Manager, Sourcing

Founded in 2006, Joe Fresh is a leading source for modern style and accessible design, offering comprehensive lifestyle collections for men, women and children. Joe Fresh delivers quality and compelling value in categories spanning in apparel, accessories, and footwear. Joe Fresh collections are polished and sophisticated, with a focus on essential designs that appeal to a broad range of style-savvy consumers. With more than 350 Joe Fresh departments from coast to coast, the Joe fresh network is more than a great place to shop, it's a great place to work. We're committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness, and inclusivity. We are looking for innovative, hardworking, and collaborative team members for our Joe Fresh team. Join our team in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well.
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The Manager, Sourcing for Joe Fresh plays a pivotal role in optimizing our product development and sourcing channels. This position is responsible for strategically managing all sourcing initiatives, from initial development to final order placement, ensuring products meet design intent, cost targets, and quality standards. The Manager, Sourcing leverages technical manufacturing expertise, drives vendor placement strategies, negotiates costs, and fosters strong supplier partnerships. They act as a critical liaison between internal cross-functional teams and external factories, ensuring adherence to critical path timelines, managing capacity planning, and leveraging market intelligence to identify opportunities and mitigate risks. This role requires a collaborative leader who contributes to a positive team environment while ensuring fiscal responsibility and operational excellence.

• Provide technical manufacturing expertise to cross-functional partners, ensuring product viability and quality.

• Collaborate with the Product Development (PD) team and provide support to ensure alignment with design vision and established margin/cost parameters.

• Oversee deliverables based on the critical path, ensuring all stakeholders adhere to established timelines for development and order placement.

• Responsible for the comprehensive management and execution of all sourcing initiatives.

• Strategically allocate seasonal vendor developments, matching them with factory manufacturing and technical expertise based on machine capabilities.

• Drive vendor placement strategy aligned with product intent, line plan, and broader business needs.

• Act as the primary liaison between internal partners and factories for all concerns and inquiries related to sourcing and production.

• Assist in the process of onboarding new vendors in collaboration with Loblaw's social compliance partners, ensuring ethical and sustainable practices.

• Negotiate costs with vendors to ensure financial targets are consistently met and optimized.

• Develop and maintain best-in-class partnerships with our strategic suppliers.

• Identify and cultivate a robust vendor network that supports the specific needs of assigned categories.

• Manage all vendor-facing communication pertaining to sourcing activities and factory management.

• Conduct planning and forecasting to ensure adherence to Joe Fresh's monthly, quarterly, and annual capacity requirements at factories to meet Purchase Order (PO) delivery dates.

• Maintain a broad knowledge of worldwide market trends on assigned commodities.

• Leverage market intelligence and analyze data to proactively identify sourcing opportunities and mitigate potential risks.

• Create a collaborative and positive team environment that encourages authentic and transparent contribution.

• Represent Sourcing in cross-functional team meetings, providing expertise and insights.

• Perform other duties as assigned to support the Sourcing department and broader business objectives.

• 3 -5 years in sourcing, procurement, product development and/or a combination of these in apparel and soft goods industry withing North America.

• 2 + years managing people is required.

• Familiarity with apparel /textile production process, materials, and cost components in a lean manufacturing environment.

• Strong understanding of apparel manufacturing processes/machine setup's & technical aspects.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word etc.

• Ability to multi-task, attention to detail, excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.

• Strong analytical skills, effective time management and communication skills.

How You'll Succeed :
At Joe Fresh, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture.  We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. 

If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today.

Joe Fresh recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation's evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

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