
Manager, Sourcing Development, Apparel Collaboration
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- Lead Cross-Functional Teams: Create strong vendor partnerships, ensuring that The North Face collaboration and energy products align with the brand’s design and future vision.
- Co-Create Strategies: Develop product development and innovation strategies with the brand collaboration and energy team in the USA.
- Support Senior Leadership: Assist the Senior Director of Product Supply in creating a multi-year sourcing strategy to facilitate growth and speed in this product category.
- Vendor Partnerships: Establish and develop partnerships with vendors to support collaboration and co-branding product initiatives and growth plans.
- Proactive Communication: Communicate with brand stakeholders, product development, and design teams to build and adhere to a product development calendar for timely samples, execution, and delivery.
- Drive Innovation: Enhance and advocate for vendors’ capabilities and use of new technologies to drive process and product innovation, reduce waste, and increase efficiency.
- Manage Vendor Performance: Ensure vendor performance drives profitability for the brand and sustains shared goals.
- Engage Internal Stakeholders: Align with Planning, Global Material Supply, Compliance, Product Stewardship, and Quality teams on sourcing strategy, vendor capabilities, and brand direction.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Present data findings effectively using storytelling and visualization techniques to articulate complex information clearly and impactfully.
- Professional Experience: 5 years in Product Development and/or sourcing.
- Educational Requirements: Academic degree related to apparel, footwear, or accessories.
- Passion for Product: Interest in the apparel industry, following key trends and the latest developments.
- Business Acumen: Understanding of global trends impacting sourcing and supply chain strategies.
- Growth Mindset: Passion for encouraging curiosity across teams.
- Effective Communication: Experience influencing global stakeholders and delivering compelling presentations.
- Team Player: Foster collaborative and high-performing working relationships with stakeholders.
- Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of apparel or footwear development processes and experience managing diverse product portfolios is a plus.
- Lead Cross-Functional Teams: Create strong vendor partnerships, ensuring that The North Face collaboration and energy products align with the brand’s design and future vision.
- Co-Create Strategies: Develop product development and innovation strategies with the brand collaboration and energy team in the USA.
- Support Senior Leadership: Assist the Senior Director of Product Supply in creating a multi-year sourcing strategy to facilitate growth and speed in this product category.
- Vendor Partnerships: Establish and develop partnerships with vendors to support collaboration and co-branding product initiatives and growth plans.
- Proactive Communication: Communicate with brand stakeholders, product development, and design teams to build and adhere to a product development calendar for timely samples, execution, and delivery.
- Drive Innovation: Enhance and advocate for vendors’ capabilities and use of new technologies to drive process and product innovation, reduce waste, and increase efficiency.
- Manage Vendor Performance: Ensure vendor performance drives profitability for the brand and sustains shared goals.
- Engage Internal Stakeholders: Align with Planning, Global Material Supply, Compliance, Product Stewardship, and Quality teams on sourcing strategy, vendor capabilities, and brand direction.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Present data findings effectively using storytelling and visualization techniques to articulate complex information clearly and impactfully.
- Professional Experience: 5 years in Product Development and/or sourcing.
- Educational Requirements: Academic degree related to apparel, footwear, or accessories.
- Passion for Product: Interest in the apparel industry, following key trends and the latest developments.
- Business Acumen: Understanding of global trends impacting sourcing and supply chain strategies.
- Growth Mindset: Passion for encouraging curiosity across teams.
- Effective Communication: Experience influencing global stakeholders and delivering compelling presentations.
- Team Player: Foster collaborative and high-performing working relationships with stakeholders.
- Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of apparel or footwear development processes and experience managing diverse product portfolios is a plus.