team to ensure effective day to day management of each business group and accurate and readily available records and reports.
Coach staff to generate creative solutions.
Ability to lead change, and coach team to respond to a rapidly changing business environment.
Facilitate corporate initiative of global work shift to support international expansion.
Facilitate team to maintain and manage the pre-production time and action and production work-in-process.

--Sourcing Strategy
Manage brand initiatives and goals.
Create and manage monthly forecast by factory, and annual mill strategy by provided operations calendar deadlines measured by monthly book to date reconciliation.
Control final allocations.
Develop and maintain relationships with vendors to ensure successful business partnerships.
Analyze industry trends to proactively identify supply base issues to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit the brand.
Book fabrics and manage deliveries, and liabilities. Conduct quarterly mill review.
Initiate and book early fabric commitments.

--Product Finalization & Work-in-Process
Manage commitments and order placements. Manage rolling IMUs against companies' goals.
Strategize business opportunities including freight modes for distribution center receipt, flow, and margin opportunity.


Qualifications I Experience and Other Key Requirements

--University degree in textile and/or other commercial disciplines
--At least 7 -10 years of experience in Sourcing in home textile or apparel industry
--China factory experience and home textile background (fashion bedding) are necessary, with strong home product knowledge and negotiating skills (e.g. aggressive price negotiation).
--Be well attuned to the local industry network and possesses a full understanding of the Chinese cultures and ways of working.
--Significant leadership experience managing large teams working in a fast paced environment and promote team development through supervision and training.
--Have excellent management and leadership skills and also willing to roll up sleeves to be hands on across all aspects of Victoria Classics' sourcing operation .
--Experience travelling overseas to evaluate vendors and to determine areas of improvement.
--Supervise subordinates' responsibilities to ensure accomplishment of department goals and deadlines.
--Have had exposure to Western orientated businesses and maintain extremely high level of ethics and professional standards.
--Pro-actively approach problem solving.
--Implement operational efficiencies.
--Adapt quickly to changes.
--Driven by deadlines with a high sense of urgency.
--Ideally bilingual in both English and Chinese languages (oral and written).
--Seek opportunities to broaden his/her professional and personal exposures as well as sees the synergies of working in the U.S. a big step forward towards his/her career goal.
--Willing to travel to China 6 - 8 times a year, going to factories, working with the China team and following up on orders.

Victoria Classics was founded over 25 years ago in Brooklyn, New York. Beginning as a specialty home textile retailer, we imported large amounts of products for our stores. Our products were so cutting edge that other retailers started to buy from us. Over the years we have moved away from our retail operations, but have maintained the entrepreneurial flair that gave us our start. Today our business is completely wholesale, as we operate as a major importer of high quality home textiles in the United States.

We are headquartered in Edison, New Jersey and we have two showrooms. One is located on Fifth Avenue, in the heart of Manhattan’s home textile district. The other is to be found in Bentonville, Arkansas. We also operate our own 1,000,000 square foot distribution center at our Edison, New Jersey location and we lease a 300,000 square foot warehouse in Los Angeles. We also direct ship to many of our customers.

Victoria Classics has an office 【德南纺织科技(上海)有限公司】which is located in Shanghai, China. The employees at these sites are responsible for the production and quality of our products.

We manufacture our products in numerous locations around the world, such as China and Pakistan. By doing so, we capitalize on the strengths of each.

Victoria Classics is proud of a customer base that spans many diverse operations. From department stores and big box retailers to discounters and alternative marketers. We have found a market niche that cannot be matched. We are very proud to have received a multitude of vendor awards over the years.

Our mission today is to offer unique developed products that use innovative design and fabric techniques. To do so, we work closely with our customers. By working as a team, we are able to deliver the finest assortment of merchandise for them to choose from. We also travel six or seven times around the world looking for the newest trends and fabrics.

The future of Victoria Classics is very bright indeed. Through the leadership of our President and CEO, we continue to grow as one of the top home textile importers in the United States.