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Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Footwear

Quince· Procurement
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Hybrid (United States)$147k - $175kfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Manager, Global Procurement for Footwear Category at Quince. Owns and drives cost structures and savings, aiming for should-costing, supply continuity, and alignment of material procurement with innovation and sustainability goals within a fast-growing, M2C retail environment.

Responsibilities

  • Procurement Category Strategy: Define and execute the commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy for assigned categories to improve margins as Quince scales. Establish short- and long-term procurement targets aligned to business growth.
  • Consistently deliver exceptional product cost without sacrificing product quality or ESG considerations, including Procurement.
  • Partner with the technology team to embed procurement capabilities and playbook into the Vendor Portal and Product Catalog tools.
  • Identify and deliver 700 bps product cost reductions over the next 12 months.
  • RFP Ownership & Execution: Structure and run competitive, end-to-end bidding processes to secure optimal cost and commercial terms with manufacturing partners. Own the full lifecycle from vendor identification through award.
  • Deliver immediate, best-in-class product cost savings through rigorous negotiation, while institutionalizing repeatable negotiation frameworks for long-term category maturity.
  • Build AI agent to help run RFP systematically in 2026 with scenario analyses.
  • Clean Sheet & Buy Plan Approvals: Create and utilize component-level “clean sheets” to drive pricing transparency; review, approve, and solution to optimum cost for all buy events within your categories.
  • Lead Buy Plan margin review to govern company margin target; partner with material sourcing to ensure transparent, competitive pricing from key material suppliers (we own material, we own costing).
  • Negotiate reasonable launch costing and set schedule (monthly, quarterly, at trigger points) to renegotiate for scale pricing as the business grows.
  • Support merchandising by providing scale costing targets (i.e. cost achievable at scale).
  • Upstream Sourcing: Partner with Material Manager, Sourcing Teams and Tier 1/2 vendors to align on material benefits in finished goods costing.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate upstream material availability into product design and development cycles.
  • Value Creation: Identify and execute opportunities to reshape the supply chain and extract new financial value beyond traditional sourcing boundaries (e.g., verticalization, volume consolidation).

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in global procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management in retail apparel environment
  • Proven track record running competitive RFP processes with international manufacturing partners
  • Hands-on experience building and leveraging clean sheets for cost negotiation
  • Strong analytical skills and comfort with data-driven decision making
  • Experience working cross-functionally with merchandising, materials, and production teams
  • Technical aptitude for leveraging AI-powered platforms (e.g., LLMs) to conduct scenario analysis and automate complex procurement tasks
  • Excellent negotiation skills and commercial acumen
  • Experience in apparel, soft goods, or home goods strongly preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree a plus

Skills

Required:Global procurement strategyRFP managementCost modeling & clean sheetsNegotiation
Nice to have:AI/scenario analysis
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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