Assistant Sourcing Manager, Global Merchandise Sourcing - Consumer Products
応募 後で応募 Job ID 10099993 勤務地-都市 シンガポール, シンガポール 勤務地-国 Disney Experiences 掲載日 2025/07/04仕事内容:
Wherever you are in the amazing world of Disney, you are contributing to the stories of our iconic brands, recognised by audiences everywhere for entertainment, information and inspiration. Innovation, imagination and inclusion are at the core of Disney, defining the experience that we deliver as well as providing the foundation of our success. The scope of our business, combined with global growth and collaboration result in an inclusive employee experience characterised by continuous learning, development and achievement.
About Disney Consumer Products
Disney Consumer Products (DCP) is the division of Disney Experiences that brings beloved brands and franchises into the daily lives of families and fans through products – from toys to t-shirts, apps, books, console games and more – and experiences that can be found around the world, including on the Disney Store e-commerce platform and at Disney Parks, local and international retailers, as well as Disney Store locations globally. The business is home to world-class teams of product, licensing and retail experts, artists and storytellers, and technologists who inspire imaginations around the world.
About the Role
The Assistant Sourcing Manager, Global Merchandise Sourcing is responsible for managing a merchandise category and supporting the Senior Manager, Global Merchandise Sourcing across multiple categories.
This role will be responsible for anticipating potential production issues and developing breakthrough ideas and processes to continually mitigate risk. This role will also be responsible for supporting short and long-term sourcing strategies, driving factory relationships, initial cost negotiations, production follow up, and is accountable for all strategic details and decisions of all categories that are managed by their teams.
Responsibilities:
- Proactively drive measurable efficiencies of team communications, tasks, and overall workflow to support continuous improvement.
- Assist management on the growth of global and segment-wide relationships.
- Support manager to execute short and long-term sourcing strategies for managed categories, proactively drive the set priorities, objectives, and action plans to improve supply base and mitigate risk with measurable accountability.
- Assist manager in the leveraging opportunities and executes sourcing strategies for global site-specific items.
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance team to ensure products placed with managed suppliers are meeting Disney quality standards.
- Drive product development management, communicating key milestones and deadlines within the sample approval process.
- Drive proactive production tracking, communicating, and troubleshooting exceptions and delays.
- Negotiates costing and proposes value engineering options to achieve profitability goals while ensuring product vision is achieved.
- Collaborate with factory and Product Design to bring new art techniques and applications and researching trends.
- Support manager to monitor the managed suppliers continues to meet ILS MCS, regulatory standards, and other established supplier performance requirements.
Requirements:
- 5 years of experience in Global Sourcing and/or Merchandising
- Strong knowledge of product-specific construction standards, materials, and manufacturing processes/techniques.
- Outstanding negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to balance conflicting priorities between creative design and cost of goods objectives.
- Proficiency in English
- Proficiency in Japanese, Mandarin or Cantonese is a bonus (spoken and written) - to communicate with suppliers in other markets
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical and strategy-formulation skills.
- Ability to influence internal stake holders and drive efficient decision-making.
- Experience in merchandise sourcing and production management.
- Strong computer skills. (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, Micro Charts, etc.)
- Ability to work on multiple projects within specified time frames.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
- Understanding of US and Global testing, safety, and labeling requirements and impact to product design and manufacturing processes.
- Understanding of free-trade agreements, duties and resulting impact of sourcing strategies.
Educational Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Product-specific technical degree and/or manufacturing experience a plus
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
Disney Experiences について:
Disney Experiencesは、テーマパーク、リゾート、クルーズ船、ユニークなバケーション体験、製品などを通じて、ディズニーのストーリーとフランチャイズの魔法を世界中に届けています。ディズニーは、米国、欧州、アジアの6つのリゾート、トップレーティングのクルーズライン、人気のバケーションオーナーシッププログラム、受賞歴のあるガイド付きファミリーアドベンチャービジネスを有し、旅行業界でひときわ輝いています。さらに、ディズニーのグローバルコンシューマー製品事業には、世界をリードするライセンスビジネス、世界最大の子ども向け出版ブランド、あらゆるプラットフォームのゲームにおける世界有数のライセンシング、世界中のロケーションおよびオンラインのディズニーストアがあります。
The Walt Disney Company について:
The Walt Disney Companyは、その子会社・関連会社とともに、多様性あふれる国際企業として、Disney Entertainment、ESPN、Disney Experiencesの3事業を柱に、ファミリー向けエンターテインメントとメディアの世界をけん引しています。1920年代に小さなアニメ・スタジオとしてスタートしたDisneyは、今日のエンターテインメント業界において卓越した存在となりました。ディズニーは今後も、子供から大人まで、ご家族のだれもが楽しめる一流の物語や体験を生み出し続けます。Disneyのストーリーやキャラクター、体験は、世界中のあらゆる場所の消費者やお客様に届けられています。当社は40カ国以上で、従業員とキャストメンバーが一丸となり、世界的にも地域的にも歓迎されるエンターテインメント体験を創出しています。
このポジションは The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) という事業部門の一つである Disney Experiencesでのお仕事です。