Product Sourcing Manager

Kingfisher • Lower Southampton Township, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.
As a Product Sourcing Manager you will drive performance, ensuring the triangular team and suppliers perform at their best.

Requirements

• Strong negotiation skills, including being able to think creatively
• Ability to thrive and make decisions in a fast paced environment
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to challenge the status quo and work collaboratively with a wide network
• Experience of managing projects and holding stakeholders to account
• People management experience required
• Knowledge of manufacturing and product development process with additional exposure to retail/procurement

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing competencies across the team and drive engagement, retention and succession plans
• Set clear team objectives with structured performance reviews, feedback and management. New Business Development
• Collaborate with the management team in communicating and implementing priorities for the buying office
• Work directly with the triangular team in developing robust and lasting relationships to drive better/more informed decisions
• Drive the implementation of the vendor mapping within your footprint, through a combination of new supplier discovery activity, benchmarking and developing bears (alternative suppliers)
• Develop and maintain relationships with new and existing vendors to deliver the product development and margin plans Contracting and Operational Delivery. Ensuring project milestones are delivered on time, promoting cross functional collaboration between all functions.
• Guarantee minimum standards and Kingfisher sustainability policy compliance
• Be accountable for the collection, completeness and quality of the data to support article and vendor set up and maintenance in the company systems and be the Kingfisher point person for the vendors; responsible for ensuring their compliance to our policies and processes, such as Brand and Packaging, Audit and Factory Assessment Product and Supplier Development
• Manage forecasting & delivery of KPIs through structured monitoring, reporting, direction, challenge and support

Benefits

• An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination.
• We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self.
• We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed