Costume Buyer (project Hire/ Internal Assignment)

Disney Disney · Media · Orlando, FL +1

This role is responsible for purchasing raw materials and finished goods for costumes, managing inventory, negotiating with vendors, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies. It involves working with SAP and Coupa systems, and requires experience in apparel sourcing and international shipping.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conduct research for finished goods that will be purchased
  2. Place orders for operational garments in SAP and/or Coupa and monitor delivery dates for commodities/components being ordered
  3. Monitor warehouse inventory and complete withdrawal transactions when needed
  4. Work with vendors to negotiate the best costs
  5. Ensure receipt by vendors

Skills

Required

  • Apparel or hardline purchasing and/or sourcing
  • Apparel industry knowledge
  • International shipping processes
  • Global sourcing
  • Compliance
  • Cost analysis and comparisons
  • Planning
  • Problem-solving
  • Conflict resolution
  • Influencing
  • Negotiating
  • Workflow and project budget management
  • Communication skills
  • Collaboration
  • Continuous improvement process
  • Working with synthetic fibers, human hair, furs, prosthetics, adhesives, contact lenses, and cosmetics
  • Flexible work hours
  • Domestic and/or international travel
  • Ability to travel between work locations
  • Valid state driver’s license

Nice to have

  • SharePoint
  • Smartsheet
  • SAP purchasing module
  • Coupa
  • Yunique PLM
  • Access
  • Textiles or the Apparel industry knowledge
  • Garment specification or technical specification writing
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Merchandising, Costuming, Apparel, or a related field

What the JD emphasized

  • 3+ years of experience in apparel or hardline purchasing and/or sourcing
  • Knowledgeable in the apparel industry, both domestically and globally
  • Skilled in international shipping processes, global sourcing, and compliance
  • Experience conducting cost analysis and comparisons
  • Prior experience in planning, problem-solving, conflict resolution, influencing, and negotiating
  • Experience leading workflow and project budgets
  • Robust communication skills and ease in collaborating both in-person and virtually with all levels of leadership, including Executives
  • Ability to work around all types of synthetic fibers, human hair, furs, prosthetics, adhesives, contact lenses, and cosmetics
  • Must hold or be able to attain a valid state driver’s license