Strategic Sourcing Manager

About Ruggable:

Ruggable is a leading direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand based in Los Angeles, California with an extraordinary track record of high, profitable growth. We pride ourselves on having an extremely loyal customer base and a talented team made up of genuinely caring people who take action and deliver results. We are venture-backed and own a patented washable rug design that's disrupting the home décor industry. Our mission is to empower our customers to live vibrantly with beautiful products that don't compromise on function. If you're passionate about consumer products, e-commerce, and high-growth start-ups, keep reading!

Job Summary: As the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will lead the development and execution of Ruggable’s global sourcing strategy for inline product. You will strengthen and diversify the supplier base, identify and onboard new suppliers and manufacturing capabilities, and build strategic partnerships that support the company’s growth, margin, quality, innovation, and supply-chain objectives.  You will own vendor management and relations, establishing performance expectations, driving continuous improvement, and addressing issues that may affect cost, quality, capacity, lead time, service, or delivery. As a strategic partner within Operations, you will collaborate with Product Development, R&D, Merchandising, Creative, Quality, Planning, and other teams to value engineer products, identify alternative materials and manufacturing solutions, and support successful commercialization. You will also lead counter- and dual-sourcing initiatives, evaluate new markets and capabilities, monitor global sourcing conditions, and develop solutions that improve competitiveness and reduce supply-chain risk.

What You’ll Do:
● Own strategic vendor relationships across Ruggable’s global supplier base for inline product, serving as a key point of contact and fostering partnerships grounded in transparency, accountability, performance, and mutual growth
● Develop and execute global sourcing, supplier diversification, and risk-mitigation strategies aligned with company, product, margin, and supply-chain objectives
● Set vendor expectations and manage performance across cost, quality, innovation, capacity, lead time, delivery, responsiveness, and service, using business reviews and corrective action plans to drive improvement
● Identify, evaluate, qualify, negotiate with, and onboard suppliers, factories, mills, and manufacturing regions that expand capabilities, improve competitiveness, and address capacity or assortment needs
● Lead counter-sourcing and dual-sourcing strategies for key and best-selling categories to improve cost, flexibility, continuity, and resilience
● Determine optimal factory and country placement based on product requirements, supplier capabilities, manufacturing technology, quality, capacity, cost, tariffs, lead times, logistics, and delivery needs ● Develop sourcing strategies for fabrics, yarns, raw materials, and components that balance quality, innovation, cost, speed, and supply security ● Identify opportunities to nominate or consolidate raw material suppliers when doing so creates strategic, quality, or cost advantages ● Partner with Product Development and R&D to commercialize innovative products, evaluate alternative materials and processes, and value engineer products to achieve target costs and margins without compromising performance or quality ● Lead negotiations covering costing, payment terms, MOQs, capacity, lead times, tooling, raw materials, and other commercial terms ● Analyze costs, prices, margins, commodities, and market conditions to identify savings opportunities, margin risks, and negotiation leverage ● Monitor tariffs, duties, geopolitical developments, raw material trends, manufacturing capacity, logistics, and regional supply-chain conditions, recommending sourcing actions as needed ● Partner cross-functionally to execute sourcing strategies and onboard new suppliers, regions, materials, and manufacturing capabilities ● Develop tools, reporting, and operating practices that improve vendor visibility, accountability, speed, and reliability ● Identify and address production, costing, capacity, quality, compliance, and delivery risks, coordinating corrective actions with vendors and internal stakeholders ● Support time-to-market initiatives by streamlining sourcing, development, commercialization, and vendor processes ● Conduct supplier business reviews and factory visits to assess capabilities, performance, capacity, opportunities, and strategic fit ● Lead and mentor direct reports and/or overseas sourcing teams, setting priorities and supporting professional development ● Manage in-region contractors (India, China sourcing associates) ● Support special projects and strategic sourcing initiatives as assigned