Burberry Director, Raw Materials Procurement and Sampling

INTRODUCTIONAt Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.

We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.

JOB PURPOSETo manage the Raw Material procurement process across Sampling and production RTW Raw materials (Fabric and Trims) in-line with the seasonal critical path to ensure a seamless hand-over from Raw Material Development to Raw Material Procurement to enable the seasonal RTW showroom collections to be delivered on time and the bulk pre-buy to be executed on time and to budget to enable requested floorset dates to be achieved in-line with regional requests and global Marketing campaigns.

To build the RM strategy and roadmaps to achieve our sustainability goals.

To ensure core raw materials are optimised from a cost and availability perspective to enable fluctuations to sales forecasts to be managed and sales optimised.

To develop and lead the Raw Material teams and nurture strong supplier relationships aligned to our RTW supplier and product strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop and maintain Supplier Strategy

Manage supplier relationships

Support country of origin and ''Good, Better, Best'' strategies

Negotiate raw material costs (core and seasonal)

Counter-source Core and Seasonal fabrics and trims (as needed)

Monitor and ensure we meet our sustainability goals

Manage Industrialisation and Quality of selected raw materials

Manage Core and Seasonal raw material Pre-Buy process (sampling and bulk)

Manage new requests

Minimise seasonal RMX generation (influence utilisation)

Provide seasonal reporting as needed (internal and external incl. seasonal hindsight)

PERSONAL PROFILE

5 years minimum relevant industry experience

Strong Textile and Trims knowledge (knits and wovens)

Good communicator

Proven leadership skills

Team player

Commercial acumen

Italian speaker (not essential)

Solution focussed approach to problem solving

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