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Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.
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Senior, Vendor Management Analyst Global - Converse Indonesia
MATERIALS SOURCING & MANUFACTURING
ABOUT CONVERSE
Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world? Born in sports and made for the street, Converse is a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. We seek people who can lead, grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. Converse seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it's about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth.
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ABOUT OUR TEAM
The mission of the Converse Global Sourcing & Manufacturing team is to Deliver Product Excellence, bringing to life and to market products that blow away consumer expectations. We believe this is possible by partnering with best-in-class manufacturers and investing in the right talent to:
- Build capabilities to create innovative products that push the boundaries of our brand
- Deploy responsive supply chain solutions that improve speed and deliver meaningful commercial impact
- Advance the resilience and sustainability of our supply chain through partner, performance and risk management approaches
- Constantly improve our operational model to improve service, efficiency, cost, and quality
- Live our values and put people first to drive organizational effectiveness
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a Senior Vendor Management Analyst Global - Converse role within materials sourcing & manufacturing. An innovative individuals capable of identifying, crafting and approaching material sourcing and supplier management, lead on compliance and implement traceability initiative with suppliers through an enterprise lens, while also effective communicating with global team mates and working cross-culturally. Be accountable for the performance and results of one or more teams within own discipline or department, be able to make decisions guided by policies and business plan that impact the level of service and the department's ability to meet performance objectives. The candidates needs to be organized, detail oriented and thrive in problem solving environments and lead cross functional projects with limited support from line manager.
WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON
As an integral part of the Material Sourcing & Manufacturing team, you will work with material suppliers for supplier performance review, capacity management, build supplier capability etc. You will be partnering with functional teams and material subject matter experts on new projects across functional teams and deliver set business results and support on sourcing strategy with valuable inputs and make good decisions with proposals & data driven according to the needs info. You will lead to solve critical supplier performance challenges and work out the solutions, also to lead on compliance and traceability.
WHO WILL YOU WORK WITH
You will report to Manager, Vendor Management Global - Converse within Material Sourcing & Manufacturing and will work closely with material suppliers and procurement team from shoe factories. You will also connect with internal functional teams to provide inputs in terms of supplier performance, lead on new projects with full storytelling skill to present the project, milestone and outcome etc. In your role, you will serve as material expert to manage supplier performance, capability, capacity etc. to achieve business target with material suppliers and be able to report challenges along with solutions as well as the high level summary for reporting.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Bachelor's degree or above in Industrial Engineering or Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in one or more of the areas of sourcing, manufacturing, operations, or supply chain
- Knowledge of footwear material manufacturing, and supplier chain management, including traceability & compliance is preferred.
- Influences via data storytelling and comfortable transforming large sets of information into a compelling business case. Tableau expertise is preferred.
- Must be flexible, adaptable and resourceful and be comfortable dealing with ambiguity
- Experience investigating, capturing and maintaining data in an information management system
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to navigate cross-functional needs and processes, including the ability to collaborate with and influence all levels of management
- Team player, proactive, flexible and with a desire to learn and grow
- Cultural awareness and a champion for diversity, inclusion, and belonging
- Flexibility to connect with teammates in various time zones
- Ability to travel 5%-10%
Converse is more than a company; it's a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Shanghai, from Brand Design to Finance, Converse is a brand that celebrates the unique and creative people of the world. Together, we're different.
Benefits
Whether it's transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness - inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential.