Overview
In this pivotal leadership role, you will strategically lead sourcing, product development, and production operations to scale a growing knit apparel business. You’ll oversee cross‑border teams in the UK and Bangladesh, driving operational excellence, supplier networks, and continuous improvement. You will own P&L and budgeting while shaping a scalable operating model that supports growth and efficiency. A key focus is delivering on-time, high-quality production through strong stakeholder management and change leadership. This is a chance to influence global sourcing strategy, automation initiatives, and long-term business impact.
Pay / Benefits
- highly competitive executive package
- career growth opportunities
- international exposure
- leadership of global teams
Responsibilities
- Lead sourcing, merchandising, product development and production operations
- Spend significant time in Bangladesh and travel internationally as required
- Drive operational excellence across quality, delivery and critical path performance
- Improve processes, systems and reporting to support growth and efficiency
- Optimise sourcing strategies, supplier relationships and factory networks
- Lead and develop international teams, driving accountability and performance
- Deliver continuous improvement and automation initiatives
- Manage costing, margins, budgets and P&L performance
- Ensure production is delivered on time, in full and to quality standards
- Support business growth through operational leadership and strategic sourcing
- Build strong customer and supplier relationships
- Lead organisational change and create a scalable operating model
Key requirements
- Extensive experience in apparel sourcing, manufacturing or production leadership
- Proven success leading sourcing and production teams in Bangladesh
- Strong knowledge of garment manufacturing, costing and margin management
- Commercially astute with experience managing budgets and P&L
- Track record of improving operational performance and delivery
- Experience managing global supplier and factory networks
- Strong leadership skills with experience developing international teams
- Credible stakeholder manager able to influence customers and suppliers
- Experience leading change, restructuring teams and improving processes
- Hands-on, results-driven and customer-focused
- Willing and able to travel extensively, including significant time in Bangladesh
- leadership
- stakeholder management
- results-driven
- sourcing strategy development
- production management
- costing and margin management
Sourcing & Operations Director - Apparel Supplier in London employer: Page Executive
At Page Executive, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture. Our hybrid role allows for flexibility while ensuring collaboration with a talented team dedicated to driving growth in the professional services sector. We offer robust employee growth opportunities, competitive benefits, and a chance to make a significant impact by shaping marketing strategies that connect directly to revenue.
