DESCRIPTION:
The Assistant Sourcing Manager is responsible for managing the Pin Trading category and reporting to the Manager,
Merchandise Sourcing, Shanghai Disney Resort (SHDR). The Assistant Sourcing Manager has responsibility for
anticipating potential production issues and developing breakthrough ideas and processes to continually mitigate risk.
The Assistant Sourcing Manager will be responsible to deliver short and long-term sourcing strategies with suppliers,
driving factory relationships, initiate cost negotiations, production tracking, and is accountable for all strategic details.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
61 Support quarterly business needs to meet KPIs like IMUs, launch dates, chase business
61 Proactively drive measurable efficiencies of team communications, tasks, and overall workflow to support
continuous improvement.
61 Support manager to execute short and long-term sourcing strategies for managed categories, proactively
drive the set priorities, objectives, and action plans to improve supply base and mitigate risk with
measurable accountability.
61 Collaborate with Quality Assurance team to ensure products placed with managed suppliers are meeting
Disney quality standards.
61 Gear Vendor Community to support Creative’s Research & Innovation needs
61 Drive product development management, communicating key milestones and deadlines within the sample
approval process.
61 Drive proactive production tracking, communicating, and troubleshooting exceptions and delays.
61 Negotiates costing and proposes value engineering options to achieve profitability goals while ensuring
product vision is achieved.
61 Collaborate with factory and Product Design to bring new art techniques and applications and researching
trends.
61 Assist manager to follow up action plan from suppliers to meet ILS MCS, regulatory standards, and other
established supplier performance requirements.
CORE SKILLS:
61 Strong collaboration skill set with internal cross-cultural teams & the vendor community
61 Strong knowledge of product-specific construction standards, materials, and manufacturing
processes/techniques.
61 Outstanding negotiation skills.
61 Demonstrated ability to balance conflicting priorities between creative design and cost of goods objectives.
61 Proficient in English and Mandarin
61 Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
61 Strong analytical and strategy-formulation skills.
61 Ability to influence internal stake holders and drive efficient decision-making.
61 Experience in merchandise sourcing and production management.
61 Strong computer skills. (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, Micro Charts, etc.)
61 Ability to work on multiple projects within specified time frames.
61 Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
61 Understand China testing, safety, and labeling requirements and impact to product design and
manufacturing processes.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
61 5 years’ experience in Global Sourcing and/or Merchandising
61 Bachelor’s Degree
61 Product-specific technical degree and/or manufacturing experience a plus
61 Proficiency in English and Mandarin (spoken and written)
61 Ability to communicate in other languages would be a plus