Category manager vs director of strategic sourcing

Differences between category manager and director of strategic sourcing duties and responsibilities

Category manager example responsibilities.

• Lead team to manage predominantly seasonal fashion apparel by reacting to trends with appropriate buys and proactive exit strategies.
• Manage and create purchase plans and OTB's.
• Design and manage all BTL plans for the brands.
• Manage multiple sources of data to mine for business voids and opportunities at both macro and micro levels.
• Deliver profit and sales forecasts, manage merchandising budget, and used IRI data to produce optimal product mix.
• Lead a high performance jewelry merchandising team in a digital commerce environment through television, e-commerce, and social media.
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Director of strategic sourcing example responsibilities.

• Manage and coordinate consecutive annual RFP's selecting print suppliers to print annual reports and proxy quotations meeting tight deadlines.
• Lead the synergistic expansion of outsource logistics throughout multiple business acquisitions.
• Manage entire RFX event lifecycle, including requirements gathering, supplier strategy development, contract negotiations and program implementation.
• Administer all activities with assign contracts, commodities and customer support areas.
• Identify options and plan for ERP system implementation, to be execute when fund.
• Lead team that utilize a consistent and efficient RFI and RFP process to generate significant savings
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