Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Men's Apparel
Core
Own and drive cost structures and savings for Men's Apparel, delivering product cost at or near should-costing while securing supply continuity.
Role type
Senior Manager, Global Procurement
Builds
Competitive costing environment with T1/T2 suppliers; AI-driven RFP processes; verticalized supply chains for critical materials.
Domain
Retail Apparel / Global Sourcing
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Commodity costing, clean sheet costing, RFP execution, strategic negotiation, supply chain optimization, data-driven decision making, cross-functional collaboration, AI/LLM platform utilization, upstream material sourcing.
Preferred skills
Apparel/soft goods industry experience, MBA or advanced degree, experience with material sourcing teams.
Technologies
LLMs, AI-powered procurement platforms, Vendor Portal, Product Catalog tools.
Responsibilities
Define and execute commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy; deliver 700 bps product cost reductions; structure and run competitive RFP processes; create and utilize component-level clean sheets; negotiate launch costing and scale pricing; partner with material sourcing teams for upstream material availability; identify opportunities for verticalization and volume consolidation.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on IC
