Specialist Product Supply Interface

Specialist, Purchasing

Area: Global Operations

Department: Supply Chain Management

Direct Reporting Line: Senior Manager, SCM Hub East

Indirect/Secondary Reporting Line: N/A

Subsidiary/Country: China

Location: Shanghai, China

GSMS Grade: P2

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Partner with market and global teams to secure the best availability for the business within the given cost constraints. Responsible for converting demand into supply and providing actionable insights to meet KPI and support continuous process improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and address supplier and demand driven performance issues
• Manage product supply activities and liaise with Market PSI/GBS to optimize availability, inventory and costs
• Projects and initiatives for continuous improvement and process improvements
• Maintain article local attributes in SAP and adifox in a timely manner and ensure accuracy/consistency with SAP
• Manage supply purchase orders in SAP based on SLT approval decision according to order cutoff timeline, split by DC and business model
• Monitor factory MDP performance, assess the impact on market launch and take the actions to improve deliveries
• Take initiatives to work with related departments towards outstanding delivery, financial or operational issues and take prompt action for problem solving
• Take lead to make improvement on operation processes for better efficiency

Process Support:

• Continuous improvements in product supply efficiency process
• Weekly/bi-weekly reporting and process checks

Key Relationships:

• Global Operations (Supply Planning, GBS, Sourcing)
• Market SCM
• Operations (Inbound, Order Fulfillment, Outbound, DC)
• Category Merchandisers
• Demand Planning
• Business Unit

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Analytical thinking and ability to solve problems
• Ability to understand supply chain issues and drive solutions
• Fluent in oral and written English and Mandarin
• Team player and effective collaborator
• Able to prioritize and work under pressure
• Good knowledge of MS office (advanced excel), Power BI

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree or equivalent education required
• 2-3 years of relevant work experience, preferably in supply chain and/or sourcing, or footwear and apparel internationally