Senior Sourcing Assistant

Here at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our vibrant head office team as a Senior Sourcing Assistant based at our Head Office in Carlisle, Cumbria.

If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

1. Maintain ongoing supplier evaluation process, which is in place, taking input from colleagues with the objective of having a strong base of quality suppliers, capable of meeting our changing requirements.

2. Responsible for product engineering through selected suppliers to achieve the Company quality standards and price targets.

3. Negotiate contracts with suppliers, covering capacity bookings, price agreements, payment terms and Critical Paths.

4. Management of relative Critical Path functions, to ensure that products are developed, manufactured and delivered to schedule.

5. Management of the official ordering process

6. Development of the Sourcing base, in line with Company requirements to have dual sources and improved lead times across the product offer.

7. Provide relevant information on raw materials, products and sources to Design and Buying & Merchandising colleagues, and attend strategy and selection meetings as necessary.

8. Ensure product is delivered within agreed costing, (including processing).

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill is a retail business comprising of over 200 units, including High Street, Tourist & Destination sites, predominantly Fashion and Home.

The company headquarters are in Carlisle, Cumbria. Carlisle has a principal station on the West Coast main line from London Euston and sits on the M6 motorway.
This location provides ready access to the major facilities expected of a city, combined with the possibility of living in one of the finest countryside areas in the UK.
Almost every conceivable type of outdoors and countryside activity is at hand. There are fishing rivers, hill walking areas and golf courses nearby and the Lake District is a short drive away.

High Street stores
The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has mainstream high street stores selling ladies and menswear for the 45 plus customer. Outlets are located in a wide variety of market and provincial towns across the UK and Ireland

Tourist Shops and Visitor Centres
We have specialty tourist stores, where gift items and other products reflect the stores location. The outlets, which trade under an individual, often local, fascia, are in key tourist locations throughout the UK. Many stores are on busy tourist routes and benefit from coach visits where food service and exhibitions are all part of the attraction.

Destination Shopping
There are Destination Sites which contain all of the Company's concepts and other brands to increase their attractiveness as a retail destination. The sites trade under local, individual fascias such as Antartex Village, and Kernow Mill, Mackinnon Mills.

If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, we would love to hear from you!