Sourcing Manager, Footwear

The role

The Sourcing Manager, Kids&Baby Shoes will find, vet, and onboard vendors to secure quality, cost, speed, and scalability. This role involves managing supplier relationships, optimizing pricing, and ensuring compliance with legal and sustainability standards.

What you will do

• Find, vet, pitch, sign, and onboard vendors
• Pitch and onboard vendor partners in speed
• Manage supplier relationships through onboarding and performance management
• Drive excellence in partner operations and expand the supply base
• Collaborate with merchants and procurement on pricing and cost optimization
• Build speed, scalability, and flexibility through material staging and capacity management
• Ensure factories meet legal, ethical, and sustainability standards
• Manage risk and establish contingency planning through counter sourcing
• Act as an ambassador to partners to deepen relationships

Required qualifications

• 10 year + sourcing and merchandising experience in K&B SHOES categories
• Proven ability as a self starter and quick independent learner
• Exceptional attention to details with a data driven approach
• Strong analytical mindset
• Continuous learner with a proactive attitude
• Good track record in supply chain management or operations
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Skilled in written and verbal communication and presentation

Benefits

• Part of a mission-driven team

Before you apply

• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check

About the company

Quince is a destination for builders, creators, innovators, and operators that uses a manufacturer-to-consumer model to deliver high quality essentials for low prices. The company works directly with manufacturing partners to design efficient operational processes and deploy proprietary technology.