Director, International Sourcing job opportunity at Disney.



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Disney Director, International Sourcing
Requires: 10-years - XP
Pattern: full-time
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Bachelor's (B.A.)
Hong Kong

• Develops, mentors, and trains teams, providing appropriate direction, resources, and environment needed for success. o Manages global initiatives, projects, processes & resources to produce desired outcomes (Ensures that appropriate processes are launched and utilized to deliver safe products and environments o Engages suppliers & colleagues across the organization to optimize performance, ensure Disney Quality Requirements, and drive innovation within supply base to elevate supplier performance with measurable results. o Educates & cultivates suppliers to ensure production & development of project meets desired timeline. • Oversees the development of short and long-term sourcing strategies for managed division, setting priorities, objectives, and action plans to improve supply base and mitigate risk with measurable accountability. o Travels domestically and internationally to evaluate the viability of worldwide market opportunities, build vendor relationships, and continuously expand product knowledge/expertise. o Drives market exploration and diversification. o Uses product knowledge to drive leveraging opportunities across the segment and/or other Disney lines of businesses. o Fine tune measures to achieve cost mitigation goals based on the weekly/monthly business review report. o Proposes and implements solutions to achieve sourcing strategies for global and local developed items o Manages best-in-class vendor base strategies to maximize profitability and minimize risk so that vendor base shows measurable progress YOY in all categories within division managed (earns the trust & respect of suppliers through facilitating win-win situations. o Actively engaged and highly familiar with advanced features and functionality of existing sourcing technology (suggests new uses for existing technology, as well as new technologies altogether). • Drives profitability over managed categories ensuring the proactive monitoring of mix and cause of change drivers and aggressive value engineering and negotiation efforts. o Uses product and market knowledge to oversee the achievement of product category margin goals. o Identifies opportunities to leverage cross-category tools, information, processes and resources to optimize organizational performance and support. o Mitigates cost increases with creative solutions based on supply chain leveraging, value engineering and market shifts. o Seeks, develops and drives innovative negotiation strategies that lead to significant cost and/or efficiency savings. o Applies appropriate analytics to achieve optimal total acquisition cost agreements. • Anticipates market behavior, develops and drives associated overall supplier strategies to mitigate risk, protect the Disney brand, and achieve competitive advantage. o Articulates and reports out on market trends, key economic indicators, and geopolitical risk, along with their associated impact on sourcing strategies. Develops and monitors priorities, objectives & action plans in response. o Uses understanding of product knowledge/markets by product category to support the creation of the supplier bidding strategy o Develops and/or maintains a stable, socially compliant supply base that is 100% compliant in meeting all ILS and regulatory standards and other established supplier performance requirements. o Uses tools to manage & mitigate risk, uncertainty, and threats to ensure continuity of supply, cost control, and quality assurance. __ Develops clear and consistent strategies to achieve the organizational vision • Demonstrates great leadership skills, proactively recruits, retains, and develops a diverse range of talented people • Translates strategy into specific priorities, objectives, and action plans; driving large scale initiatives that reshape global business processes • Develops appropriate metrics and drives executive reporting to assess business performance • Uses knowledge of the company's products and services to manage the needs of diverse stakeholders (Collaborating with both cross-functional teams and vendors) • Establishes and nurtures critical internal and external partnerships and alliances. • Proactively seeks new opportunities, ideas, techniques, and materials to drive product innovation with both new and existing suppliers • Leverages synergy opportunities across functions and business • Examines issues from a broad perspective, considering impact beyond immediate scope (Makes sound business decisions that balance competing priorities) • Manages projects, processes and resources to produce desired outcomes • Creates an environment that develops breakthrough ideas and innovative strategies through the thinking and measured risk taking • Leads the change effort from inception to the attainment of desired results, constantly "Raising the Bar" (Coaches others through change) • Encourages team builds for both global and segment-wide relationships • Holds self and others accountable to high performance standards • Understands the unique development opportunities and career goals of each member of the team and provides challenging work assignments, along with, timely and relevant coaching and feedback • Addresses performance issues and takes appropriate action • Recognizes and rewards the achievement of others • Learns from personal and organizational experiences

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