Senior Manager, Sourcing & Procurement

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $165k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Misen

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11 - 50 employees

👥 B2C

🍽️ Food & Beverage

B2C • Food & Beverage

Misen is a consumer goods company specializing in well-made kitchen tools designed to enhance the cooking experience. Founded in 2015, the company draws its name from the culinary term 'mise en place,' which emphasizes the importance of proper preparation in cooking. Misen aims to inspire great cooking by offering premium-quality products like chef's knives and cookware directly to consumers, bypassing retail middlemen, and providing them at honest prices.

📋 Description

• Identify, vet, and onboard manufacturing partners across cookware, cutlery, tableware, glassware, textiles, and packaging • Write and run RFPs end-to-end, including specifications, supplier outreach, quote comparison, and recommendations • Build should-cost models and negotiate pricing, MOQs, payment terms, tooling costs, and lead times • Track landed cost, including COGS, duties, and freight, against margin targets • Evaluate supplier capability, capacity, and risk and build backup sourcing options • Own development timelines from first sample through pre-production and mass production • Manage sample requests, revisions, approvals, and golden samples • Partner with Compliance to plan product testing into development timelines • Work with Marketing to establish realistic launch dates and flag delays • Build and maintain forecasts for products to inform purchase orders, supplier capacity planning, and inventory decisions • Share forecasts with suppliers and identify supply risks and contingency plans • Own the purchase order lifecycle from placement through production, delivery, and payment • Serve as Misen’s day-to-day supplier contact and resolve quality, delay, and cost issues • Drive corrective actions to completion and track supplier performance • Partner with Operations, Finance, and Customer Experience on cost, timing, and inventory decisions • Maintain documentation of supplier terms, contacts, and timelines • Work as an individual contributor and make regular early-morning or evening calls with suppliers • Occasional travel to supplier facilities may be required

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or product development operations at a DTC/CPG brand or consumer hard-goods company • Meaningful, direct experience in kitchenware, home goods, or a closely adjacent category • Proven track record running RFPs and negotiating directly with overseas manufacturers, ideally in China • Quantifiable results in reducing product cost • Hands-on experience owning product development timelines from sampling through mass production • Forecasting experience, including building demand or purchasing forecasts and using them to plan orders and supplier capacity • Working Excel skills for trackers, cost comparisons, and forecasts • Ability to manage many suppliers, products, and timelines simultaneously • Willingness to take regular early-morning or evening calls to match suppliers’ time zones • Mandarin language skills (nice to have) • Experience with cookware materials such as stainless steel, carbon steel, ceramics, and glass, including value engineering or material substitution (nice to have) • Working knowledge of product testing and compliance requirements for food-contact products, including FDA, CA Prop 65, and state PFAS laws (nice to have) • Experience navigating tariff exposure and landed cost modeling, including FOB and DDP freight terms (nice to have) • Comfort traveling internationally to supplier facilities (nice to have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation + performance bonus • Full medical, dental, and vision insurance • Unlimited PTO and flexible working hours • Remote-first team

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