Assistant Sourcing Manager, Global Merchandise Sourcing - Consumer Products at The Walt Disney Company

Singapore

Not SpecifiedCompensation

Junior (1 to 2 years), Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Entertainment, Consumer Products, MerchandisingIndustries

5 years of experience in Global Sourcing and/or Merchandising
Strong knowledge of product-specific construction standards, materials, and manufacturing processes/techniques
Outstanding negotiation skills
Demonstrated ability to balance conflicting priorities between creative design and cost of goods objectives
Proficiency in English
Proficiency in Japanese, Mandarin or Cantonese is a bonus (spoken and written) - to communicate with suppliers in other markets
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Strong analytical and strategy-formulation skills
Ability to influence internal stakeholders and drive efficient decision-making
Experience in merchandise sourcing and production management
Strong computer skills

Proactively drive measurable efficiencies of team communications, tasks, and overall workflow to support continuous improvement
Assist management on the growth of global and segment-wide relationships
Support manager to execute short and long-term sourcing strategies for managed categories, proactively drive the set priorities, objectives, and action plans to improve supply base and mitigate risk with measurable accountability
Assist manager in leveraging opportunities and executes sourcing strategies for global site-specific items
Collaborate with Quality Assurance team to ensure products placed with managed suppliers are meeting Disney quality standards
Drive product development management, communicating key milestones and deadlines within the sample approval process
Drive proactive production tracking, communicating, and troubleshooting exceptions and delays
Negotiates costing and proposes value engineering options to achieve profitability goals while ensuring product vision is achieved
Collaborate with factory and Product Design to bring new art techniques and applications and researching trends
Support manager to monitor the managed suppliers continues to meet ILS MCS, regulatory standards, and other established supplier performance requirements