Sourcing Manager

TJX Companies

At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you’re working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores—TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family—a Fortune 100 company and the world’s leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

The Sourcing Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of our sourcing strategy for TJX products designed in-house by our Product Design team. The responsibilities may include managing a sourcing specialist, procure sustainable materials with an eye on quality, newness and innovation, negotiating prices, , and build strong internal and external relationships.

This role collaborates with Product Development, Merchants, GS&P, Direct Vendors, Buying Agents, Global Buying Offices, Sustainability Team, and Legal.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with Stakeholders to realize desired outcomes 

• Adjusts approach to varying audiences 

• Engages in respectful, effective, timely communication; asks questions, listens to answers 
• Builds and maintains a strong network at all levels and across functions
• Delivers Value on Time by finding or creating leverage, efficiencies and opportunities while identifying and mitigating risks 
• Leverages and continually develops relevant Sourcing knowledge
• Production, Retail Math, Logistics Timing
• International Commerce Rules/Regulations, Specialized Country Knowledge, Finance, Macro Economics, Sustainability Regulations and Tracking and more
• Leads negotiations to achieve the best possible product mix at the target profit margins
• Creates and executes negotiations strategy
• Is the central point of communication for all Stakeholders (Agents/Vendors, Merchants, Product Team, etc) throughout the negotiations process
• Maintains Costing dataset and related reporting, ensures accuracy and timeliness
• Find and evaluate potential suppliers based on key criteria, including but not limited to capabilities, capacity, pricing/value, financial health and other considerations
• Monitor supplier performance, capacity and health
• Partner with Business Unit to create grow/maintain/shrink strategy based on the above and on business needs; executes strategy, monitors results, adjusts course as needed
• Drives the business by transforming data and research into strategy and action; data and research may include: Product, Programs and Customer Needs , Business Intelligence , Inputs, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Order History

Who We Are Looking For: You.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Merchandising, Finance or relevant experience
• Proficient with Microsoft office suite
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel: pivot tables, v-lookups, formulas
• Strong math and analytical skills
• Able to unify and clearly present ideas to individuals and groups
• Collaborative; works well in a team environment; strong communication skills
• Meets deadlines; responds appropriately in a timely manner
• Excellent multi-tasker, able to manage multiple projects/ programs simultaneously

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