Sourcing Specialist, Beyond Yoga
Sourcing Specialist, Beyond Yoga
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$ 77100 - 102700
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Headquartered in Los Angeles Beyond Yoga is a premium active lifestyle brand female-founded LA born and bred. Founded in 2005 and grounded in the value of body positivity Beyond Yoga creates clothing from luxuriously soft easy to care for fabrics in styles that serve a broad range of workouts and activities. The brand has over 1218 wholesale accounts spanning both US and international markets alongside seven stores located in California Chicago and Seattle. Its strong fan base is fueled by enthusiasts of its signature Spacedye fabric and lifestyle essentials including outerwear lifestyle pants fleece and beyond. Beyond Yoga seeks to inspire growth in mind body and in connection with community.
In September 2021 we joined Levi Strauss & Co. one of the worlds largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. Beyond Yoga benefits from our relationship with LS&Co.s global capabilities. For more information go to
This role reports to the Sr. Manager of International Production & Sourcing at Beyond Yoga and works closely with internal teams and supply partners to drive strategic and tactical decision-making. The focus is on ensuring cost-effectiveness quality and on-time delivery across a designated portfolio of vendors and material suppliers.
About the Job
- Leverage strong professional relationships with strategic suppliers and industry players.
- Employ market leading knowledge of key international industry players competitors and dynamics to identify potential.
- Initiate and implement programs with our suppliers to improve speed-to-market building a responsive supply chain and improving ability to react to customer demand while minimizing inventory risk and raw material risks
- Define the vendor qualification process leading the identification evaluation selection on or off boarding of suppliers all without disruption in quality service or cost
- Own partnerships and overall performance of international vendors to align with company standard and expectations in costing target in-full service quality trade compliance supply chain security and corporate social responsibility goals.
- Manage Supply Chain Operation teams (production po/wip management of international suppliers to continuously improve operational performance ensure trade compliance and corporate responsibility-
- Partner with the internal team to maximize profitability by ensuring costing execution choosing optimal sourcing locations that offer duty relief via current and future International trade agreements as well as end to end supply chain advantage (inventory lead-time service CO2 emission etc.)
- Collaborate with internal teams to achieve alignment and to ensure that the source base meets prototyping and development needs of the organization on a seasonal and promotional basis
- Partner with the Compliance team to anticipate change in international trade regulations that impact sourcing strategies e.g. duties and quotas and establishing and supporting the enforcement of optimal incoterms with suppliers.
About You
- 5 years of international strategic sourcing/production/procurement experience in apparel with experience in fabric and piece goods preferred.
- Market leading knowledge of international sourcing market analysis macro-economic drivers sourcing category strategy supplier relationship management strategic vendor alliance programs should-cost models and multi-year negotiation strategies supplier continuous improvement programs and Lean Initiatives
- Experience in developing and working with diverse cultures
- Knowledge of Ethical Sourcing Requirements
- Ability to create analytical tools for managing sourcing decisions product line evolution and gross margin optimization on an international level
- Ability to anticipate how a decision made can affect our customers our partners our products our Brand or other departments operations and morale; connecting the dots
This is a hybrid position based in our Culver City CA headquarters. You will be expected in office 3 days per week typically Tuesday-Thursday. Note time in office can vary depending on business needs.
The expected starting salary range for this role is $77100 - $102700 per year.We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. The amount a particular employee will earn within the salary range will be based on factors such as relevant education qualifications performance and business needs.
Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) offers a total rewards package that includes base pay incentive plans 401(k) matching paid leave health insurance product discounts and more designed to help you and your family stay healthy meet your financial goals and balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits and incentive compensation vary depending upon the specifics of the role; details relating to a specific role will be made available upon request. Read more about our benefitshere.
LS&Co. is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and value people from diverse cultures backgrounds and experiences to make LS&Co. a collective success.
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LOCATION
USA Culver City Beyond Yoga HQFULL TIME/PART TIME
Full timeCurrent LS&Co Employees apply via your Workday account.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
