Eddie Bauer, Inc. Hiring for Sourcing Assistant at Bellevue, Washington Full Time

Purpose: Support Sourcing Manager to ensure products achieve the cost, lead-time and delivery requirements to meet wholesale financial goals

Job Responsibilities

Core Accountabilities:

Cost Negotiation and Metrics

• Responsible for costing data integrity across multiple systems
• Support sourcing manager on costing negotiations
• Support manager working with cross-functional teams: Merch, Sales, Tech Design, Materials to cost engineer products that meet or exceed financial targets
• Support manager on negotiations with suppliers to best support company financial goals and long-term supplier partnership
• Support counter-source costing and sampling with multiple vendors
• Report style costing data integrity for key meeting milestones
• Communicate with Vendors related to costing, lead-times and order placement of wholesale product.
• Support sourcing team with wholesale development calendar

Key Interfaces

• Tech Design
• Materials
• Wholesale Merchandising
• Wholesale Sales Team
• Production- PSEB Asia

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Attention to detail and data integrity
• Ability to multitask and to prioritize projects and deadlines
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills; comfortable and effective in dealing with conflict
• Knowledge of retail industry
• Expertise in MS Office applications. PLM system experience preferred

Qualifications

Education/Experience Required:

• 4 year college degree or equivalent work experience
• 1-3 years experience in Sourcing, preferably in Apparel, Gear, Footwear, or Accessories
• Knowledge of retail industry
• Intermediate experience using MS Office; particularly using Excel.
• Attention to detail and data integrity
• Ability to multitask and to prioritize projects and deadlines
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills; comfortable and effective in dealing with conflict

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that are required by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; as well as reach with hands and arms.
• The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to work in open environment with fluctuating temperatures and standard lighting.
• Ability to work on computer and mobile phone for multiple hours; with frequent interruptions.
• Required to travel in elevator or stairwells to attend meetings and engage with associates on multiple floors throughout building.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. As an International Retailer, occasional evening and/or weekend work may be required during periods of high volume. This role operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment.

Other Considerations:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the role.