Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Men's Apparel

Overview

Senior Manager, Global Procurement for the Men's Apparel category at Quince, reporting to the Head of Procurement, owning cost structures and savings across major Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.

What you'll do

• Define and execute the commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy for assigned categories to improve margins as Quince scales.
• Establish short- and long-term procurement targets aligned to business growth.
• Consistently deliver exceptional product cost without sacrificing product quality or ESG considerations, including Procurement.
• Partner with the technology team to embed procurement capabilities and playbook into the Vendor Portal and Product Catalog tools.
• Identify and deliver 700 bps product cost reductions over the next 12 months.
• Structure and run competitive, end-to-end bidding processes to secure optimal cost and commercial terms with manufacturing partners.
• Own the full lifecycle from vendor identification through award.
• Deliver immediate, best-in-class product cost savings through rigorous negotiation, while institutionalizing repeatable negotiation frameworks.
• Build an AI agent to help run RFPs systematically in 2026 with the capability to build scenario analyses.
• Create and utilize component-level clean sheets to drive pricing transparency; review, approve, and solution to optimum cost for all buy events within your categories.
• Ensure scale and clean sheet costing with Finished Goods Manufacturers; negotiate upstream of Finished Goods to secure best pricing and availability of inputs (e.g. fabrics, yarns, fibers, commodities, trims) for new categories and new products.
• Lead Buy Plan margin review to govern company margin targets.
• Partner with material sourcing team to ensure transparent, competitive pricing from all key material suppliers.
• Negotiate reasonable launch costing and set schedule (monthly, quarterly, at trigger points) to renegotiate for scale pricing as the business grows.
• Support merchandising team by providing scale costing targets.
• Partner directly with the Material Manager, Sourcing Teams and Tier 1 and Tier 2 vendors to align on and implement material benefits into finished goods costing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate upstream material availability into product design and development cycles.
• Identify and execute opportunities to reshape the supply chain and extract new financial value, including verticalization and volume consolidation plays.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in global procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management in a retail apparel environment.
• Proven track record running competitive RFP processes with international manufacturing partners.
• Hands-on experience building and leveraging clean sheets for cost negotiation.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with data-driven decision making.
• Experience working cross-functionally with merchandising, materials, and production teams.
• Technical aptitude for leveraging AI-powered platforms (e.g., LLMs) to conduct scenario analysis and automate complex procurement tasks.
• Excellent negotiation skills and commercial acumen.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Nice to have

• Experience in apparel, soft goods, or home goods.
• MBA or advanced degree.

Details

• Locations: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Gurugram, Haryana, India.