Senior Manager, Global Procurement – Women Knits & Woven Tops

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement the commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy for designated categories.

• Set both short- and long-term procurement objectives that align with business expansion.

• Achieve outstanding product cost efficiency while maintaining product quality and adhering to ESG standards.

• Collaborate with the technology team to integrate procurement functionalities and guidelines into the Vendor Portal and Product Catalog tools.

• Identify and achieve a 700 basis points reduction in product costs within the upcoming year.

• Design and manage competitive, comprehensive bidding processes with manufacturing partners.

• Oversee the complete RFP lifecycle from the identification of vendors to the awarding of contracts.

• Generate product cost savings through thorough negotiation and establish repeatable negotiation frameworks.

• Develop an AI agent to systematically manage RFPs with scenario-analysis capabilities by 2026.

• Create and apply component-level clean sheets to ensure pricing transparency.

• Review, sanction, and enhance costs for procurement events within assigned categories.

• Ensure scalability and clean-sheet costing with manufacturers of finished goods.

• Negotiate upstream pricing and availability for fabrics, yarns, fibers, commodities, and trims.

• Lead buy-plan margin assessments and oversee company margin objectives.

• Collaborate with material sourcing teams to guarantee transparent and competitive supplier pricing.

• Negotiate launch costs and set schedules for renegotiating scale pricing.

• Provide merchandising teams with realistic scale-costing goals.

• Work alongside Material Managers, Sourcing Teams, and Tier 1 and Tier 2 vendors to incorporate material benefits into the costing of finished goods.

• Integrate upstream material availability into product design and development processes.

• Identify and implement supply-chain value creation strategies, including vertical integration and volume consolidation.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12-15 years of experience in global procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management within the retail apparel sector.

• Demonstrated success in managing competitive RFP processes with international manufacturing partners.

• Hands-on experience in developing and utilizing clean sheets for cost negotiation.

• Strong analytical abilities and a comfort with making data-driven decisions.

• Experience collaborating across functions with merchandising, materials, and production teams.

• Technical skill in using AI-powered platforms (e.g., LLMs) for scenario analysis and automating complex procurement tasks.

• Excellent negotiation capabilities and strong commercial insight.

• Experience in apparel, soft goods, or home goods is highly preferred.

• Bachelor's degree is required; an MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus and equity may be available for eligible positions.

• Reasonable accommodations provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.

• Equal employment opportunities are offered.

• Background checks conducted in accordance with applicable laws.