Sourcing Assistant
Colony Brands, Inc.

Job Description

We are seeking a Sourcing Assistant to support our Global Sourcing Department.

We recently expanded our portfolio with new print and e-commerce brands. These additions to our portfolio of affiliated companies will both enhance our customer product offerings and offer new career growth opportunities. We're adding talented, ethical, and hard-working team members across the organization to support the rebuilding and integration of these brands.

Our Heritage: Over the last 98 years, our company has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from apparel to award-winning bakery goods. All the while maintaining our roots as a private, people-centric business based in Monroe, WI. Today, Colony Brands is one of North America's largest and most successful multi-channel direct marketing companies.

To build on that success and support future growth, we are seeking a detail-oriented Sourcing Assistant with strong organizational skills.

What You'll Do:
As a Sourcing Assistant, you will perform all duties necessary to assist Sourcing Managers with the successful sourcing of materials and products for specific RD, SFC, Pack & SKU-level assortments. You'll be responsible for inputting and maintaining vendor and product data in various systems and preparing information and deliverables for business updates, seasonal planning milestones and corporate calendar deadlines.

You'll also be responsible for:
• Supporting the team with essential product sourcing and vendor management activities
• Assisting the team with product development and sampling activities
• Assisting the Sourcing and Merchandising teams in collecting and verifying vendor and product information for catalog/web presentation
• Supporting in-season product performance monitoring and management

Qualifications

We're Looking For:
Someone who will quickly master the use of merchandising/sourcing systems and internally created mainframe systems and who has a high level of oral and written communication skills.

You'll thrive in this role if you are both flexible and process-oriented and can flex to meet changing priorities within the business. Attention to detail is critical in this position.

In addition, we are looking for:
• An associate degree in business or a related field
• 1+ years of previous experience negotiating/coordinating with vendors &/or the public
• Solid computer skills, especially in MS Excel and Word; Power BI is a plus
• Self-motivation and the ability to work efficiently with limited supervision
• Strong multi-tasking skills and an ability to prioritize multiple deadlines and projects
• Strong written communication to efficiently work with internal cross-functional teams and external vendors
• We value collaboration and believe that it often happens best in person. This position is required to work onsite at our Monroe, WI Design Center

About Us

Colony Brands, Inc. is one of North America's largest, multi-channel, direct-marketing companies. The company maintains an extensive portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from cheese and petit fours to apparel and kitchen appliances, while maintaining its roots as a private, customer-centric business based in Monroe, WI. We're financially sound, yet our success is not just defined by our profits; it's about living our Core Values, giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work! To that end, Colony Brands generously supports the communities we work in and offer many benefits and programs that support the well-being of our employees.

Benefits Details

Colony Brands is not just about growing our profits - We are about giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work. We also offer our employees many great rewards in addition to monetary compensation: