Sourcing & Operations Director - Apparel Supplier

Overview

In this pivotal leadership role, you will strategically lead sourcing, product development, and production operations to scale a growing knit apparel business. You’ll oversee cross‑border teams in the UK and Bangladesh, driving operational excellence, supplier networks, and continuous improvement. You will own P&L and budgeting while shaping a scalable operating model that supports growth and efficiency. A key focus is delivering on-time, high-quality production through strong stakeholder management and change leadership. This is a chance to influence global sourcing strategy, automation initiatives, and long-term business impact.

Pay / Benefits

• highly competitive executive package
• career growth opportunities
• international exposure
• leadership of global teams

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing, merchandising, product development and production operations
• Spend significant time in Bangladesh and travel internationally as required
• Drive operational excellence across quality, delivery and critical path performance
• Improve processes, systems and reporting to support growth and efficiency
• Optimise sourcing strategies, supplier relationships and factory networks
• Lead and develop international teams, driving accountability and performance
• Deliver continuous improvement and automation initiatives
• Manage costing, margins, budgets and P&L performance
• Ensure production is delivered on time, in full and to quality standards
• Support business growth through operational leadership and strategic sourcing
• Build strong customer and supplier relationships
• Lead organisational change and create a scalable operating model

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in apparel sourcing, manufacturing or production leadership
• Proven success leading sourcing and production teams in Bangladesh
• Strong knowledge of garment manufacturing, costing and margin management
• Commercially astute with experience managing budgets and P&L
• Track record of improving operational performance and delivery
• Experience managing global supplier and factory networks
• Strong leadership skills with experience developing international teams
• Credible stakeholder manager able to influence customers and suppliers
• Experience leading change, restructuring teams and improving processes
• Hands-on, results-driven and customer-focused
• Willing and able to travel extensively, including significant time in Bangladesh

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• results-driven
• sourcing strategy development
• production management
• costing and margin management

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