Category Manager - Sweaters
19 hours ago
Philadelphia
Anthropologie is looking for a category-specific leader that facilitates and executes Design’s vision through the development and management of pre-production processes and production work flow. Expert troubleshooter with strong competencies in raw material, price/costing, and delivery issue resolution. Strategically supports Merchant’s needs and Brand business requirements with a forward looking approach. Strong collaboration with partners in sourcing operations, product development, design and merchandising. Required to provide training, development and support of team members and direct reports. Role Responsibilities: SOURCING STRATEGY • Manage brand initiatives and goals., • Create and manage monthly forecast by factory, and annual mill strategy by provided operations calendar deadlines measured by monthly book to date reconciliation., • Control final allocations., • Develop and maintain relationships with vendors to ensure successful business partnerships., • Analyze industry trends to proactively identify supply base issues to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit the brand., • Book fabrics and manage deliveries, and liabilities. Reviewed at quarterly mill review., • Collaborate between stakeholders to create calendar and meet deadlines as measured by seasonal calendar actualization report., • Outline and communicate brand and category strategy based on Trend meeting., • Improve adoption rates over specific time period and hit approved line plan style count measured by seasonal line plan actualization., • Calculate and manage rolling and final IMUs at order placement for variance IMU analysis., • Strategize brand business opportunities including freight modes for distribution center receipt, flow, and margin opportunity., • Manage product development and production process for merchant direct product., • Assess and develop staff. Build the appropriate team to ensure effective day to day management of each business group and accurate and readily available records and reports., • Coach staff to generate creative solutions., • Ability to lead change, and coach team to respond to a rapidly changing business environment., • Facilitate corporate initiative of global work shift to support international expansion., • Coordinate and facilitate team to deliver aesthetically correct samples that meet Design’s vision and the Merchant’s requirements., • Facilitate team to maintain and manage the pre-production time and action and production work-in-process. Role Qualifications • Significant leadership experience managing large teams working in a fast paced environment., • Experience traveling overseas to evaluate vendors and to determine areas of improvement., • Supervise subordinates’ responsibilities to ensure accomplishment of department goals and deadlines., • Promote the development of subordinates through supervision and training., • Pro-actively approach problem solving., • Implement operational efficiencies., • Adapt quickly to changes., • Driven by deadlines with a high sense of urgency.