Sourcing Director - Asia

What You&039;ll Do
We are currently disrupting the status quo with a deep use of data to truly understand pricing with our partners. In addition, we’ve doubled our manufacturer vendor capacity last year and are about to double again. Where our manufacturing started in Vietnam, and we’re expanding throughout Asia, and adding additional capacity in Mexico with our growth and product line expansion.
Hey, we’re Article. We’re a digital-first furniture brand that’s working to make everyday living better by providing an easy way for people to furnish their space, with beautiful, modern furniture. We are a direct to consumer brand, with a head office in Canada and warehouse locations across the Americas. We also have an office in Ho Chi Minh city that works closely with our vendors and has teams that are focused on Product, Sourcing and Quality. As we continue rapidly growing we’re now on the hunt for talented, enthusiastic team members to join us.
We’re looking for a Sourcing Director for the Asia region to lead our amazing sourcing team. You will be defining and executing the sourcing strategy, and developing and managing vendors to achieve sourcing goals.
- Pursue a strategy that diversifies global risks that accounts for geopolitical, vendor performance, international supply chain, and ocean transportation risks.
- Support our model to capture product costs, data, and drawings to support product engineering.
- Develop new markets for furniture sourcing that pave the way for the next phase of vendor and country diversification.
- Develop and mentor a fast-growing team that supports Sourcing Operations, Quality Assurance, Global Sourcing Offices, Packaging, Costing and Product Engineering.
- Drive continuous improvements initiatives to improve vendor performance.
- Relentlessly strive for fair and competitive prices with vendors that support Article’s long term business strategy.
- Work collaboratively with vendors, planning team, and design and product teams to ensure future material and product needs are met.
- Ensure Article’s growth plans are supported and capacity is secured.

- Strong understanding of supply chain, global logistics, and manufacturing.
- Experience with negotiations that produce extended value for all parties.
- Degree in Engineering, Supply chain management, Manufacturing, or other related fields.
- Ability to create, develop, and grow new programs and processes in pursuit of remarkably better.
- Deep understanding of furniture manufacturing and factory processes is considered an asset.
- Ability to work cross-culturally and across time zones. This will include travel and meetings that require schedule flexibility.
- 10+ years of management experience in growing, building, and mentoring teams.
- Travel within Asia and to Vancouver - HQ.
At Article, we believe in an “Ownership Mindset” where you’ll be given autonomy and the ability to own your work. Beyond a competitive salary:
- With our fast growth, we have a culture of curiosity, where learning happens on the fly — and while having a lot of fun.
- We reward that ownership mindset, so we offer stock options after one year of employment.
- Discount on our products so you can experience first-hand why our customers love Article.
- Access to dental and health benefits package for your total physical and mental well-being.
Ready to become a Particle? Apply today. We&039;re excited to meet you

Access to a benefits package with all the bells and whistles

The tools you need to get your job done well! We supply state-of-the-art laptops and the software.

Discounts on our products so you can style your home how you like it

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