Sr. Specialist, Supply Chain

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Primary Purpose:
The Sr. Specialist, Supply Chain assumes full responsibility for the flow of information through the SP, from raw materials and sample sign-off until shipment. 

The job holder works in close synergy with the Quality, and commercialization team. The job holder is responsible for application of the Tapestry SP Manufacturing strategy from a Supply chain perspective. Report to: Sr. Manager, Supply Chain.  

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Supply Chain Management (SCM) to...
Order Processing and follow-up:

• Distributes the Purchase orders to the SPs, verify order details and get orders confirmed within the agreed timeline.
• Follow up with Service Providers and the Planning teams about order inquiry / placement, negotiation, order updates, specific customer requirements. 
• Critical path follow up in a proactive manager to anticipate delays.
• Ensure data accuracy in ECV system
• Communication with Service Providers and Cross Functional Teams

Production follow-up and planning:

• Partners with SP to ensure accurate data in the POT. 
• Follow up daily output, efficiency monitoring, and analysis and take appropriate actions. 
• Change open capacity according to fill rate and future demand.
• Capacity optimization
• Monitors RM delivery status with the factory. Escalate issues to material team as required on an exceptional basis. 
• Follow up production issue & FG quality call-out with internal/external parties and Service Providers.
• Communicates with NY Supply Operations teams about delivery issues.
• Liaises with Production Operations team and factory management to ensure that order scheduling corresponds per requirement.

Evaluating Commercialization Tracking Reports provided by Service Providers:

• Identifies long lead time styles. Support the quality manager on the management of long lead time programs. Liaising with PD, SP & NY Ops. Agree on production lead time with SP and follow up of production.
• Monitor product approval timelines: fitting, extreme sizes, toolings, full sizes, confirmation samples…
• Responsible for Collateral packaging materials delivery communication with NY Ops and NY PD team as required.
• Supports NY market week team to ensure ontime delivery of market week samples as required.

Logistics and shipment:

• Ensure shipment readiness: booking submissions, booking confirmation, ASNs submissions….

Reports and KPIs

• Prepare operational reports
• Follow up action items

Manage Tooling Investment:

• Support in verification of tooling investments and inventory.

An outstanding professional will have...

• Diploma holder or above with minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience in the merchandising field – preferably in Footwear, leather goods, or apparel.
• Strong logical thinking and good problem-solving
• Familiar with SAP system preferable
• Ability to work independently, attention to detail, and good communication & coordination
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is a must, familiar with Office 2010 operation system is a plus
• Strong communication skills, spoken & written in English.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.

• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.

• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.

• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
  and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

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