5784BR

Wisconsin

Job Description

Exciting growth opportunities. Professional stability. You can have both!

We recently expanded our portfolio with new print and e-commerce brands. These additions to our portfolio of affiliated companies will both enhance our customer product offerings and offer new career growth opportunities. We're adding talented, ethical, and hard-working team members across the organization to support the rebuilding and integration of these brands.

Our Heritage: Over the last 97 years, our company has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from apparel to award-winning bakery goods. All the while maintaining our roots as a private, people-centric business based in Monroe, WI. Today, Colony Brands is one of North America's largest and most successful multi-channel direct marketing companies.

To build on that success and support future growth, we are seeking a collaborative, proactive Sourcing Associate with strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. Are you a nimble thinker who can adapt to an ever-changing business environment? If so, then this may be the role and the place for you to grow your career!

What You'll Do:
As a Sourcing Associate within a category team of the Home or Apparel divisions, you'll be responsible for successfully sourcing and procuring products for multiple brands that deliver the best possible value in price and quality while balancing risks and regulatory concerns.

You'll partner with Category Merchandising, Planning, and Inventory to ensure domestic and international sourcing activities are aligned to meet and adapt to the goals of the organization.

You'll also be responsible for:
* Evaluating and cultivating vendor relationships
* Facilitating product development and sample management
* Cross-functional support to Production, Inventory & Planning to ensure on-time delivery of product

Qualifications

What It Takes:
We need an experienced Sourcing Associate with an ability to quickly master internal software programs and systems with a high degree of accuracy. You must possess superior communication skills and thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional, collaborative team environment.

Ideally, you will have 3 or more years of previous product sourcing and cost negotiation experience. A bachelor's degree in a Business, Merchandising, or Logistics discipline is preferred.

In addition, we are looking for:
* A solution-oriented and customer-focused demeanor
* Strong organizational and project management skills
* A continuous learner who seeks new challenges
* Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
* We value collaboration and believe that it often happens best in person; All Sourcing team members are required to work onsite at our Monroe, WI Design Center

About Us

Colony Brands, Inc. is one of North America's largest, multi-channel, direct-marketing companies. The company maintains an extensive portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from cheese and petit fours to apparel and kitchen appliances, while maintaining its roots as a private, customer-centric business based in Monroe, WI. We're financially sound, yet our success is not just defined by our profits; it's about living our Core Values, giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work! To that end, Colony Brands generously supports the communities we work in and offer many benefits and programs that support the well-being of our employees.

Benefits Details

Colony Brands is not just about growing our profits - We are about giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work. We also offer our employees many great rewards in addition to monetary compensation:

Job Category

Inventory/Planning/Sourcing

Employment Type

Regular/Full-Time

City

Monroe