Senior Manager, Global Procurement (Materials)

France · Remote · Italy - Remote · United Kingdom · 12-15 years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 5, 2026

At a glance

Quince is a destination for builders, creators, innovators, and operators who want to come together and challenge the status quo. Our mission is simple: make really high quality essentials for really low prices, fairly and sustainably. We deliver on that mission through a unique manufacturer-to-consumer (M2C) model eliminating the layers of traditional retail that add cost and result in consumers paying more than they need to. We find, build relationships with, and work directly with the manufacturing partners behind some of the world’s finest products. From there, our teams design smart, efficient operational processes and build and deploy proprietary technology, AI, and analytics to help us scale fast.
What began with a small assortment of elevated basics has quickly grown into a cross-category brand spanning apparel, accessories, home goods, and more. Today, tens of millions of people across a growing number of countries come – and return – to Quince because they trust us to deliver.

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Manager, Global Procurement [Materials] to own and drive cost structures and savings.
This role is critical to our goal of delivering the highest quality products, at radically low prices -done right.
Reporting to the Head of Procurement, the ideal candidate will leverage their deep expertise in commodity costing, clean sheet, manufacturing excellence & efficiency, harvest timing, raw material availability to craft a competitive costing environment.

Establish a monitoring framework to forecast global market shifts, raw material fluctuations, currency risks, and macro-material trends.
Build and operationalize a live tracking system for key raw material prices, currency movements, and supply risks to proactively surface threats and opportunities.
Construct and scale material-specific clean sheets to lock in baseline component costs before finished-goods production.
Support Buy Plan margin review to govern company margin target.
Partner with material sourcing team to ensure transparent, competitive pricing from all key material suppliers.
Complete mapping of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 vendor landscape and deliver a defined material and vendor strategy that reduces complexity, ensures capacity, and increases direct-to-mill buying power.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate upstream material availability into product design and development cycles.
Design and execute RFPs tailored specifically to raw material vendors, yarn spinners/mills, tanneries, and textile mills.
Negotiate and execute immediate cost-reduction agreements directly with Tier 2 material suppliers, while simultaneously institutionalizing repeatable negotiation frameworks.
Identify and execute on opportunities to reshape the supply chain and extract new financial value beyond traditional sourcing boundaries, including verticalization and volume consolidation plays.

12-15 years of experience in raw material sourcing, commodity procurement, or upstream supply chain management
Deep knowledge of textile raw materials including yarns, fibers, fabrics, leather, and related commodities
Experience negotiating directly with mills, tanneries, yarn spinners, and raw material vendors
Familiarity with commodity hedging frameworks and global market indices
Proven ability to build and execute material-specific clean sheets
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills; comfort with large data sets
Technical aptitude for leveraging AI-powered platforms (e.g., LLMs) to conduct scenario analysis and automate complex procurement tasks
Experience working cross-functionally with merchandising, sourcing, and production teams
Bachelor’s degree required