Description

What You’ll Do:

• As the main point of contact, you will coordinate with cross functional teams that interact with suppliers to ensure a consistent approach, priorities, action items, and messages to each of our suppliers.
• Manage supplier tactical capacity in alignment with other internal stakeholders, and within the company processes.
• Identify, establish and develop high performing outdoor furniture suppliers.
• Analyzing suppliers’ performance and market trends and comparing them to benchmarks.
• Evaluate supplier manufacturing capabilities, SWOT analysis, and give critical inputs to supplier strategy.
• Identify and act on business opportunities to create preconditions for product and production cost out, based on value and fact-based business approach.
• Overall responsible for business with a defined number of suppliers and business scope. Develop effective business relationships and secure their performance in all aspects (as per KPIs and Goals) through Article Way.
• Secure business objectives according to relevant category strategy.
• Contribute to optimizing the value chain that creates better products and meets the needs of the business and customers today and in the future.
• Greater than 30% of travel is required, mostly to manufacturing partners in Asia.

Who You Are:

• 5+ years’ experience in sourcing and merchandising roles in the furniture industry, preferably wooden patio furniture.
• A good grasp of wooden patio products’ technical knowledge, compliance, and manufacturing efficiencies is an advantage.
• Always act with internal/ external customers, suppliers, and total cost development in mind.
• Capability to deliver results through involving and engaging people.
• Proven track records in building and maintaining excellent supplier relationships
• Excellent English and Vietnamese verbal and written communication skills. The ability to communicate in Chinese is a plus.
• Excellent negotiation, interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with G-suite / Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• The ability to travel overseas, typically to China, Indonesia and other Asian countries, is required.

Perks & Benefits:

• 15 days vacation
• 11 National Holidays & 1 extra day for Christmas
• 6 well-being (sick) days
• 1 Inclusion and Diversity Day

• Excellent extended health care benefits packages (dental, health check, mental health…)

• State-of-the-art laptops with the tech and tools to easily collaborate
• Be a part of a dynamic company and an internationally recognized brand

About Article

• Vancouver, Canada is home to our HQ (and our first retail store)
• Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is home to our Asia HQ
• Our US and Canadian logistics network serves our customers coast to coast.