Head of Global Sourcing, Greater Africa at Flexi-Personnel

Duties and Responsibilities

Global Sourcing Strategy – Development & Operationalization:

• Pioneer new Global Sourcing business relationships across Greater Africa
• Develop and support the implementation of new global sourcing strategies and initiatives for the region to create a competitive advantage for TCP
• Build and establish a merchandising/sourcing presence in the region to improve the organization’s supply chain reliability
• Draw linkages and create opportunities for greater collaboration and organizational alignment across all divisions of the global Product Quality and Sourcing/Merchandising functions
• Support the factory self-certification programs, ensuring all production regions have plans in place to shift capable factories over to certified status and achieve yearly targets for volumes shipped from certified “Low Maintenance” Suppliers
• Plan, coordinate, participate and/or support the organization with delivering large-scale events and conferences, such as regular Sourcing, and/or Vendor Summits
• Develop and deliver relevant training to internal and external stakeholders to realize/operationalize new strategies, programs, and protocol

Product Vendor Development

• Identify, engage, and cultivate new and existing vendor relationships
• Coordinate, guide, and support vendor assessments through the start-up process.
• Oversee & coordinate the vendor onboarding process

Africa Government Relations

• Represent TCP when engaging government officials and representatives in region such as:
  • US Embassy
  • In-region ministries
  • USAID
• Maintain and nurture government relations
• Manage TCP application for Aid grants

Field Quality Assurance

• Partner with the Director, Product Quality and provide local support to the Field QA teams across
• Greater Africa in achieving an overall effective execution of all quality management programs and initiatives for TCP regionally
• Support the Director, Product Quality to consolidate, review, and present Field QA data and trends to senior management while proposing recommendations for continuous improvement

Philanthropy

• Manage and oversee TCP partnerships with Child Care Development Centers (Plan International)
• Manage adherence to operational program guidelines
• Identify potential new locations

Business Analytics:

• Continuously monitor workload across all manufacturing locations regionally, particularly in conjunction with major shifts in the Company’s sourcing footprint; provide the VP, of Global
• Sourcing (International) with resource plans per region and recommendations for continuous “right-sizing” of the quality and merchandising functions
• Use relevant data to support the development of tailored factory improvement plans to elevate factory performance and thus product quality across all locations
• Work with relevant business partners in Global Sourcing and Sourcing Operations in maintaining the Vendor Scorecard process

Qualification Experience and Skills

• Diploma/Degree in a related and appropriate field (such as fashion technology or garment manufacturing)
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ progressive, increasingly responsible experience in global sourcing, product quality, QA, QC, operations, or similar
• Ability to network, build professional relationships, and influence at all levels within the organization, external partners, and service providers
• Possess a strong global sourcing, manufacturing, and product quality background specific to Greater Africa
• Comprehensive merchandising/sourcing background in both Pre-Production and Production management for apparel and non-apparel products, children’s products preferred
• Previous experience working across different countries and cultures preferred
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with a strong command of verbal and written English
• Proven knowledge of data analyses and sourcing business operational flow; exposure to Global Sourcing metrics and analytics
• Strong capability in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Demonstrated prior experience developing, communicating, and maintaining Vendor Scorecards

Key Competencies

• Drives Business Results through Communication and Collaboration
• Plans and Organizes
• Exhibits and Drives Accountability
• Builds Effective Teams