Fabric Sourcing and Development Manager
Job Description
Title: Fabric Sourcing and Development Manager
Company Name: Next Sourcing Services Limited
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree in any discipline
∎ A Degree holder in Textile Design/ Textile Technology preferred, creative is flair essential
Experience Requirements:
∎ At most 8 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Fabric development, Fabric Manufacturing, Fabric Sourcing
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
Multinational Companies, Garments
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Strategically source business and seasonally relevant fabrics for the region and promote those opportunities to relevant working partners like Product Managers, Designers and NUK Sourcing Team, Sales Managers and Buyers
∎ Identify and establish key fabric trends for the upcoming season covering woven and jersey fabric for the products of ladies, men’s and childrenswear, alongside the Product Managers and NUK teams
∎ Actively source and manage the fabric supply base and expand the respective network in Bangladesh and overseas countries
∎ Attend trade shows, conduct mill and shop visits to research the new product trends and technology
∎ Manage and prepare key trend presentations to the UK buying and design teams
∎ Work with product managers and merchandise teams to review & manage fabric cost targets
∎ Drive strategic seasonal cross costing projects on core programs globally
∎ Actively manage sourcing critical path
∎ Plan and execute the establishment of new global sourcing routes
∎ Monitor the execution of the day to day fabric sourcing requests for all territories from merchandising, design, NUK Fabric Sourcing and buying teams to ensure that those are completed on time
∎ Fabric Development
∎ Key Fabric contact person responsible to develop fabrics with Bangladesh and overseas mills based on the requirement from NEXT product teams, fabric sourcing teams and NEXT SOURCING product and design teams.
∎ proactively develop commercial trend fabrics
∎ Work closely with fabric technical team to comply with NEXT requirements
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 8 years’ in fabric sourcing, design and development experience with at least 4 years at managerial level. Preferably working in UK company or buying/sourcing office
∎ Possess comprehensive fabric knowledge including all woven and jersey, light weight and heavy weight fabrics
∎ Have strong trend focus, commercial awareness, a keen sense of fashion and the ability to interpret fabric trends
∎ Knowledge of the apparel design and development process
∎ Understanding of Textile Processes - spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing
∎ Good fabric sourcing network both in Bangladesh and overseas countries
∎ Good communication and presentation skills
∎ A confident presenter, with the ability to deliver compelling fabric presentations to buyers and designers
∎ Good management skills, confident, self-motivated and team player
∎ Ability to undertake overseas travel, when necessary
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Performance bonus, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Salary Review: Half Yearly
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 30 Nov 2021
Company Information:
∎ 19 Nov 2021
∎ Next Sourcing Services Limited
∎ Address : Giant Business Tower (GBT) Level # 4 & 5, Plot # 3 & 3/A, Sector # 3, Dhaka-Mymensingh Road, Uttara C/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.next.co.uk, www.careers.next.co.uk
∎ Business : We, Next Sourcing Services Limited are the wholly owned sourcing company of Next PLC (UK). We are designing and sourcing products via our global network of offices and suppliers.
Category: Garments/Textile
: You are encouraged to apply if your skills and competencies match the profile fit for this job.
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 30th Nov 2021
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