Sourcing Assistant

Reporting to the assigned Sourcing Lead, your focus will be supporting your Sourcing Lead taking ownership of the samples and new supplier and product creation. Your team is an important tool in providing support to the Category Teams based in Australia & New Zealand.

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to further their car

Responsibilities

1. Work close with your Sourcing Lead & Category Team to source and develop products and to drive activities on supporting business needs and achieve procurement metrics goals like costing, reliability, on-time delivery.

2. Develop and maintain sustainable relationships with internal stakeholders, peers, and key or high impact suppliers

3. Assure social and legal compliancy of the supply base.

4. Manage new suppliers onboarding, including business introduction, terms and conditions, procedures and regulations.

5. Monitor the progress of new item development from draft, design, sampling and approval before transition to merchandising

Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

2. Some experience in sourcing or purchasing preferred - knowledge of global sourcing, international trading, manufacturing and electronics

3. Strong business and financial foresight

4. Self-motivated, well-organized, accountable, proactive with a positive mindset

5. Interpersonal skills - exceptional listening, understanding, influencing and communication (written and verbal), and presentation skills

6. Possess experience in working with international counterpart office is an advantage

7. Fluency in English and Mandarin written & spoken