Merchandiser - ADIDAS SOURCHING LIMITED INDONESIA
In order to strengthening our sourcing activities, adidas Group, the world famous Sportswear Company, is seeking an aggressive and energetic individual to join our team and take the position of:
Merchandiser for Apparel Sourcing
This position will report to Manager, Merchandising Category.
Key Responsibilities:
Development
- Coordinates the development of workable prototypes which address desired function, cosmetics, cost, market appeal and manufacturability.
- Supports the costing process during a season including ensuring all cost sheets are complete and submitted in a timely fashion.
- Ensures SMS are accurate, complete and shipped timely.
- Works collaboratively with Materials Supply, Quality, Costing, PCT, Production, etc. as necessary to ensure an on time buy ready/commercialization performance.
- Coordinates organizational tasks and communications relating to all relevant systems and data updates.
Planning & Production
- Ensures timely and accurate data regarding factory capacity, capabilities, lead times, first/last ex-factory dates or other data as required by Global Logistics or LO management for planning and allocation purposes, including in-putting of data in all necessary IT systems.
- Works closely with Technical Services and/or Development Merchandisers to ensure smooth and timely transitions from development to production start to shipment.
- Passes orders and forecasts to factories on a timely basis and ensures timely feedback with data accurately entered in system. Responsible for order confirmation and acts as liaison between suppliers and HQ Customer Service to address PO issues or rejects.
- Provides review and support to factories on timely and accurate export and shipping documentation.
- Manages day-to-day production tracking, including fabric status, tracks production performance and proactively addresses potential delivery problems with supplier management, both factories and T2 suppliers.
- Ensures factory base and internal team understand and timely adopt new process and procedures to improve delivery and quality performance
- Understands and able to communicate to ensures supplier adhere to adidas initiatives and requirements
Key Relationships:
- Maintain collaborative relationships and communications with all internal LO departments and adidas departments and locations
- Focal point in communicating with suppliers on day-to-day issues
Requirement:
- Good negotiation skills and knowledge of the textile business (work experience)
- Fluent English (verbal and in written), other languages are welcome
- Good IT-/EDP-skills including Excel and Word. Comfortable with learning and using internal Product Data Management systems
- Diploma in clothing technology and/or manufacturing or comparable graduation from a college or university
- 3-5 years of work experience in related field
- Prefer Indonesia Citizenship Holder
Interested parties please send your application to us on http://www.adidas-group.com/en/careers/jobs/career_adidas_apac.asp and search for reference number: 1732
Only short listed applicants will be notified. All applications will be treated in strict confidence and only used for the purpose of selection.
Only short listed applicants will be notified. All applications will be treated in strict confidence and only used for the purpose of selection.