Senior Sourcing & Product Development Associate

**Responsibilites**:
**Sourcing and Procurement**:

- End-to-end sourcing process for products, collaborating closely with factories, suppliers, and vendors
- Conduct thorough market research to identify new sourcing opportunities, emerging trends, and potential partners.
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies to optimize costs, quality, and lead times.
- Negotiate and renegotiate favorable terms and agreements with suppliers to ensure the best value for the organization
- Foster strong relationships with suppliers, manufacturers, and vendors to ensure a collaborative and productive partnership

**Product Development & Improvement**:

- Ideate and develop designs for new products based on market research and consumer data
- Manage the product development lifecycle, from concept ideation to final product delivery, ensuring alignment with company goals and customer preferences.
- Work closely across functions (Branding, E-commerce, etc) to share insights, USPs, best practices, and collaborate on cost optimization initiatives
- Oversee product sampling, testing, and quality assurance to meet established standards.
- Identify opportunities for product innovation and enhancement to maintain competitiveness in the market and/or improve gross margins
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to ensure commercial decisions and standards are met

**_ What We Would Like to See_**
- Minimum 2 years of working experience in procurement, supply chain or relevant industries
- Bachelor's degree in a related field from a reputable university, with second class honours and above
- Fluent in English
- Proven track record within sourcing, interacting with diverse stakeholders within the company, manufacturers, vendors would be a huge advantage
- Strong financial acumen
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Familiar with best practices, supplier management and metrics