Assistant Sourcing Specialist

About the role

Key Responsibilites

• Creation of data summary sheets with excellent level of accuracy
• Manage the sending out of tech packs and samples to all suppliers working with the Trainee Product Purchaser.
• Assisting with preparation of any business E Auctions alongside Product Purchasers
• Help prepare and review any relevant E Auction analysis and file
• Assist with supplier face to face meetings and auctions with a growth plan of owning an area and negotiating that area with the Product Purchaser over seeing.
• Support the product purchaser with updating of any central documents
• Support Product Purchaser on letter of intent/email confirmations
• Manage and organise supplier matrix
• Help prepare keyline one page analysis after each keyline season
• Support Product Purchaser with supplier communication and negotiation

• Partake in benchmarking aimed at quality and country of manufacture preparing presentation to show findings.
• Support any ad hoc projects needed from the Product Purchasers
• Gain fabric and sustainability knowledge through attending training courses and liaising with buying teams/fabric team.
• Support team by having packaging knowledge for all product areas by working with the packaging teams.
• Support team by having knowledge of freight rates and duty by country of manufacture by working with the imports team/using range plans.
• Oversee and support sample management of key lines.
• Sample management of key lines ensuring we have samples for each key line from suppliers negotiating.

• Manage supplier scorecards including set up and regular tracking
• Support on supplier strategy
• Support with supplier meeting set ups and any follow up as required

• Support Product Purchaser to deliver KPI’s
• Work with Product Purchaser and Trainee Product Purchaser on all relevant tasks and projects

Note:

internally this role is known as Assistant Product Purchaser