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As this position requires detailed communication between the US and international locations, work hours will be staggered to cover portions of both US and international business hours.\nPosition Responsibilities\nManage the supply chain process and communication to deliver 100% on-time quality programs with overall margins that meet or exceed our annual company goal.\nWork in conjunction with the product development and design teams to write clear and precise specifications into an RFQ (Request for Quotation) within the PLM system.\nSupport and follow best practices in the process of executing and delivering your programs on time.\nBuild and maintain a costing matrix for each category you own by partnering with your supervisor, product development, and sourcing teams.\nPartner with Procurement team to determine factory partners with the best fit to quote each program.\nCommunicate directly with Gartner’s overseas sourcing team and factories to problem solve issues and opportunities.\nWork with the art production team to manage the timeline and accuracy of art files being delivered to the vendor partners.\nAssure timely delivery of all samples required for customer and product development approval.\nProvide help and support to QA staff to ensure that all testing is completed to allow on time delivery.\nProvide support to all operations as needed.\nUnderstanding of product offering, retail and competitive landscape for all key accounts/customers\nCollaboration with vendors on real-time product development, relationship building, costing and specification negotiations\nAll other duties as assigned.\nRequirements:\nCompany Expectations\nConsistent emphasis on collaboration with cross-functional team members\nMitigating conflict with urgency, addressing concerns with subordinates, peers and management independently and professionally\nConsistently and respectfully on time for all meetings\nProfessionally present in all meetings, focused (not on computer with other work, cell phones)\nVigorously respect time management, for yourself and all team members\nEstablished and clearly articulated point of view (POV)\nTroubleshooting, solution identifier\nPreparedness for all inward and outward facing meetings and presentations\nModel behavior: exceptional attitude, act with urgency, clear expectations & communication\nConsistently and accurately follow all process procedures, tools and system requirements as instructed by manager\nJob Specifications\nMinimum Education:\nBachelor’s Degree required\nOperations, Supply Chain, or International Business-related degrees preferred\nMinimum Experience:\n3 years’ experience in sourcing and/or product development related fields\nProficient in Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, Microsoft Teams\nGeneral understanding of stationery product business with the ability to develop a very detailed understanding\nProven ability to work in fast paced environment while juggling multiple competing tasks and 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Programs are required to be delivered on time while meeting the quality expectations against our brand as well as our external customer requirements. The position requires strong attention to detail, timeline management, product knowledge, problem solving skills, critical thinking and clear communication with precise information to our procurement team, overseas sourcing team and factory partners. It also requires collaborating, team building and partnering with both internal and external teams. 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