Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Sweaters
Core
Own and drive cost structures and savings for the sweaters category to deliver high-quality products at low prices.
Role type
Senior Manager, Global Procurement (Apparel)
Builds
Competitive costing environment with T1/T2 suppliers; AI-driven RFP processes; upstream material supply chains
Domain
Retail Apparel / Global Sourcing
Required skills
Commodity costing, clean sheet costing, RFP execution, strategic negotiation, supply chain optimization, data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, AI platform leverage, margin governance, upstream sourcing
Preferred skills
Apparel/soft goods experience, MBA, verticalization strategy, commodity trading
Technologies
LLMs, AI agents, Vendor Portal, Product Catalog tools
Responsibilities
Define and execute commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy for sweaters; deliver 700 bps product cost reductions in 12 months; structure and run end-to-end RFP processes; create and approve component-level clean sheets; negotiate launch costing and scale pricing; partner with material sourcing for transparent upstream pricing; build AI agent for scenario analysis; reshape supply chain for value creation (e.g., cashmere/silk market making).
