Manager of Vendor and Buyer Engagement

The TJX Companies, Inc.•Marlborough, MA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Manager of Vendor and Buyer Engagement you are the front-line engagement and liaison between the merchants, vendors and logistics operations group to ensure goods move through the supply chain timely and most cost efficient from vendor to stores. Accountable for creating and implementing business enablement strategies that support the TJX off-price model of delivering value to our customers.

Requirements

3+ years experience in merchandise buying, planning and allocation, merchandise operations with a strong understanding of off-price buying and vendor management
Strong relationships
Excellent communication skills
Understanding of merchant, vendor, transportation and GBO requirements
Leadership expertise
Strong interpersonal skills
Analytical and problem-solving mindset
Demonstrated people leadership and development capabilities
Metrics, process, and efficiency focus

Responsibilities

Manages and directs one or more of the following areas including: MVL Logistics Consulting and Triage
Both internal and external consulting on how to structure a buy to move goods through the supply chain in the most timely and cost-effective manner to support sales
Assisting in taking merchandise concepts and initiatives through fruition
POE Management
Manage all aspects of POE up until the point that goods are “available” at the destination port including PO writing and compliance, vendor and buyer management and compliance, liaison with decon providers, forecasting and tracking, KPIs/performance.
Merchandise Flow Management
Proactively partners with logistics operations groups to understand what operational impacts freight moving through the supply has on PO lead times
Monitors and manages communication on all delays, priorities and expedites surrounding flow of merchandise through the supply chain to groups including buying, planning, GBOs, product dev.
Develop and communicate all calendars and lead-time cutoffs out to concerning parties and monitors POs for exceptions
Vendor Centric Ticketing
Manages all aspects of pre-ticketing programs in all divisions with the exception of the European division
Develop, collaborate and implement ticketing short term and long-term strategies to support TJX growth and business needs
Responsible for selecting and implementing new providers
Work closely with 3PL providers to develop innovations and enhancements that benefit our vendors for the ease of doing business with TJX
Provide technical training to merch ops
Responsible for all aspects ticket bureau on-boarding
Establish KPIs and regularly analyze data
Develops and Implements Training and Education
Vendor engagement and onboarding to all TJX Logistics practices including how to effectively and efficiently move goods through the TJX network and TJX’s requirements on value added services including ticketing, labeling, packing
Merchant/Merch Ops training and education including training including topics such as PO writing, Inco terms /freight movement, how to research where my goods are, ELCs, lead times, ticketing, and store ready
Distribution Services training including Store Ready, vendor compliance
GBO/satellite office training including topics such as PO writing, Inco terms/freight movement, ELCs, lead times, EDI, ticketing, and store ready, on-boarding to logistics and warehouse education
Logistics Training, including off-price education, deal management, vendor structure, roles of our business partners
Product Development training including topics such as PO writing, Inco terms/freight movement, ELCs, lead times, EDI, ticketing, and store ready, on-boarding to logistics and warehouse education
Manages Compliance of all aspects of Logistics related to vendors, buyers, and ticketing providers
Partner with areas to understand the compliance issues as it relates to both the transportation of and adherence to PO requirements.
Create holistic full picture of a vendor’s compliance from all aspects of supply chain
Directs the research and troubleshooting of possible causes and involvement
Analyze data to identify trends
Create and execute action plans with ticketing bureaus for improvement
Report progress and improvement
Research industry performance, standards and benchmarks to analyze vendor performance
Conducts high level business conversations with merchandise vendor’s heads of sales and operations and developments compliance improvement plans
Staff Development
Manages, coaches, and mentors direct reports and develops them for future growth within the function and organization
Oversees performance and professional development of associates with the Business Enablement group