Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure synergistic financial benefits across the key commodities within the portfolio.
- Support purchasing/product strategies to achieve improved operational profitability, lead time, OTIF, sell through, quality, and cost for Jet.
- Strategically position the brand to increase market share in Jet Home by ensuring effective engagement with all key stakeholders.
- Effectively manage the Jet home vendor base (local, regional, and import) to ensure a sustainable and compliant source of supply.
- Monitor performance and capabilities of suppliers and ensure that effective remedial plans are implemented to address any performance below set KPIs.
- Work strategically with local vendors to ensure Jet success and growth in market share and sales.
- Develop and implement strategic global sourcing strategies and business partnerships, i.e., growth on local sourcing, reducing exposure to China, South East Asia.
- Effective mapping of the sourcing footprint to ensure risk management and operational effectiveness:
- Lean supply chain management.
- Tracking of key cost drivers (fabric and components).
- Consolidation of group requirements to offset inflationary drivers while ensuring individual brand requirements are still met.
- Facilitate the pre-selection and approval of international and local suppliers and ongoing vendor matrix management.
- Work with all buying teams to identify key opportunities and implement in line with their requirements as well as brand requirements.
- Facilitate key strategic supply chain objectives:
- Leverage group scale.
- Increased stock efficiencies.
- Margin optimization.
- Provide an objective assessment of suppliers when making sourcing decisions.
- Ensure that suppliers are aligned with buying strategies.
- Effective critical path management and effective order management.
Qualifications and Experience:
- A relevant diploma.
- Experience as a Buyer or Sourcing Specialist (5+ years essential).
- Integral understanding of the clothing retail cycle and buying process.
- Good working knowledge of current computer software packages (knowledge of Excel, Word & E-mail preferable).
Skills:
- Excellent planning, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
- Uncompromising negotiation skills.
- Good analytical skills.
- Solid understanding of Quick Response model.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Good judgement and problem-solving skills.
Behaviours:
- Applies market and business insights to drive organisational objectives.
- Forms, develops, and leads a group of individuals toward the achievement of a common team objective.
- Creates an environment that fosters a culture of creativity which drives success.
- Thinks and plans strategically, focusing on long-term goals and objectives of the organisation.
- Develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align with organisational goals and objectives.
- Understands and navigates dynamics created by processes, systems, and people.
- Assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes.
- Quickly adapts and acquires new knowledge, skills, and competencies in a rapidly changing environment.
- Interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems.
- High level of EQ and resolution-driven.
- High level of tolerance and resilience.
- Decisive and able to handle pressure.
- Value mind-set, speed & agility, and a can-do mentality.
- Takes accountability and ensures others are held to account on agreed performance targets.
- Sets ambitious goals and takes focused action to achieve desired outcomes and deliver measurable results.
- Diplomatic and tactful, while also being assertive.
Preference will be given, but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.
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