Sourcing Directors

"Sourcing directors work with sourcing personnel to assure that the most cost-effective vendor of materials, production, and/or finished goods is acquired that can meet expected quality and service levels.  Finding a vendor may be a choice between using the firm's own production capabilities or outsourcing the acquisition to other vendors in the country or in the world market.

Sourcing directors select and work with agents in various parts of the world.  They are knowledgeable about international trade issues, locations where various type of products are made, and economic conditions and cultural traditions of many countries.  They may manage the product development and sourcing of a specific firm or manage the product development and sourcing of specific products of a number of different firms."

(Kunz, (2005) Apparel Manufacturing, Prentice Hall, p. 120)