Deputy General Manager - Sourcing - Manufacturing (10-15 yrs)

Key Responsibilities:

- Handling manufacturing and supplies through contract vendors. Ensuring Vendor management, production planning, New product development and sourcing of soft luggage /backpacks/ Duffle bags from vendor partners from Bangladesh and India.

- Establishing and driving the SOP's to be followed by vendor partners.

- Driving optimal cost of sourcing and driving cost efficiencies to meet cost reductions targets.

- Driving zero-tolerance to Quality standards of the company.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders in Marketing function, Design teams and Sales.

- Work with existing vendor partners to meet the business requirements.

- Keep exploring for new vendors for feasibility in manufacturing and developing them on capabilities and scale of operations to enhance capacities as per plans.

- Manage with the Vendor eco-system any design change with sample development production and ensuring/planning timelines in batch productions.

- Planning, Procurement, Coordination with vendors about supplies meeting requirements of markets and ensuring safety stock maintained at their end as per shared plans.

- Responsible for the sourcing budgeting and implementation as per the planned budgets.

- Responsible for meeting all the requirement regarding material as per the ISO and ISI standards.

- Implementing and monitoring effective procurement schedules in a team along with price negotiation & finalizing the purchase orders of Goods and establishing the quality & quantity limits for effective inventory control.

Key Result Areas:

- Continuous vendor development and managing third party manufacturers for supplies on target and as per expected timelines.

- Working on the cost structure in tandem with the design and marketing team. Achieving Cost reductions targets without compromise on quantity and quality.

- Production and supplies adherence to Quality standards of the company.

Key Attributes of Ideal Candidate:

- Candidate should be self-driven with a strong sense of ownership and commitment.

- Candidate should have strong analytical capability. Should have a keen eye for details.

- Having inter-personal relationship building skills with internal stakeholders and external vendor partners.

- Should have a knack of getting things done by getting the best out of teams and vendors.

- Candidate should have a problem-solving approach. High solution orientation.

- Good crisis management skills and maturity, specially managing critical situations remotely with external partners.

- Candidate should be agile and ready to travel to manage external partners.