Join our Allen Edmonds Production team in Port Washington, WI! We are Caleres, a global footwear company with brands that fit people's lives. We are ferocious about fit and living our mission of inspiring people to feel great...feet first!

Some things remain timeless. That's how we feel about our traditional 212-step manufacturing process that has been our basis for handcrafting premium men's footwear & accessories in the U.S. since 1922.

• Manage the material planning process that is responsive to evolving market demand
• Participate in re-engineering the material planning process to improve accuracy, efficiency, and on-time delivery.
• Assure the analysis of inventory levels, min/max settings, historical usage and future trends to optimize inventory purchasing function.
• Create analysis and reporting to drive appropriate reserve of vendor capacity, updating continuously to balance to forecasted & actual demand
• Create and socialize material dashboards to ensure planning and execution strategies are aligned with corporate goals.

Leather & Non-leather Development & Sourcing

• Collaborate with product development and design to understand seasonal brand direction and needs utilizing the best suppliers
• Strategize with cross functional teams to optimize any opportunity for potential cost savings and sustainability across the brand
• Identify, develop, and manage effective relationships with existing and potential suppliers of goods and services to meet the established cost, quality and delivery targets
• Establish, implement, and manage system to evaluate, monitor and report supplier scorecard performance

Quality

• Work with technical design and manufacturing engineers to ensure any potential material risks are communicated to right teams for rectification

Process

• Utilize reporting metrics to drive efficiency and continuous improvement throughout the department and the manufacturing base
• Perform analysis of customer demand, sales forecasts and historical material usage to develop and execute build to order and build to forecast plans
• Understand and balance risk of inventory shortage vs. overstock and proposes material consolidation and risk mitigation measures.
• Perform daily maintenance on web-based purchasing system including: following up on unacknowledged purchase orders or late purchase orders, resolving ASN and receiving quantity issues, purging completed orders from the system, and maintaining standard costs in the system
• Identify and partner with team on disposition of obsolete raw materials
• Participate in physical inventories
• Work with other departments, including manufacturing, shipping, receiving, finance and IT on issues, improvements and assigned projects.

• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of raw material constructions and finishing process
• Problem solving mindset, analytical skills
• Ability to work, think and act independently as well as part of a team; ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Excellent communication (oral & written) skills
• 5+ years experience in raw material apparel/footwear industry a plus

But most of all, we seek people who share our values and our ferocity for fit.

People passionate about their work. People who hold themselves and others accountable. People who think a $2.8 billion company should be as creative as a start-up. People driven by an insatiable curiosity. People who care about being the best, among the best.

We have been creating timeless custom-made men's dress and casual shoes since 1922, and we're obsessive about our brand. We believe some things remain timeless and take pride in our heritage, while embracing the possibilities of innovation and imagination.