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Operations Sourcing Lead, Americas

Ref #:

W169392

Department:

Manufacturing & Sourcing

City:

Nutley

State/Province:

New Jersey

Location:

United States

Workspace Description

Pay Range: The pay range for this job is $90000 - $192500 annually; actual pay is dependent on experience and geographic location.

Benefits: Base pay is only one part of our employee value proposition, which includes a robust benefits package, above-market time off, hybrid working arrangements, incentive compensation, where applicable, and varied learning opportunities.

Pay Range Max

192500

Pay Range Min

90000

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

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.

Position Overview

This position is a leadership position driving several regional functions to complete goals and objectives with clearly defined metrics for each region:  

  • Regional Raw Materials 

  • Capacity Asset Management 

  • Transparency and Traceability 

  • Production Operations 

Focused clarity on the strategic vision of the regions to effectively manage the team and the execution of the corresponding workBuild relationships with Suppliers to complement the flow of information and accuracy with reporting the data- delivery, quality, and cost being paramount.  


Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

 

  • Regional Raw Materials:  

  • Ensure all raw materials are approved in region for effective production of units: price, quality, color.  

  • Manage the platforming of greige in partnership with the Business Expansion Team to ensure lead time execution.  

  • Responsible on boarding and exit of Tier 2 suppliers.  

  • Knowledge of macros as it connects to raw material price negotiations.  

  • Tracking of liability fabrics and the financials of said liability. 

  • Supplier partnerships are connected to building teams and trust.  

  • Capacity Asset Management 

  • Effective tracking of regional capacity- both the aggregated total of the region and the individual supplier’s capacity.  

  • Effective booking and release of capacity to not cause hardship of any supplier.  

  • Responsible Sourcing practices as connected to capacity management. 

  • Utilization of corporate tools to track (09 system) 

  • Regional allocation of units to complement capacity initiatives.  

  • Transparency and Traceability:  

  • Manage work with the supplier community to implement and effectively make a difference as connected to the corporate strategy for TNT.  

  • Work with internal and external business partners as needed to educate, implement, track, and advertise successes as connected to TNT.  

  • Production Operations 

  • Manage the execution of issuing Right First-Time purchase orders for the region.  

  • Own corporate projects as needed to strategically drive the business (i.e.: price changes, inventory initiative, etc…) 

  • Partner with Commercial Teams as needed to stay aware of everything Purchase Order connected


Experience, Skills & Knowledge

Experience 

  • The Leader will have a proven track record of success as a corporate executive in a result-driven organization   

  • Proven senior leadership experience in an international production and sourcing environment in a highly successful Fortune 500 organization preferred.

  • Knowledge of internal controls, financial/banking regulations and risk assessment and vendor due diligence. 

  • Substantial knowledge of trade regulations, inventory management, financial analysis, logistics, procurement and distribution, commercial analysis, product integrity, and production cycle timeline 

  • Proven ability to develop and implement new tools and processes to improve efficiency 

Leadership Approach 

  • A leader who can make short-term tactical decisions with long-term thinking 

  • Possessing professional presence, intelligence, self-confidence and ability to interact with senior management.   

  • Proven ability to establish and build relationships across an organization. Highly motivated individual with result-oriented mentality 

  • Known for “sweating the details” to develop and evaluate business processes and controls. 

  • A leader who develops a collaborative high-performing teamExcels at understanding what it takes to implement sustainable operating improvements in large scale, global environments 

  • Develops proactive approaches to overcome obstacles while demonstrating flexibility and resourcefulness 

Communications 

  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal 

  • Strong influencing skills, which inspire trust and confidence and command the respect of the peer group and executives throughout the corporation 

  • Exceptional ability to synthesize issues and draw valid, actionable conclusions from established facts 

Other  

  • Able to travel as needed 

  • Strong reputation for professional integrity, seasoned business judgment, and objectivity

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Ralph Lauren will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance laws.