Regional Sourcing Merchandising Manager
Tgt-Australian Target Shanghai Office (Independent From Coles Group Asia)
Shanghai
Regional Category Merchandise Manager- Ladies’ men’s and kids’ Intimate, Sleepwear, accessories and socks . >Leading 4 teams of Asia including Shanghai and India. >Making strategy and budget for the category team. >Sourcing and manage vendors in whole Asia, manage vendor matrix, do cross costing and open costing analyzing, try every way to save cost.>Evaluating vendors’ performance and production ability to do production capacities and suppliers’ competence. >Managing India team and the product in Cambodia and Bangladesh. >Take team working with buying and design team to develop new product every season. >Leading team and give guidance. >Coordinating with QA, QC and logistic team. >Leading global project, such as basic items’ consolidation in Asia, resupply item to store etc. >Experience on both knitting and woven fabric, especially on the knowledge of dying, printing and embroider etc. Instruct vendors for quick development and improvement. Sparkling points: >Have consolidated 1.3 million units of flannelette item in Asia and saved 15% cost for company comparing with each team’s independent sourcing.>Taking the team successfully developed Italian famous brand Missoni’s ladies sleepwear for Target and selling very well. >Taking a new team but increasing 27% business turnover in one year especially the whole business down of the department store. And keeping 3 years continually above turnover budget and profit budget. Got praising from GM on the meeting of whole Asia teams. >Co-working with Australia supply chain team developing resupply project with Asia suppliers. >Strong ability on innovation and developing. Successfully trying and developing story range with buyers, which got amazing sales.