Associate Sourcing Manager, Upholstered Products - West Elm
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As an Associate Sourcing Manager, you will own the product through the development lifecycle up to order placement. You will lead communication with vendors and overseas offices, drive timeline adherence and cross-functional alignment. You will help lead the upholstered products category in alignment with the product calendar. Responsibilities PD Process Ownership- Owns delivering products within parameters set by design, engineering, and merchandising. Drives cross functional alignment on development goals. Leads seasonal PD kickoff meetings. Owns weekly PD meetings for assigned categories. Updates development tracker. Communicates accurate details relating to sampling, costing and product details to all cross functional partners and vendors/ agents. Timeline Management -Drives adherence to all timing goals: spec out, sample due dates, product approval, final cost pass off, validation and PO placement. Leads the communication on sample requests, follow up and troubleshooting timelines...Manager, Associate, Sourcing, Upholster, Product Development, Customer Experience, Retail, Business Services