Manager, Global Sourcing (Product Development) - Remote

Harbor Freight Tools is seeking a Sourcing Manager who will understand quality as it relates to vendor viability and product development. This role involves collaborating with various departments to ensure timely sourcing and product quality, while also providing opportunities for significant impact and career growth.

Responsibilities:

• Build a strategic vendor base for prioritized HFT categories
• Assess a vendor’s ability to ship on time, provide quality goods, and to produce their products at costs that meet the economic requirements of HFT
• Find, evaluate, and select vendors to supply products that are sold in HFT’s retail stores
• Drive product line transitions from sourcing of viable vendors through product costing, sampling, and quality testing in our own laboratories
• Establish second sources that allow HFT to provide its customers with the same product from different vendors, while maintaining form, function, specifications, and cost. The product differences from second sources should be indiscernible to our customers
• Identify new products that would enhance the HFT mix
• Provide competitor insight though discussions with vendors and first-hand knowledge
• Complete all sourcing activities in a timely manner and driving efficiencies whenever possible
• 40-60% overseas travel
• Collaborate closely with merchandising and packaging, quality and manuals, and sourcing teams on a daily basis to serve enterprise objectives and understand total impact of any actions

Requirements:

• Understanding of quality as it relates to evaluating vendor viability, production line setup, and the products themselves to meet company requirements
• Specific hardline product experience, product development, sourcing, and manufacturing
• Ability to build a strategic vendor base for prioritized HFT categories
• Ability to assess a vendor's ability to ship on time, provide quality goods, and produce products at costs that meet economic requirements
• Experience in finding, evaluating, and selecting vendors to supply products
• Ability to drive product line transitions from sourcing of viable vendors through product costing, sampling, and quality testing
• Experience in establishing second sources for products while maintaining form, function, specifications, and cost
• Ability to identify new products that would enhance the HFT mix
• Ability to provide competitor insight through discussions with vendors and first-hand knowledge
• Ability to complete all sourcing activities in a timely manner and drive efficiencies
• Willingness to travel overseas 40-60%
• Experience in collaborating closely with merchandising and packaging, quality and manuals, and sourcing teams
• Staff supervision and development experience