Senior Apparel Merchandiser - Global Sourcing & Production

The Children's Place

Lahore

On-site

PKR 800,000 - 1,200,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Children’s Place in Lahore, Pakistan is seeking a sourcing and production specialist to support our transformation into a world-class apparel partner. You will manage pre-production and production milestones and guide Merchandisers within the team to deliver on time.

You will collaborate with US and Asian vendors, optimize capacity planning, negotiate first costs, and maintain strong relationships to meet AUC and delivery targets. Strong English communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

4 years of relevant experience in apparel development and/or production.
2 years of supervisory/leadership experience.
Strong understanding of apparel design, development and production follow up (childrenswear’s experience preferred).
Strong background in developing and maintaining vendor and material supplier relationships.
Experience in executing various sourcing strategies (e.g. country migration, vendor consolidation, etc.).
Exposure in vendor scorecarding and remedies development.
Experience in sample allocation, ordering & tracking, and product approvals.
Experience in first cost, cost negotiations, and bidding.
Exposure to production capacity planning and reservation.
Familiarity of Product Safety/Technology standards for children’s products.
Familiarity with SAP and GT-Nexus is an asset.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Great command of both verbal and written English skills.

Responsibilities

To support the execution of business strategies relating to the Company’s transformation initiatives.
To effectively partner with the US Sourcing team in realizing sourcing strategies in Asia.
To support capacity planning responsibilities for the assigned product category.
To maintain close communication with vendors and US counterparts.
To support vendor and factory allocation and carry out all product approval milestones (Development Submits, Fit, PP, Color Management, Submit Tracking, Approval Status, Risk Escalation).
To achieve the desired first and final costs for the assigned product category.
To diligently monitor pre-production/production and elevate/rectify any issues in prompt and sound manner.
To carry out PO Acknowledgement & Maintenance responsibilities in an accurate and timely manner.
To support Delivery Management and ensure Production/WIP & Ex-Factory schedules are adhered to for the assigned product category.
Assist in any tasks and ad hoc projects as assigned.