Job Description
Title: Country Director - Operation
Company Name: Europtex Fashion Limited - Bangladesh Liaison Office
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Country Director of Operations will manage the Bangladesh office's day-to-dayoperations on the ground, ensuring the smooth running of all functions to support the business development within the regions.
∎ Buying Office Operations
∎ Ensure office meets country administrative requirements
∎ Estimate and manage office annual expense budget
∎ Hire, develop, lead and retain high-performing talent and teams within a buying office
∎ Lead day-to-day operations within the sourcing office and responsible for but not limited to product compliance, delivery, logistics, office information technology, and administration
∎ Participate in overall sourcing strategy development, provide country-specific updates in capabilities, and communicates strategy to the team
∎ Support various business and operational strategies including vendor consolidation and trade preference penetration
∎ Maintain Vendor playbooks including Vendor and Factory capabilities, size of business, % of business to enable smart sourcing and allocation decisions
∎ Make an earnest effort to repair trust among team members as or when required. Help Team members find ways to test new ideas efficiently through rapid prototyping and view innovation as a journey that may involve many turns.
∎ Create opportunities for team members to strengthen their networks, value their opinions and seek out diversity of opinions.
∎ Perform any ad hoc tasks as assigned
∎ Support the HQ as assigned in Business Development
∎ Develop business of designated customers by identifying new best sources of supply to ensure delivery of business targets based on customer requirements
∎ Sourcing potential new suppliers, managing reliable and responsive supply base, discussing supplier performance to achieve speed to market
∎ Provide local leadership to develop and maintain supplier relationships
∎ Develop and train staff in product development and sourcing skills
∎ Guide Team for supplier development and supplier briefing, seasonal supplier evaluation and seasonal capacity blocking for production.
∎ Ensure satisfactory execution of all POs placed for the business stream to meet all commercial KPIs: OTD, Lead Time, Quality, Pricing etc.
∎ Guide and manage the sourcing communication for the business stream.
∎ Manage Team and cross-functional parties (eg: QA/Technical Teams) on order status and supplier capabilities.
∎ Closely follow up on the critical path with the Team and solve problems (if they arise) in the process.
∎ Ensure that day-to-day review is made on feedback received from team members on various issues including production status and corrective actions are taken in time.
∎ Guide and keep track of the Team to manage the whole process of pre- and post-order placement ensuring quantity, quality, order specification and delivery dates are achieved.
∎ Provide leadership & direction to the Team, proactively share knowledge and resources with other individuals/teams via digital and social platforms to support their success.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Organizational and excellent communication skills are a must.
∎ Textile and production background is a must.
∎ Highly integer with solid business and work ethics
∎ Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
∎ Strong decision-making and conflict-management skills
∎ Highly detail-oriented and meticulous.
∎ You lead by example!
∎ Up to date with the latest merchandising trends and best practices
∎ Strong Knowledge of garment manufacturing, including construction, fabrication, trim and print techniques is a must.
∎ Proven working experience in sourcing office operations.
∎ Fluency in English is a must, any other language a plus.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per Company Policy.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 26 Dec 2023
Company Information:
∎ 10 Dec 2023
∎ Europtex Fashion Limited - Bangladesh Liaison Office
Category: NGO/Development
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