Associate Sourcing Specialist - China

Asia-China-Ningbo

At The Michaels Companies Inc., our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity and celebration. As the leading destination for creating and celebrating in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.com and Michaels.ca. The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit www.michaels.com.

At Michaels, we prioritize the wellbeing of our teams by providing robust benefits for both full-time and part-time Team Members. Our benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, generous employee discounts, and much more. For more information, visit mikbenefits.com.

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.

This position is responsible for supporting the execution and improvement of end-to-end best practices in Global Sourcing for assigned product categories. This role is accountable for supporting the development and management of vendors, as well as maintaining existing vendor relationships and driving projects to ensure that vendors meet or exceed their contractual obligations by delivering innovative, quality products on time

Major Activities:

Assist the team in Sourcing Process Execution and Vendor Management-

• Execute and improve the end-to-end sourcing processes including vendor management, price negotiation, product development and sample assessment to meet the on-time delivery, quality and commercial KPIs
• Source and develop potential vendors as well as drive a respectful and collaborative vendor relationship with existing vendors to ensure they meet all company’s requirements including value, quality and innovation.
• Liaise with various parties in sample handling, order management, laboratory testing, packaging artwork creation and approval processes.
• Support on Request for Proposal, category costing bids and product development independently in conjunction with and product development and sourcing teams.
• Assists in product development trip, sourcing trip and finalization events to ensure its smooth arrangement
• Execute order management to ensure accuracy of database; Monitor and regular update on project status of assigned product categories.
• Perform data entry and provide other administrative support in the team; Support ad hoc assignments and projects if necessary.

Minimum Education

• Degree/Associate Degree/Diploma holder in Merchandising/ Business Management or related discipline

Minimum Special Certifications or Technical Skills

• Hands-on computer knowledge in MS word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point & Chinese Word Processing

Minimum Type of Experience the Job Requires

• Minimum 1 year’s work experience

Other

• Energetic, self-motivated, detail-oriented and independent working style
• Sets good example for collaborating with others
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Eager to work in a team in order to achieve best results
• The ability to work in a demanding but collegial, team-oriented environment. Good command of both written and spoken English and Mandarin
• Up to 15% travel

Preferred Type of Experience the Job Requires

• Basic sourcing experience gained from US buying office/ retailer is preferable

Applicants in the U.S. and Canada must satisfy federal, state, provincial and local legal requirements of the job.