Senior Sourcing Specialist: Jet

2 weeks ago

Gauteng, South Africa The Foschini Group Full time

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To 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, Cost for Jet.
- To strategically position the brand to increase market share in Jet Home by ensuring effective engagement with all key stakeholders.
- To effectively manage the Jet home vendor base (local, Regional and Import) to ensure sustainable and compliant source of supply.
- Monitor performance and capabilities of suppliers and ensure that effective remedial plans are implemented to address any performances below set KPI’s.
- 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 ie. 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 and simultaneously ensure individual brand requirements are still met.
- Facilitating the pre-selection and approval of international and local suppliers and ongoing vendor matrix management.
- Working with all buying teams to identify key opportunities and implement in line with their requirements as well as brand requirement.
- To facilitate key strategic supply chain objectives:

- leverage group scale,
- Increased stock efficiencies
- Margin optimization
- Provide an objective assessment of suppliers when making sourcing decisions
- Ensuring that suppliers are aligned with buying strategies
- Effective critical path management and effective order management

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- A relevant Diploma.
- Have experience as a Buyer or Sourcing Specialist (5+ years essential).
- Integral understanding of the clothing retail Cycle and Buying Process.
- A good working knowledge of the current computer software packages (knowledge of Excel, Word & E-mail would be preferable).

**Skills**:

- Excellent planning, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Uncompromising negotiation skills.
- Good analytical skills.
- Have a solid understanding of Quick Response model.
- Excellent Time management skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Good judgement and problem-solving skills.

**Behaviours**:

- Business Insight - applies market and business insights in order to drive organisational objectives.
- Communicates Effectively - conveys information and communicates ideas in a clear, concise and impactful manner.
- Courage - confronts and tackles challenging situations with courage.
- Ensures Accountability - takes accountability and ensures others are held to account on agreed upon performance targets.
- Financial Acumen - understands and applies financial concepts and principles to make informed financial decisions.
- Manages Complexity - interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems.
- Plans and Aligns - develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align to the organisational goals and objectives.
- Resourcefulness - effectively and creatively uses available resources to overcome challenges, solve problems, and achieve desired outcomes.

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