Job Description
Reports to: Senior Manager, Product Supply Operations
Department: Supply Chain Operations
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Worksite Classification: Hybrid
Status: Exempt
Job Band: Professional
Job Summary The Product Supply Operations Manager will have primary responsibilities to act as the chief liaison between the Merchandising, Product Development, Design and Technical Design teams (Product Team). The Product Supply Operations Manager will represent Global Product Supply at development meetings, Merch meetings and other key GTM cross-functional meetings, and provide governance to the business units around adherence to the product brief: target cost, margin, delivery and SLA. This includes coordinating the development, cost and margin roll-up, and delivery of all sourced production to be consistent with the business units needs and in-line with the corporate sourcing strategy as set by the Global Product Supply Leadership. This role is responsible for the sourcing strategy at the intersection of service level, profit, and quality for their respective category.
Inspired by Hard Word At Carhartt, the values of hard work-dependability, honesty, and trust-are rooted in the legacy of our founder, Hamilton Carhartt. His commitment to serving hardworking people continues to inspire everything we do. Guided by his legacy and our mission-We serve and protect all hardworking people by building durable products-we remain dedicated to upholding these principles in every decision we make and every product we create.
Representative Responsibilities - Responsible and accountable for allocating styles (per their respective categories) at hemisphere and supply stream level in alignment with our geographically balanced product placement strategy.
- Provide governance to the business units to ensure the product brief is achievable in terms of cost, margin, attainment, and SLAs.
- Responsible and accountable for key GTM milestone deliverables, such as Where Make including vendor assignment by the regional Sourcing hubs to the business units
- Represent Global Product Supply in Seasonal Development Meetings, Merch meetings, key cross-functional GTM meetings and other required meetings to support the flow of information between regional Sourcing hubs, Product Team, and business units.
- Manage the GTM calendar deliverables to support the Finance, Product Team, and Business Units' needs to understand timing of product cost communication, final cost approval and seasonal margin roll-ups.
- Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of textiles and apparel manufacturing as it relates to the assigned area of responsibility. Including researching and traveling to vendors as needed and evaluate these opportunities.
- Maintain awareness of the key performance indicators of all assigned suppliers to ensure that they can meet Carhartt's strategy of "best in class".
- Identify gaps and/or opportunities for new suppliers and communicate these needs with the regional hubs and PS&O leadership to investigate new suppliers.
- Proactively develop and implement process improvements that optimize the Global Product Supply processes and our product placement strategy to align with service level, profit, and quality targets while continuously analyzing vendor capacities against demand
- Work with assigned Business Unit and Product Team to understand their development needs and align with the regional hubs on a sourcing network to fulfill these requirements
Required Education - Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
Required Skills & Experience - 5 years of direct experience in global sourcing of apparel. Business knowledge in areas of supply chain management with global experience preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Time Management and proven track record of problem solving and strong analytical expertise, including data mining, reporting and ability to monitor key performance metrics.
- Must be able to work independently
- Knowledge of Carhartt product and strategic direction of the business and how to support with a sourcing supply chain
- Clear understanding of supplier network for assigned area
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions - Light lifting up to 10 lbs.
- Willingness to work afterhours and some weekends as necessary.
- Potential need for national and international travel
- This position has a Hybrid location: Associate will work on-site regularly as needed for work activities.
- Carhartt is a tobacco free workplace.
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We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
All associates are required to understand and act in accordance with the Carhartt Core Values. Carhartt reserves the right to change, modify, suspend, interpret or cancel in whole or in any part, the job duties outlined above at any time and without advance notice to the employee.
Job Tags
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