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Director, Operations, Asia & India Supply Chain
Fashion Industry Company
Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
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Director, Operations, Lee Asia & VF India Supply Chain
Overall ownership of all supply/demand planning related activities across multiple regions (India and Asia) and brands (Lee, Wrangler, Vans). Leads the following functions – Sourcing and Distribution for India and Forecasting & Planning for India and Asia Jeanswear.
The Director will work with the appropriate leaders of cross-functional teams to develop supply chain strategic direction and ensure agreed processes and procedures are in place to support the strategy.
The role is also responsible for the health of the overall S&OP process and all related improvement projects resulting from this process including establishing control-related standards and procedures.
Key Result Areas:
• Responsible for supply chain processes, enablers and infrastructure & capacity creation both in the vendor base and in Distribution and Logistics.
• Responsibilities include overall ownership of all supply/demand planning related Company website Director will work with the appropriate leaders of cross-functional teams to develop supply chain strategic direction and ensure agreed processes and procedures are in place to support the Company website Director is also responsible for the health of the overall S&OP process and all related improvement projects resulting from this process including establishing control-related standards and Company website independently and handles VP sponsored projects of the highest complexity.
• Drive a collaborative supply chain environment that encompasses all members of the end to end supply chain including internal and external customers.
• Actively mentor managers and team members across Sourcing, Operations Planning, and Distribution to build supply chain capability by benchmarking and implementation of appropriate systems and processes.
• Work with business leadership and the CFO to develop and review the monthly and annual business forecasts
Sourcing
• Develop and implement a sourcing strategy within the context, direction and guideline of supply chain to meet business objectives.
• Develop infrastructure / capacity in the vendor base to meet the requirements of quality, on time delivery, product development and cost.
• Seek out strategic opportunities within the supply base to yield significant supply chain advantage for the company.
• Ensure compliance of the vendor base to company rules and norms including social compliance and policies on restricted substances.
• Along with legal ensure compliance of the sourced product to regulatory and legal statutes.
• Evaluate and approve purchase plans; monitor and review to ensure adherence to procurement plan , budgets and cost forecasts
• Lead negotiations with critical suppliers
• Responsible for all supply related activities including purchase process, capacity reviews with sourcing team, and purchase scheduling.
• Support the product development process by ensuring adequate development capability and capacity in the vendor base.
• Drive the product development calendar along with the product teams to ensure on time and meeting quality requirements for both sampling and bulk.
• Work with product and quality teams to set up processes to ensure adherence to standards while meeting cost and timeliness objectives.
• Responsible for setting and reviewing KPIs covering service levels, cost and other associated metrics across the sourcing function and other functions impacting the supply chain. Ensure that KPI targets directly related to the supply chain are met.
Distribution and Logistics
• Ensure that physical infrastructure for both Distribution and Logistics supports the company’s revenue plans while optimizing cost and meeting desired service levels.
• Meet Opex targets for the function. Where applicable, budget for and execute capex projects.
• Work with finance and legal to ensure compliance to internal and external policies and regulations
• Ensure that inventory accounting processes are followed and that inventory accuracy is at agreed to levels.
• Responsible for setting and reviewing KPIs covering service levels, inventory accounting, cost and other associated metrics across the supply chain and other functions impacting the supply chain. Ensure that KPI targets directly related to the supply chain are met.
Forecasting and Planning
• Drive the S&OP process including all related supply/demand functional meetings.
• Responsible for setting and reviewing KPIs covering service levels, inventory, cost and other associated metrics across the supply chain and other functions impacting the supply chain. Ensure that KPI targets directly related to the supply chain are met.
• Responsible for all demand planning related activities including demand forecasts at multiple levels and time horizons. Driving consensus across the Brand and Finance teams.
• Responsible for setting of and communication of the OTB. Ensuring that inventory purchases are supported by demand forecasts derived from consensus meetings.
• All inventory reporting and processes, including the assignment of inventory types.
• Manage and facilitate annual and 5 year operations planning processes.