Về công việc
Trách nhiệm chính
- Establish a monitoring framework to forecast global market shifts, raw material fluctuations, currency risks, and macro-material trends, delivering actionable intelligence to procurement and leadership.
- Build and operationalize a live tracking system for key raw material prices, currency movements, and supply risks to proactively surface threats and opportunities.
- Construct and scale material‑specific clean sheets to lock in baseline component costs before finished‑goods production, providing the costing foundation for Tier 1 negotiations.
- Support buy‑plan margin review to govern company margin targets.
- Partner with the material sourcing team to ensure transparent, competitive pricing from all key material suppliers.
- Map and design an upstream network strategy to consolidate raw material volumes across key material types and maximize direct‑to‑mill leverage, reducing supply‑chain complexity while improving cost and availability.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to integrate upstream material availability into product design and development cycles, ensuring early‑stage cost optimization and seamless material‑to‑finished‑good transitions.
- Design and execute RFPs tailored specifically to raw material vendors, yarn spinners/mills, tanneries, and textile mills, owning the full bidding process from vendor outreach through award.
- Negotiate and execute immediate cost‑reduction agreements directly with Tier 2 material suppliers, while institutionalizing repeatable negotiation frameworks to build long‑term material maturity and sustainable competitive advantage.
- Identify and execute opportunities to reshape the supply chain and extract new financial value beyond traditional sourcing boundaries, including verticalization and volume consolidation plays.
Yêu cầu
- 12‑15 years of experience in raw material sourcing, commodity procurement, or upstream supply chain management.
- Deep knowledge of textile raw materials including yarns, fibers, fabrics, leather, and related commodities.
- Experience negotiating directly with mills, tanneries, yarn spinners, and raw material vendors.
- Familiarity with commodity hedging frameworks and global market indices.
- Proven ability to build and execute material‑specific clean sheets.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills; comfort with large data sets.
- Technical aptitude for leveraging AI‑powered platforms (e.g., LLMs) to conduct scenario analysis and automate complex procurement tasks.
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree a plus.
Yêu cầu ưu tiên
- Experience working cross‑functionally with merchandising, sourcing, and production teams.
- Experience in upstream supply chain network design or consolidation preferred.
Mức lương
- Thỏa thuận
Hình thức làm việc
- Remote
Thông tin khác
- Quince is a mission‑driven team reshaping retail.
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
- Quince provides equal employment opportunities to all employees.