Director, International Sourcing

Job ID 10127025 Location Kwun Tong, Hong Kong / Burbank, California, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Aug. 27, 2025

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Job Summary:

The Director, Sourcing is responsible for leading a sourcing team consisting of Senior Managers, Sourcing
Managers and Associate Sourcing Managers within a divisional group. The Director, Sourcing has responsibility for
ensuring the development and execution of short-term (seasonal) and long-term sourcing strategies that support
the creative direction while ensuring margin objectives and all other high-level business deliverables are met or
exceeded. The Director, Sourcing is expected to partner and collaborate with Global Sourcing partners, Brand
Merchandise and Product Design, driving the company’s goal such as; sourcing country diversification,
sustainability, innovation to meet cost margin and transparent traceability in supply chain.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Develops, mentors, and trains teams, providing appropriate direction, resources, and environment
needed for success.
o Manages global initiatives, projects, processes & resources to produce desired outcomes (Ensures that
appropriate processes are launched and utilized to deliver safe products and environments
o Engages suppliers & colleagues across the organization to optimize performance, ensure Disney
Quality Requirements, and drive innovation within supply base to elevate supplier performance with
measurable results.
o Educates & cultivates suppliers to ensure production & development of project meets desired timeline.
• Oversees the development of short and long-term sourcing strategies for managed division, setting
priorities, objectives, and action plans to improve supply base and mitigate risk with measurable
accountability.
o Travels domestically and internationally to evaluate the viability of worldwide market opportunities, build
vendor relationships, and continuously expand product knowledge/expertise.
o Drives market exploration and diversification.
o Uses product knowledge to drive leveraging opportunities across the segment and/or other Disney
lines of businesses.
o Fine tune measures to achieve cost mitigation goals based on the weekly/monthly business review
report.
o Proposes and implements solutions to achieve sourcing strategies for global and local developed items
o Manages best-in-class vendor base strategies to maximize profitability and minimize risk so that vendor
base shows measurable progress YOY in all categories within division managed (earns the trust &
respect of suppliers through facilitating win-win situations.
o Actively engaged and highly familiar with advanced features and functionality of existing sourcing
technology (suggests new uses for existing technology, as well as new technologies altogether).
• Drives profitability over managed categories ensuring the proactive monitoring of mix and cause of
change drivers and aggressive value engineering and negotiation efforts.
o Uses product and market knowledge to oversee the achievement of product category margin goals.
o Identifies opportunities to leverage cross-category tools, information, processes and resources to
optimize organizational performance and support.
o Mitigates cost increases with creative solutions based on supply chain leveraging, value engineering
and market shifts.
o Seeks, develops and drives innovative negotiation strategies that lead to significant cost and/or
efficiency savings.
o Applies appropriate analytics to achieve optimal total acquisition cost agreements.
• Anticipates market behavior, develops and drives associated overall supplier strategies to mitigate
risk, protect the Disney brand, and achieve competitive advantage.
o Articulates and reports out on market trends, key economic indicators, and geopolitical risk, along with
their associated impact on sourcing strategies. Develops and monitors priorities, objectives & action
plans in response.
o Uses understanding of product knowledge/markets by product category to support the creation of the
supplier bidding strategy
o Develops and/or maintains a stable, socially compliant supply base that is 100% compliant in meeting
all ILS and regulatory standards and other established supplier performance requirements.
o Uses tools to manage & mitigate risk, uncertainty, and threats to ensure continuity of supply, cost
control, and quality assurance.
CORE SKILLS:
• Develops clear and consistent strategies to achieve the organizational vision
• Demonstrates great leadership skills, proactively recruits, retains, and develops a diverse range of talented
people
• Translates strategy into specific priorities, objectives, and action plans; driving large scale initiatives that
reshape global business
processes
• Develops appropriate metrics and drives executive reporting to assess business performance
• Uses knowledge of the company's products and services to manage the needs of diverse stakeholders
(Collaborating with both cross-functional teams and vendors)
• Establishes and nurtures critical internal and external partnerships and alliances.
• Proactively seeks new opportunities, ideas, techniques, and materials to drive product innovation with both
new and existing suppliers
• Leverages synergy opportunities across functions and business
• Examines issues from a broad perspective, considering impact beyond immediate scope (Makes sound
business decisions that balance competing priorities)
• Manages projects, processes and resources to produce desired outcomes
• Creates an environment that develops breakthrough ideas and innovative strategies through the thinking
and measured risk taking
• Leads the change effort from inception to the attainment of desired results, constantly "Raising the Bar"
(Coaches others through change)
• Encourages team builds for both global and segment-wide relationships
• Holds self and others accountable to high performance standards
• Understands the unique development opportunities and career goals of each member of the team and
provides challenging work assignments, along with, timely and relevant coaching and feedback
• Addresses performance issues and takes appropriate action
• Recognizes and rewards the achievement of others
• Learns from personal and organizational experiences
DESIRED QUALIFIACTIONS:
• 10 - 15 years experience in Global Sourcing, Product Development, or equivalent
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Product-specific technical degree and/or manufacturing experience a plus

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About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with The Walt Disney Company (Hong Kong) Ltd., which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

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