Sourcing Manager
Colony Brands, Inc.

Job Description

Exciting growth opportunities. Professional stability. You can have both!

We recently expanded our portfolio with new print and e-commerce brands with the purchase of assets from AmeriMark Interactive. 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 97 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 collaborative, proactive Sourcing Manager with significant global product sourcing experience.
Looking for a place where you can positively impact the business and leverage your skills? If so, then Colony Brands may be the place for you!
What You'll Do:
As a Sourcing Manager, you'll report to the Divisional Sourcing Manager of the Home division and be responsible for successfully sourcing and procuring materials and products that deliver the best possible value in price and quality while balancing risks and regulatory concerns. You'll partner with our Merchandising, Planning, and Inventory teams to ensure domestic and international sourcing activities are aligned to meet the goals of the organization.

You'll also be responsible for:
• Driving business category sourcing strategies and cost initiatives to meet business goals
• Leading and developing a product sourcing team
• Influence key changes to processes and tools
• Driving and coordinating major Sourcing projects
• Directing and developing 2 direct reports

Qualifications

What It Takes:
We need an experienced Product Sourcing Manager with proven global sourcing and supply chain management experience. To be successful in this role, you must possess professional level communication skills and thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional, collaborative team environment.

Ideally, you will have a bachelor's degree in a Business, Logistics, Supply Chain, or Operations Management discipline and at least 5 years' experience with domestic and international product sourcing functions.

In addition, we are looking for:
• Significant experience negotiating high-dollar contracts and complex sourcing relationships
• A strong understanding of regulatory and trade requirements
• 5+ years' industry experience with strong knowledge of home accessories and decor
• 3+ years' leadership experience
• A flexible, strategic thinker with forward vision who is open to change and will drive improvements
• A solution-oriented and customer-focused demeanor
• Exceptional negotiation and conflict management skills
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• A team player who fosters cross-functional relationships
• The ability to occasionally travel both domestically and internationally
• We value collaboration and believe that it often happens best in-person. All members of the Sourcing team are 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:

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

A robust Wellness Program including Onsite Healthcare

Superb Retirement Plans (401K & a company-funded Pension Plan)

Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits

Seven 4-day work weeks in the summer months to give our employees additional time off

Educational Assistance

Company Profit-Sharing

Company Product Discounts

And, so MANY more!

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