Sourcing Manager

Title: Sourcing Manager
Company Description: Global Children’s Apparel Company
Location: New York, New York
Salary: $75,000-$125,000
*Salary is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by JPSearch*

Responsibilities:

• Lead global sourcing initiatives for licensed children's apparel programs.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with overseas factories, mills, and vendor partners.
• Partner closely with Product Development, Production, Design, and Merchandising teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Analyze costing, negotiate pricing, and identify opportunities for margin improvement while maintaining quality standards.
• Calculate and manage duties, tariffs, landed costs (LDPs), markups (MUs), and target FOB pricing.
• Work backward from retail targets to establish achievable FOB costs and profitable sourcing strategies.
• Perform garment cost engineering, identifying construction, fabrication, and manufacturing opportunities to optimize costs.
• Evaluate supplier performance, capacity, compliance, quality, testing, and inspection requirements.
• Manage production timelines and proactively address challenges that may impact delivery.
• Support and help execute testing and inspection processes in accordance with customer and licensing requirements.
• Utilize internal systems and software platforms to track costing, product development, sourcing activities, and production milestones.
• Travel internationally to vendor facilities, factories, and sourcing partners as needed.
• Mentor and manage at least one direct report while helping drive team performance and development.
• Continuously identify sourcing efficiencies, cost savings, and process improvements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum 3+ years of sourcing, production, product development, or supply chain experience within the apparel industry.
• Management-level experience; candidates must possess sufficient experience to independently manage sourcing initiatives and cross-functional partnerships.
• Prior experience managing at least one direct report.
• Strong background in apparel sourcing and garment manufacturing.
• Experience working across Production, Product Development, and Sourcing functions, with daily collaboration across multiple teams.
• Proven experience negotiating vendor costs and managing factory relationships.
• Strong understanding of global supply chain operations and international sourcing.
• Extensive garment costing experience is required.
• Strong understanding of:
  • FOB costing
  • Landed Duty Paid (LDP) calculations
  • Duties and tariffs
  • Markups (MU)
  • Cost engineering garments
  • Margin analysis
  • Retail-to-FOB cost calculations
  • Ability to build and explain costing formulas and methodologies.
• Comfortable completing costing exercises and formula-based assessments during the interview process.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
• Highly detail-oriented, accurate, and meticulous.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work cross-functionally.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and moving parts simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and eager to learn new processes and systems.
• Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with children's apparel is highly preferred.
• Experience within a licensed apparel business is a plus.
• Club retail experience with Costco, Sam's Club, and/or BJ's Wholesale Club is preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with product testing, compliance, and inspection processes.
• Experience working with proprietary/internal ERP or sourcing management systems.