About Thread Together
Thread Together is a national charity that collects new clothing donated by fashion businesses and distributes it free of charge to people experiencing hardship.
We work with approximately 2,000 fashion donors and 3,000 charity and community partners. Our national distribution network includes three Sydney warehouses, an online ordering platform, 11 Clothing Hubs, 10 Mobile Wardrobes, remote services and disaster-response operations.
We expect to receive and process approximately 2 million units of clothing this year and are looking for a Procurement Specialist to help strengthen the planning and management of our inbound clothing supply.
About the role
The Procurement Specialist will develop and improve Thread Together’s approach to sourcing and managing donated new clothing and associated operational services.
The role will analyse anticipated community demand, current inventory, incoming donations and operational capacity to determine what clothing is required, when it is needed and how it should be sourced.
Working closely with our Fashion Partnerships, Warehouse Operations, Programs and Finance teams, the Procurement Specialist will help ensure that incoming clothing is relevant, timely and aligned with the needs of the communities we support.
Key responsibilities
· Develop procurement and inbound supply plans based on inventory levels, community demand and distribution priorities.
· Analyse clothing requirements by category, size, season, climate and demographic group.
· Identify supply gaps, duplication and oversupply and recommend sourcing priorities.
· Develop category plans, donation specifications and acceptance criteria.
· Assess proposed donations against inventory requirements and operational capacity.
· Analyse fashion donor history, donation volumes, product categories and supply patterns.
· Develop forecasts and reports covering expected donations, supply gaps and procurement performance.
· Support the evaluation and onboarding of new fashion supply partners.
· Work with the Fashion Partnerships team to communicate priority clothing requirements to donors.
· Review partner performance and recommend improvements to the relevance and reliability of incoming supply.
· Support the procurement and evaluation of inbound freight, transport, packaging and other operational services.
· Compare supplier proposals, pricing, service coverage and contractual terms.
· Develop procurement procedures, evaluation criteria and recordkeeping requirements.
· Identify and manage risks relating to seasonal supply, unsuitable stock, transport capacity and reliance on major donors.
· Support the procurement of clothing required for remote programs and pre-positioned disaster-response reserves.
· Prepare recommendations and procurement reports for management.
About you
You will have:
· Bachelor degree or higher and a least 1 year full time work experience, or at least 5 years of relevant work experience
· Experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply planning, supplier analysis or contract assurance.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Experience interpreting supply, inventory or operational data.
· The ability to develop practical recommendations from complex information.
· Strong stakeholder engagement and written communication skills.
· Commercial awareness and the ability to assess cost, quality, service and risk.
· Advanced spreadsheet and data-analysis skills.
· The ability to work collaboratively across operational and partnership teams.
Experience in a high-volume logistics, retail, manufacturing, telecommunications or not-for-profit environment would be advantageous.
Pay: $80,500.00 per year
Work Location: In person
