Senior Sourcing Associate

Job Summary:

As Ruggable's Senior Sourcing Associate, you will play a key role in supporting our diversification strategy and building long-term relationships with our existing supplier base in addition to evaluating net new suppliers. You will serve as both a decision-maker and an innovative thinker for the Operations team. More specifically, you will support sourcing for several of our best-selling products and drive continuous improvement with our vendors. You will be responsible for evaluating samples, analyzing cost, and providing feedback to vendors to expand and improve our global supplier base.

What You’ll Do: 

• Build strong relationships with Ruggable factories, vendors, and cross-functional teams to help foster an environment of partnership and trust
• Maintain daily communication with vendors to ensure alignment, manage performance, and improve reliability
• Work hand-in-hand with our Product Development team to bring innovative new products to market
• Manage vendor-facing projects and processes, including building new tools to improve speed and reliability 
• Execute on critical pillars of our broader sourcing strategy, e.g. accelerating our time to market on newly developed products
• Ensure that all seasonal calendar deadlines are met, issues are raised, and the team is updated in a timely manner
• Research new markets and identify suppliers to further stabilize and fill assortment gaps 
• Partner with the team to onboard new regions, suppliers, and factories

What You’ll Need to Have:

Required:

• 2-3 years experience in Sourcing and/or Product Development, with a globally distributed supplier base
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills
• Flexibility to periodically travel abroad for vendor site visits

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field
• Specific knowledge of textile, apparel, and/or home decor (textile, trim, packaging, garment) manufacturing and supply chain
• Highly engaged and qualified supplier base contacts

Compensation:

• $80,000 - $105,000 per year base salary
• Annual bonus that varies based on level of role
• Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company-sponsored 401K plan