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Bealls

Operates family-owned regional department store chain

Assistant Sourcing Manager

Procurement & SourcingPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeBradenton, FL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • Experience in sourcing or product development is preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of global supply chains and the factors that influence cost, quality, delivery, and risk is required.
  • Advanced Excel and data analysis skills, including the ability to translate information into actionable insights, are required.
  • Ability to adopt and use artificial intelligence-driven tools and digital technologies to improve efficiency, accuracy, and business processes is required.
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills are required.
  • Strategic thinking, sound judgment, organizational skills, and problem-solving capabilities are required.
  • Project management skills and a proactive, self-directed approach are required.
  • Ability to collaborate and coordinate effectively across internal and external business partners is required.
  • Ability to develop solutions under tight deadlines and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where priorities may evolve is required.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate global and domestic sourcing efforts for exclusive brand products, support negotiations to achieve targeted value and profitability, leverage buying power with a focused supplier network, and ensure speed-to-market delivery through a targeted time and action calendar.
  • Liaise with suppliers, design teams, import production teams, merchant teams, and key stakeholders to drive product quality, specification, delivery, and costing expectations, and collaborate with cross-functional product development teams.
  • Execute cross-functional international and domestic sourcing strategies for assigned product categories.
  • Monitor and research global market conditions affecting the supply chain, including tariffs, social compliance requirements, freight challenges, international labor costs, and raw material pricing.
  • Support supplier negotiations and cost management initiatives to achieve targeted value across fabrics, CMT, freight, duty, and testing expenses.
  • Facilitate the creation and maintenance of order worksheets to ensure accuracy of style information, product descriptions, landed costs, sizing, pre-packs, FOB origin, and other key product data.
  • Manage the product development lifecycle with Design and Technical Design teams, coordinating with suppliers and internal stakeholders to achieve key milestones and effective execution.
  • Oversee product approvals from pre-production through top of production, including lab dips, bulk submissions, strike-offs, handlooms, trims, labeling, and packaging.
  • Ensure on-time delivery by managing production timelines, resolving issues, and coordinating responses to purchase order revisions, canceled orders, and delayed shipments.
  • Partner with internal departments to ensure accurate duty classification under the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
  • Support supplier compliance initiatives and reinforce company standards on human rights, labor laws, workplace health and safety, and ethical sourcing practices.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in sourcing or product development is preferred.

About the Company

Bealls

Operates family-owned regional department store chain

Bealls operates a family‑owned retail network that includes Bealls, Bealls Florida, and Home Centric, with more than 660 stores across 22 states and annual sales around $1.9 billion. It sells apparel, home goods, and related items through its store brands, offering a shopping experience that combines a mix of brands and private-label products in physical stores. The business grows primarily by reinvesting its profits, expanding its store footprint rather than pursuing external fundraising. Bealls’ longer-standing private ownership—dating back to 1915 and still run by the founding family—helps emphasize a commitment to customers, employees, and communities. Compared with competitors, its main differences are private, family ownership, a regional-to-midwestern U.S. store network, and a strategy focused on reinvestment for growth. The company’s goal is to expand its footprint and sales by reinvesting profits while sustaining trust and value for customers and communities.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Bradenton, FL
Founded
1915

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