Sourcing Specialist

Overview

Title:
Business Operations and Corporate Services - Sourcing Analyst 2

Location:
Beaverton, OR

Duration: 12+ month contract

Payrate: $41/hr on w2

WHAT YOU WILL DO

WHO YOU WILL WORK with in this role you will be part of the global Sport Category Sourcing team, reporting to the Global Sports Apparel (GSA) sourcing Director. You will collaborate daily with Sport Focus Product Creation, Finance, Supply Planning, Materials, and Manufacturing teams.

• Creating and executing the various Sport Focus sourcing strategies.
• Managing the cost planning process to ensure profitability, helping product teams assess tradeoffs between product cost/margin and other criteria.
• Understand global sourcing process from strategic sourcing to seasonal execution.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a Sourcing Analyst II, we’re looking for a strategic and entrepreneurial person to manage sourcing and cost planning activities. The ideal candidate will provide a proactive approach to bring multiple stakeholders together and thrives in a cross-functional environment. This role is perfect for a teammate with product creation and manufacturing experience with strong communication skills. The candidate needs:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Textiles, Supply Chain, or related field or an additional 2 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience (supply chain, product or manufacturing)
• Strategic thinking and enterprise mindset
• Ability to maintain a high level of integrity, remain effective in an environment of ambiguity, and have strong attention to details
• Strong analytical skills. Able to manipulate and shape data to answer questions, identify trends, and provide business solutions to complex issues.
• Ability to communicate up and down to different levels of the organization as well as listen and respond to diverse stakeholder input

You will be responsible for a specialty sports such as Cricket, Basketball Special Projects, and Olympics sideline product, working with the triad to build the appropriate source strategy and ensure you execute to that strategy. You will drive profitability by defining the style level targets by working with Finance to understand the Sport Category profitability targets.