Sr. Director, Sourcing and Production

Boll & Branch is seeking a Sr. Director of Sourcing and Production to lead our Sourcing and Production team and initiatives. Reporting to the SVP, Product Creation, this high-impact leadership role is integral to building out and scaling our sustainable and ethical global sourcing and production strategies. This function maintains a strong influence across the organization by driving profitable growth, leading sourcing and production strategies and operations, and bringing best-in-class, highest quality products to the market.

Candidates should take the time to read all the elements of this job advert carefully Please make your application promptly.

Responsibilities include :

• Oversee global sourcing and production strategies to drive product, business, and growth initiatives.
• Lead strategies and execution for supplier identification, selection, vetting, onboarding and allocation to align with company values and business needs.
• Evaluate new and existing vendor partners and conduct competitive analysis for speed-to-market, sustainability, certifications, capabilities, capacity, MOQ, cost optimization and other relevant considerations.
• Optimize efficiencies through diversification of the global sourcing supply chain. Create contingency plans for optimum business.
• Collaborate with senior leaders and product teams to establish both short-term and long-term sourcing and production objectives and effectively drive implementation / execution.
• Drive cost negotiation and partner with cross-functional leadership to achieve gross margin targets; plan and negotiate production capacity with suppliers.
• Champion process improvements at all steps of product life cycle. Lead initiatives and optimization of tools to achieve and exceed business needs.
• Develop and nurture excellent partner relationships with global vendor partners. Track and share performance metrics to continually build and maintain excellent business partnerships.
• Create and align across product teams’ effective travel strategy and implementation to support product initiatives (trade-shows, markets, development, sourcing travel).
• Perform macroeconomic analyses and identify, leverage and share key metrics and trends impacting sourcing and supply chain performance.
• Lead team by mentoring, managing and supporting excellence and career development. Cultivate a culture of curiosity, innovation, excellence and growth.
• Build synergies and strong partnerships cross-functionally and within internal teams to continually support innovation and alignment around shared goals.
• Collaborate with Design, PD and Merchandising teams to execute and communicate manufacturing strategies that ensure product needs and business objectives.
• Excel at project management and perform astute decision making within an environment of complex and expanding product initiatives and overlapping seasonal milestones.
• Drive and maintain excellent quality control across all products.

Qualifications :

This primary location for this role is Summit, NJ. We believe our business and our culture are strongest when we work together in person. We also know that it’s helpful to have flexibility to work remotely. Currently we are operating under a hybrid model whereby all teams work in an office a minimum of two days per week (Tuesdays / Thursdays) and may be provided flexibility to work from home on other days.

The annual base salary range for this role is $160,000 to $225,000. New hires are typically brought into the organization between the minimum to midpoint of the salary range posted depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role.

The above is a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, description of requirements and expectations that may evolve over time based on business needs. You must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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Salary : $160,000 - $225,000