Men's Apparel Sourcing/Product Development Manager
32 W 39th street , 5th floor New York, NY 10018
Job Description
Men's Apparel Sourcing/Product Development Manager
Job Description
We are a small team of driven professionals looking to hire someone special to help us with sourcing. You must be comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment along with being sales focused. We are looking for someone with turnkey suppliers and relationships within our price point
· Must have a proven track record sourcing, opening price point, sportswear, and outerwear.
· Development of new existing overseas supplier relationships and maintaining supplier relationships is crucial.
· It entails working with our overseas office and reports directly to the President of the company, while bringing new ideas and sourcing opportunities.
The position includes:
- Strong but fair negation skills is a must. We pride ourselves on development of long-term supplier relationships
- Price sensitive to the Men’s Outdoor and Active Market to ensure growth and productivity is a must
- Must be able to generate pricing analysis between factories and retailers throughout the market
- Ensuring proper maintenance of all social and retailer specific compliance
- Must be forward thinking, must always be able to navigate from one task to another and be able to work with people in a positive manner.
Experience:
- Must have 4+ years of experience in sourcing and product development
- Must be self-motivated
- Must be organized
- Must able to do costing/margin sheet based on the factory cost and wholesale prices
- Must have menswear and sportswear experience to be considered