What We Do – Accountabilities
- Establish and maintain the material library in the Vietnam office, aligned with DGO logic and seasonal updates.
- Ensure timely and accurate release of production masters, including master swatches and color Window (CW).
- Manage non-leather supplier performance across Vietnam and Cambodia, tracking KPIs and escalating issues as needed.
- Support supplier compliance and onboarding, including documentation verification and registration.
Essential Functions
Material Library & Master Management
- Organize and maintain approved color masters and color window (CW) by season, ensuring accurate record-keeping and traceability.
- Coordinate with technicians to ensure masters are released correctly and on time after order confirmation.
- Monitor and replace masters with color issues, working with suppliers and internal teams to implement updates.
- Keep systematic records of all master swatches, including physical samples and digital tracking.
Supplier & Performance Management
- Track and manage non-leather supplier KPIs across Vietnam and Cambodia; escalate unresolved quality or delivery issues to Senior Production Manager.
- Act as the first point of contact for quality or delivery disruptions between factories and non-leather suppliers.
- Verify suppliers' legal documentation and assist with vendor registration and creation forms (Vietnamese language required).
- Monitor supplier certification, compliance status, and lab test performance; communicate updated Caleres test protocols and customer requirements.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Work with suppliers to track duplication progress and follow up the approval results to make sure duplication are finished before deadline
- Conduct Munsell Eye Test and report result and analysis
- Partner with Material Development team to implement new workflows, processes, and tools to local suppliers aligned with business needs.
- Conduct data analysis and generate performance reports on team efficiency and supplier KPIs as requested by leadership.
Preferred Qualifications & Education
- University degree
- 5 years in the Shoe/ Material industry.
- PU/ Textile Commodity material experience is preferred
- Material Management Knowledge
- Competence in Microsoft Office/PPT/Excel
- Fluent in English (oral/written)
