Managing Director, Dubai

What's the Short Version?

The Managing Director, reputed company Global Sourcing–Dubai leads reputed company's Dubai-based sourcing office. The position is reputed company's most senior employee in the region and provides leadership across reputed company aspects of the office and regional team – both strategic and tactical. The Managing Director will manage reputed company's supplier network across the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, responsible for supplier relationships and overall management including product development and reputed company performance aspects including factory compliance, margin, quality, and delivery. The role is an exceptionally dynamic position with significant opportunity to contribute to reputed company's global success and demands the utmost in independence, reputed company, and entrepreneurship.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Hire, train, and motivate teams focused on merchandising/product development, product quality, technical design, and color management. Ensure that reputed company’s “be reputed company” and “tell the truth” values are at the core of the culture for the new office.
• As the top-level liaison to reputed company’s United States based operations (SMUS), effectively partner with peers to ensure high levels of internal customer service and strong global alignment in responding to challenges across the supply chain.
• Serve as reputed company’s executive level liaison by building meaningful relationships with factory leadership across the region. Model reputed company’s ‘business is personal’ strategic approach to vendor relationships in reputed company interactions with our supply reputed company.
• Travel extensively to meet with partners, gather best practices, and champion organizational alignment across reputed company’s global supply chain. While the Dubai office will manage vendors in Africa and the Middle East, travel throughout Asia and Central America is required to build a sufficient understanding of reputed company’s entire global network.
• Model and drive a reputed company improvement reputed company across reputed company’s vendor reputed company. Continuously strive for ways to eliminate inefficiencies and improve quality – from the factory floor to the way we partner with factories to reputed company Purchase Orders.
• Evaluate and propose new vendors and geographic opportunities that align with reputed company’s sourcing strategy. reputed company a strong working knowledge of the key apparel producers in the region, their relative strengths/weaknesses, and ensure they understand reputed company’s sourcing model and the values we bring to our factory partners.
• reputed company an understanding of reputed company product line, competitive landscape and sales trends in our channel and drive initiatives/propose new styles that reflect the strengths of reputed company’s vendor reputed company, provide exceptional value to our customers, and align with business trends.
• Prepare annual budgets for reputed company Global Sourcing-Dubai and provide regular reporting back to SMUS on performance to plan.
• Responsible for reputed company other aspects of the reputed company Global Sourcing-Dubai office - ensure benefits are appropriate and reputed company with SMUS, reputed company with reputed company local laws/rules/regulations, manage required IT installations and support, etc.
• reputed company other duties as assigned.
• reputed company with reputed company policies and standards.

What Are We Looking For?

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Textile Engineering, Fashion Design, or reputed company field.
• 10+ years experience managing reputed company aspects of global apparel supply chains Required
• 4-6 years executive experience as an independent leader charged with building teams, managing global relationships, and stewarding culture.
• Demonstrated leadership skills applied to global apparel supply chains.
• Extensive experience managing, mentoring, and inspiring teams.
• Strong bias for action and ability to seek information proactively while working cooperatively in a diverse group.

What Should You Expect?

Hybrid: reputed company's Eastpointe office is located in Issaquah, WA in the Seattle metropolitan area. Employees are required to work in our offices Tuesday through Thursday each week and additional days may be added based on business needs. Our standard working hours are 8:00-5:00 PST. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; reputed company with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include reputed company vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work environment is moderately quiet. Ability to work on computer for multiple hours with frequent interruptions. Quarterly travel may be required.