Materials Coordinator
As Materials Coordinator, you will support executing the material sourcing strategy, research and development by researching, analyzing and capturing information that impacts the mill matrix, fabric consumption and fabric cost saving with technical proficiency.
What You'll Do
- Support key analyses (e.g., Commodity indexing, cost sheet analysis)
- Lead data organization and gathering for fabric costing market events
- Own coordinating, launching and answering mill communication
- Support Category Leaders with relevant facts in preparation for and during costing negotiations
- Help validate calculations and assumptions in costing models
- Develop presentations to drive decision-making for various audiences, including upper management
- Establish and evolve agnostic reporting best practices for present and future phases
- Finalize the contractual agreement for costing fabric market events
- Lead, support, follow up and analyze bi-annual Mill Fair
- Support the product life cycle system and manage materials inbox
- Support data management for mill tiering and scorecarding
- Obtain mill competencies and manage mill profiles
- Coordinate and support mill visits
- Assist with preparation for monthly meetings and communicate information to cross-functional partners
- Own and manage Material site content
- Assist with the team's travel preparation
- Drive process and data management efficiencies
- Document and maintain best practices
- Develop training resources
- Additional tasks may be assigned
What Skills You Have
Required
Strong problem-solving abilitiesExpertise in internal and external Customer ServiceDetail-oriented and adaptable self-starterStrong collaboration skillsPassion for all aspects of productEffective written and verbal communication skillsExperience with Microsoft Office Suite and Google SuitePreferred
Bachelor's Degree in Sourcing, Textiles, Business or closely related fieldsBackground in research and analysisProduct Development exposure