We are Umbra …

We share a vision of creating original, modern, casual and affordable design for every room in the home. We are a privately owned, Canadian company with 35 years of industry experience. Led by our founders, our designs can be found in over 120 countries across five continents. Our global success is attributed to our entrepreneurial nature and a desire to push ourselves, and each other, beyond our limits.

SUMMARY

Manage assigned categories, supply chain, and product development objectives.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Manage all aspects of development of products from design specification to launch within time, quality and budgetary constraints.

2. Follow-up on purchase orders, development of samples, shipments, quality assurance.

3. Analyse purchase orders taking into consideration lead-time and supply constraints.

4. Monitor and communicate progress of design projects using Umbra Project Tracker system to ensure product is released in a timely manner to meet required delivery dates

5. Responsible for product cost negotiating and buying price ensuring to meet profit margin.

6. Evaluate vendors quote to ensure the reasonable costing is setup for new products.

7. Coordinate with designer, graphics, QC and vendor in different development stages to execute the design, packing and quality.

8. Communicate with vendors as required to develop designs for quoting and production.

9. Suggest and finalize product details, material, and construction to achieve target price.

10. Attend weekly conference calls with Toronto Category Managers.

11. Attend weekly project overview meeting with Product Development Associate.

12. Manage vendor performance.

13. Management of entire design process in assigned categories/dockets – “cradle to grave”

14. Sign Yellow label samples prior to production.

15. Sign Green label samples from completed production.

16. Maintain communication with internal departments, including merchandising, sales, customer service, logistics, quality control, and production.

17. Execute annual cost savings initiatives.

18. Sourcing, prospect and maintain alternative supply sources.

19. Visit factories to view work in process and oversee final QC inspections and shipment.

20. Manage rework and stock conversion activities.

21. Other job duties as assigned.

1. University degree or equivalent.

2. Minimum 3 years working experience in managing product development/supply activities.

3. Experience with MRP systems, MS Office, and Outlook

4. Good command of oral and written English communication and literacy.

5. Must be extremely well organized and work well under pressure and be a strong problem solver.

6. Self motivated with good initiative – work well with minimal supervision.

7. Experience meeting multiple deadlines - must be comfortable multi tasking.

8. Strong team player with demonstrated ability to motivate others.

9.Must be flexible and able to adapt to new situations.

Suitable Candidates with more experience can be considered as Project Manager

• Bằng cấp: Đại học
• Độ tuổi: Không giới hạn tuổi
• Hình thức: Nhân viên chính thức
• Lương: Cạnh tranh