Senior Manager, Global Procurement (Soft Home - Bedding)

Overview

Own and drive cost structures and savings for soft home and bedding categories, running competitive sourcing and negotiation with major Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturing partners to achieve product cost at or near should-costing while securing supply continuity.

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.
• 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, owning the full lifecycle from vendor identification through award.
• Deliver immediate 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.
• Negotiate upstream of finished goods to secure best pricing and availability of inputs such as fabrics, yarns, fibers, commodities, and trims.
• Lead buy plan margin review to govern company margin targets.
• Partner with the material sourcing team to ensure transparent, competitive pricing from all key material suppliers.
• Negotiate launch costing and set schedule (monthly, quarterly, or at trigger points) to renegotiate for scale pricing as the business grows.
• Support the 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

• 12-15 years of experience in global procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management in a consumer goods or retail 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.

Details

• Location: United States, Remote.
• Reports to the Head of Procurement.
• Pay range: $164,000 to $240,000 USD base salary, which may vary depending on experience level and location. Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles.