Lay Planner (Marker Man/Consumption Technician) - Clothing Technical
Job Description
Title: Lay Planner (Marker Man/Consumption Technician) - Clothing Technical
Company Name: Sainsbury's Argos Asia Limited
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Full-time
Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 5 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Economic and costing trend analysis for Merchandisers and UK buyers
∎ Key style cost benchmarking against other brands to keep pricing competitive
∎ Implementing new costing models such as GSD/SMV and enhancing existing costing models.
∎ Monitor margin status and develop margin improvement strategy
∎ Provide seasonal C/O FOB price comparison, FOB forecast
∎ Provide all related costing information to support functional teams
∎ Support with Seasonal update pre-costing and FOB price
∎ Define product complexity with Sourcing team and set up seasonal labour / overhead level to eliminate unreasonable labour overhead cost.
∎ Training Sourcing Merchandising teams and other teams in SMV and lay planning details
∎ Support Sourcing and work with product development team from initial costing to final price.
∎ Setting cost standards /tools / system - consumption, process cost
∎ Create and maintain cost reference data to achieve better prices.
∎ Build BOM calculators and train Sourcing and Product Development teams to "design into cost"
∎ Enterprise thinking to drive the costing excellence cross functionally
∎ Maintaining and sharing updates on Cost Saving Tracker back to the business leadership teams
∎ To negotiate with the vendors on cost reductions
∎ To support the corporation initiatives on cost reduction and discount programs
∎ Capability to communicate effectively to key stakeholders eg Sourcing, vendors and UK office
∎ To identify cost reduction areas and devise proposals for margin achievement
∎ Familiar with apparel, patterns and yield as well as costing processes.
∎ Review efficiency, production and productivity within the supply base
∎ Give details on operational breakdowns and non-productive loss time
Additional Requirements:
∎ Exceed our customer expectations by delivering outstanding products at incredible value
∎ Beat our financial year budget for sales and profit across Sainsbury's Argos and within our Clothing Division
∎ I understand the contribution to the delivery of our Clothing sourcing strategy and our Technical Vision
∎ You have a reputation for technical rigour providing control, pace and solutions, when required
∎ You understand your development needs and feel empowered to drive your own development
∎ All our colleagues play their part in making Sainsbury's Argos in the UK and Asia a "Great Place To Work"
∎ Role model the colleague values
∎ Excellent technical and production knowledge & understanding of industry and production standards
∎ Wide range of experience and understanding of costings and garment manufacturing in different product sub-straits
∎ Robust end to end knowledge of garment manufacturing and SMV / FOB costings best practice
∎ A passion for product quality and a great understanding of the UK clothing market
∎ A robust awareness of factory standards across the region and industry developments in manufacturing
∎ Ability to develop strong external relationships with suppliers across your region
∎ Manufacturing excellence, 5 S and Six Sigma knowledge
∎ English language a must
∎ Inspire and influence at all levels using a variety of styles
∎ Support talent and develop colleagues to ensure strong succession plans are in place
∎ Address complex and challenging situations by taking considered risks
∎ Proactively provide solutions to close down issues at pace
∎ Making good quality and timely decisions even in ambiguous situations using creative and logical thinking
∎ Independent & able to work autonomously
∎ Willing & wants to be out in the field & travel
∎ Strong team working ethic
∎ A passion for making a difference for colleagues and customers
∎ All UK based technical, design & innovation and buying colleagues in Clothing & Jewellery
∎ Asia based Clothing sourcing & merchandising colleagues
∎ Your suppliers' internal commercial & technical functions
∎ Your peer group in Sainsbury's Argos in the UK and Asia
∎ External 3rd party service
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary: Negotiable
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 1 Apr 2021
Company Information:
∎ 18 Mar 2021
∎ Sainsbury's Argos Asia Limited
∎ Business : J Sainsbury is a leading UK food retailer. The company`s business comprises Sainsbury`s supermarkets, convenience stores, UK`s third largest digital & catalogue retailer named Argos, groceries online and Sainsbury`s Bank. The company`s range of product offerings besides food and groceries include clothing, beverages, books and gift items, computer peripherals, kitchen appliances, meat and fish, petrol and fuel, pharmaceutical drugs, and home ware.
Sainsbury`s commitment to helping customers live well for less has been at the heart of what we do since 1869. Today that means making our customers lives better and easier every day by offering great quality and service at fair prices across food, clothing, homeware and financial services whenever and wherever they want it. As our customers` lives change, so will our business. Sainsbury`s acquired Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos and Habitat, on 2 September 2016, creating one of the UK`s leading food and non-food retailers - a multi-product, multi-channel business with fast delivery networks.
Sainsbury`s Argos Asia Ltd is a subsidiary of J Sainsbury - our Bangladesh Liaison Office currently manages the procurement process for products sourced through Asia. We source great products from Bangladeshi suppliers at best quality and the right cost in order to provide our customers with the products they love.
Find out more about us at http://www.sainsburys.co.uk & http://www.argos.co.uk/
Category: Garments/Textile
