Fabric Sourcing Manager
hace 1 día
Old Trafford
Vogue Sourcing is an exciting fast paced and dynamic fashion supplier based in Old Trafford. We are searching for a Fabric Sourcing to lead the end-to-end sourcing and development of fabrics across multiple product categories, ensuring commerciality, quality, sustainability, and speed-to-market. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Proactively source fabrics globally, ensuring competitiveness on price, quality, MOQs, sustainability and lead times., • Manage and grow relationships with mills in key regions, • Ensure mills meet compliance, testing and ethical standards in line with client and business requirements., • Negotiate pricing, capacity, and delivery schedules to support business needs., • Identify and develop new fabric qualities aligned to seasonal trends and customer requirements., • Collaborate with design, production and merchandising teams to deliver fabric concepts that meet client briefs., • Oversee fabric performance requirements, and compliance to meet retailer standards., • Troubleshoot fabric issues quickly and effectively, working with mills and technical teams to resolve problems., • Maintain accurate fabric library, specifications, and costing files., • Support margin improvement by identifying cost-efficient fabric opportunities, negotiating core and volume buys on a seasonal basis., • Monitor global fabric trends, fibre price movements, and market dynamics. ABOUT YOU: • Minimum 5+ years’ experience in fabric sourcing or textile development within a fashion supplier, manufacturer, or retailer., • Strong experience working with UK or European retail clients, ideally Next or similar., • Established global mill network and deep understanding of fabric manufacturing processes., • Strong knowledge of woven/knit fabric structures, yarns, dyeing, finishing, sustainability and testing standards., • Ability to travel internationally., • Commercial mindset with strong negotiation and cost-management skills., • Excellent communication skills, able to present confidently to senior retail stakeholders., • Highly organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple developments at pace. OUR BENEFITS PACKAGE • Vitality private medical insurance (after 2 years service), • Enhanced maternity pay, • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, • Buying and selling holiday scheme, • Birthday day off, • Sample Sales, • Opportunity to travel, • Pension scheme, • Sample sales, • Bike2work scheme, • Flexible working opportunity