Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Activewear
Core
Own and drive cost structures and savings for the Activewear category to deliver high-quality products at low prices.
Role type
Senior Manager, Global Procurement
Builds
Competitive costing environment, supply continuity, and product excellence aligned with sustainability goals
Domain
Retail Apparel / Global Sourcing
Required skills
Commodity costing, clean sheet costing, manufacturing excellence, harvest timing, raw material availability, competitive RFP execution, rigorous negotiation, cross-functional collaboration, data-driven decision making, AI-powered platform leverage
Preferred skills
Apparel/soft goods/home goods experience, MBA or advanced degree
Technologies
Vendor Portal, Product Catalog tools, AI agents, LLMs
Responsibilities
Define and execute commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy; deliver 700 bps product cost reductions; structure and run end-to-end bidding processes; create and utilize component-level clean sheets; negotiate launch costing and set renegotiation schedules; partner with material sourcing teams for upstream material availability; identify opportunities for verticalization and volume consolidation.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on IC