**I appreciate the interest, but if you do not have a valid work permit, please don’t apply to this position**
Our client, a leading menswear importer and distributor, is looking for a Vice President of Merchandising and Sourcing to add to their team!
- Travel to Europe for sample shopping (customs declarations, tax free submissions)
- Travel to fabric shows / sourcing shows looking for new product / suppliers
- Travel to China, India, and other countries for sourcing new suppliers, negotiate prices
- Work with Sample Room clerk to categorize and organize the samples when they arrive
- Prepare the SKU plan for each season
- Work with CEO and the designers to develop the line
- Prepare trend research and direction for the new season for all brands with CEO
- Work with the designers on styling details and artworks
- Work with the Sales Team to try and help them understand each style
- Work with the sales team and the customers to present the Product if requested
- Review the designers on tech packs to make sure all details are accurate and clear for the garment makers
- Overlook fit and specs with the designers and Fit Technician
- Overlook with the designers of lab dips, handlooms, strike offs, trims, fits, pp samples, etc…
- Meeting with designers and suppliers to follow up on SMS developments and timelines
- Collecting orders and participating in the buys of all commodities to accumulate totals.
- Work with the fabric mills to establish all fabric qualities, information, and negotiate prices
- Meeting with factories to see what can be done to reduce prices and achieve targets
- Work with the garment makers to negotiate all prices even further at the time of order placement and place all orders.
- Confirming orders (prices and deliveries) and making sure po’s are issued
- Working with the design team to make sure that all items have been sent to the supplier so they can successfully produce each style.
- Work with the team (approx 14 people) to ensure that they have the answers and tools to perform their job and create the product by answering technical questions