Robert Franklin
Sourcing Specialist @ FRONTGATE | Apparel, Sourcing, Retail
- Role
- Sourcing Specialist at FRONTGATE
- Location
- Columbus, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Franklin
With over 26 years of experience in retail, sourcing, and product development, I…
Experience
Sourcing Specialist
Oct 2022 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US
Manage $200M+ Outdoor Furniture/Dining/Case Goods categories total annual volume direct sourcing business in partnership with brand cross functional team ensuring alignment with business trends and financial goals.• Execute and advise vendor strategies to support product development and buying.• Partner with Merchandising, Design, Planning, and Quality Assurance to manage cost effective new products with adequate lead time to meet requested delivery.• Negotiate costing and MOQ’s based on targets provided by Merchant team.• Lead weekly Work Group Meetings with cross functional partners to identify risk to products/deliveries.• Track vendor performance to assign grow, maintain, or exit qualification. • International travel to Indonesia to visit production facilities.
Education
University of Dayton
BS in Business Administration, Marketing
1991 — 1995
Skills
- Merchandising
- Strategy
- Global Sourcing
- Textiles
- Fashion
- Sourcing
- Real Estate
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Buying
- Knitwear
- Wovens
- Pricing
- Pricing Strategy
- Customer Service
- Trend Analysis
- Forecasting
- Supply Chain Management
- Management
- Team Building
- Private Label
- Visual Merchandising
- Project Planning
- Supply Chain
- Product Management
- Marketing
- Sportswear
- Time Management
- Sales
- Start-Ups
- Creative Direction
- Merchandise Planning
- Retail
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Control
- Assortment
- Apparel
- Store Management
- Trend
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