Cost Optimization: Drive cost-saving initiatives without reducing quality or availability of raw materials; you’ll be responsible for holding vendors accountable to raw material price stability, and ongoing cost improvements from production efficiency and reduction of core input pricing
Digital Transformation: Lead digital procurement and supply planning upgrades; you will drive improvement of real-time inventory visibility, proactive supply chain risk identification, and supplier schedule visibility
Team Leadership: Mentor corporate and international (Asia, India, others) procurement & supply planning teams; you will drive a continuous-improvement mindset to improve forecasting process accuracy and raw material inventory efficiency
Enable business transformation; Your team will help enable business and product line expansion in direct partnership with sourcing, product development, and commercial teams; you will hold vendors accountable to on-time, in-full delivery of products for all launches
What You’ll Need to Have
Required
10+ years of direct supply planning and procurement experience, preferably in the home goods or textile industry
5+ years of experience with vendor management, including contract negotiations, production scheduling, and regular performance reviews
Experience with Oracle Netsuite or SAP;
Experience with MRP software
Experience working directly with external suppliers in Asia and/or India
Experience S&OP processes in a multi-channel global organization
Ability to solve complex problems relating to logistics, forecasting, raw material production
Preferred
Experience in implementing MRP software
Experience in AI tooling to improve supply forecasting and/or risk identification
Direct management experience of teams in Asia and/or India
Fluent in Mandarin
Certification in Supply Chain or Procurement (eg. CPSM, CSCP)
Compensation
- $150,000-165,000 per year base salary based on experience
- An annual bonus percentage that varies based on level of role
- Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company sponsored 401K plan
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