Specialist, Purchasing: Global Operations
: Supply Chain Management
Direct Reporting Line: Senior Manager, SCM Hub East
Indirect/secondary reporting line: N/A
: China
Location:Shanghai, China
Number of Personnel Managed: N/A
Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility:
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor and address supplier and demand driven performance issues
- Manage Product Supply activities and liaise with Market PSI/GBS to optimize availability, inventory and costs
- Projects and initiatives for continuous improvement and process improvements.
- Maintain article local attributes in SAP and adifox in a timely manner and ensure accuracy/consistency with SAP.
- Manage Supply Purchase orders in SAP based on SLT approval decision according to order cutoff timeline, split by DC and business model
- Monitor factory MDP performance, assess the impact on market launch and take the actions to improve deliveries
- Take initiatives to work with related depts. towards outstanding delivery, financial or operational issues and take prompt action for problem solving
- Take lead to make improvement on operation processes for better efficiency
Process support:
- Continuous improvements in Product Supply efficiency process
- weekly/bi-weekly reporting and process checks
Key Relationships:
- Global Operations (Supply Planning, GBS, Sourcing)
- Market SCM
- Operations (Inbound, Order Fulfillment, Outbound, DC)
- CategoryMerchandisers
- Demand Planning
- Business Unit
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Analytical thinking and ability to solve problems
- Ability to understand supply chain issues and drive solutions
- Fluent in oral and written English and Mandarin.
- Team player and effective collaborator
- Able to prioritize and work under pressure
- Good knowledge of MS office (advanced excel), Power BI.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree or equivalent education required
- 2-3 years of relevant work experience,preferably in supply chain and/ or sourcing, or footwear and apparel internationally.