10+ years of direct supply planning and procurement experience, ideally in home goods/textiles.
5+ years of vendor management experience, including negotiations and performance reviews.
Proficient with Oracle Netsuite or SAP and MRP software.
Experience working closely with suppliers in Asia/India.
Expertise in S&OP processes within a global, multi-channel organization.
Strong problem-solving skills in logistics, forecasting, and raw material production.
Responsibilities
Own the S&OP process to align seasonal demand and inventory strategies.
Manage relationships with raw material vendors, ensuring purchasing visibility and performance evaluation.
Drive cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or availability of materials.
Lead digital upgrades in procurement and supply planning for enhanced visibility and risk management.
Mentor procurement and supply planning teams across corporate and international locations.
Facilitate business transformations in collaboration with sourcing, product development, and commercial teams.
Benefits
Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company-sponsored 401K plan.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Lead Ruggable's global direct Procurement function. You'll coordinate the monthly S&OP process with key cross-functional stakeholders in our Commercial and Manufacturing functions to align on target inventory levels and supply plan. You will lead a team of supply planning and procurement professionals and be responsible for core vendor relationship management.
What You'll Do:
S&OP Ownership: Align with cross-functional counterparts on seasonal demand plans and align critical leaders to raw material inventory strategies, Purchase Order plans, on-hand inventory values
Supplier & Vendor Management: You'll manage core raw material vendors, provide raw material purchasing visibility, negotiate core raw material pricing , evaluate vendor performance (OTIF, Quality, etc), and resolve supply chain risks.
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
At Ruggable, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.
