The Sourcing Manager is responsible for leading the sourcing and supply of accessories categories (including leather accessories, jewellery, eyewear, lifestyle and packaging), ensuring products are delivered on time, to cost and quality standards, in line with business demand and launch deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Own supplier performance and manage end-to-end production flow.
- Lead the placement of all bulk finished goods production purchase orders for leather goods accessories, jewellery, stationery, eyewear, sunglasses, lifestyle extension and soft accessories.
- Manage the production critical path, ensuring suppliers are manufacturing on time and proactively resolving any issues to maintain on-time delivery.
- Oversee the raw material supply base for the accessories collection, ensuring timely deliveries of all production raw materials required for the UK and offshore factories.
- Negotiate all raw material prices with suppliers on a seasonal basis and create a raw material pricing summary for the seasonal pricing meeting.
- Collaborate with factories to communicate business capacity requirements and advise on forecasts for all raw material suppliers.
- Manage the placement and control of agile raw material stocks, facilitating both core and seasonal agile orders.
- Handle the placement of all packaging and consumables orders in line with business requirements.
- Ensure accurate data entry into business systems throughout the process and report on delivery status regularly to meet business needs.
- Lead and develop the purchasing team, setting clear objectives and driving performance outcomes.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned to cost, quality and delivery objectives.
- Own supplier performance and drive continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Proven experience within a sourcing or purchasing function, working with an international supply base, ideally across accessories, leather goods or lifestyle categories.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to negotiate pricing, understand cost drivers and support margin optimisation.
- Experience managing supplier relationships, including performance management and driving continuous improvement.
- Strong understanding of production processes and critical path management, with the ability to mitigate risks and maintain on-time delivery.
- Confident working with data and internal systems (e.g., MRP/ERP), using insight to support forecasting, planning and decision-making.
- Effective people leader, able to motivate and develop teams, set clear expectations and drive performance outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence cross-functional teams including Planning, Product Development and Quality.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills, with a proactive and solution-oriented approach.
About Mulberry
Mulberry is a B Corp certified British lifestyle brand committed to sustainable, responsible practices across climate, circularity and community. Our culture values honesty, dynamism and community spirit, and we strive to create an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated.
Sourcing Manager in City of Westminster employer: CIPS
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