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Raw Materials Manager
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At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.
Positionsübersicht:
Grundlegende Aufgaben und Verantwortlichkeiten:
* Search for new fabric trends and take initiative to work with mills to develop new fabric suitable for the Ralph Lauren brand identities
* Proactively offer the fabric options and development strategy to NY design team for new season development and provide technical suggestions to mills on new fabric development options
* Proactively work with R&D/ Product Development and US design team on fabric development
* Negotiation of the development roll, Salesman sample fabric delivery / Costing / MOQ and update all relevant parties for the flash costing
* Provide solutions for bulk fabric quality issue to support production process
* Manage timely sample fabric ordering, color and quality approval, bulk lot and test approval to meet all required deadlines.
* Review and communicate proactively with NY counterparts any potential call out with corrective recommendation.
* Collaborate with internal partners to manage griege and capacity planning to meet the business needs.
* Evaluates and tracks mills’ performance; resolve potential risk and troubleshooting to avoid quality / delivery issues at bulk stage.
* Monitor and train vendors for new required format, procedures, disciplines
* Drive for effective communication between internal partners and mills, ensure that adequate lead-time and price are negotiated and obtained to achieve business objectives.
* Manage seasonal calendars and activities, anticipating obstacles, proactively deliver solutions and drive continuous process improvement.
* Manage & maintain color library in seasonal base and support production team for bulk color and qualities issues.
* Drive for end-to-end operational efficiency and effectiveness, including but not limited to system enhancement (PLM), data and reporting management.
* Lead and drive end to end macro analysis to ensure accurate market price follow up and seasonal price closure prior the peak seasons
* Work with Cross functional team to run Long Range Program (LRP)
* Provide guidance to design team and vendors to get better output and work closely with the conscious material coordinators and vendors to ensure standard and quality.
Erfahrung, Fähigkeiten & Kenntnisse:
* 10-12 years related experience in sourcing office or global sourcing company is an advantage.
* Should have experience in garment manufacturing or raw material manufacturing for branded apparel.
* Textile knowledgeable, and with comprehensive knowledge of the end-to-end merchandising process.
* Proven experience in staff or mills trainings, specific on quality / color approval is a plus.
* Share a passionate interest in fabric; visionary, highly proactive, fresh thinking, communicative, dots connecting and multi-tasking.
* High adaptability to changing business requirement and across functional team environment.
* Proficiency in using MS office & knowledge in PLM is an advantage.
* Fluency in both spoken and written English.
* Experience of working on transparency & traceability and value mapping for entire supply chain along with cross functional teams.
* Preferred to have good knowledge on washing effect of different chemicals on different materials.