[Hiring] Senior Sourcing Manager @BARK

Role Description

We are looking for a customer (dog) obsessed, analytical and entrepreneurial Senior Sourcing Manager to oversee and help develop our toy sourcing strategy. The Senior Sourcing Manager will be responsible for developing best in class dog toys for all BARK business lines and channels. This person should thrive in a cross-functional environment and will work daily with Design, Merchandising, Sales, Quality, Project Management, Planning, and Purchasing. An ideal candidate is data obsessed and is not afraid to ask questions or challenge the status quo.

Key Duties

• Strategy Execution & Influence: Operationalize the global geodiversity strategy, providing data-driven recommendations for pivots based on supplier performance, regional stability, and total landed cost analysis.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Monitor monthly scorecards (KPIs) covering quality, on-time delivery, and cost; use these insights to improve supplier performance and manage key partnerships.
• Financial Accountability: Responsible for meeting and exceeding monthly cost targets for defined categories; manage annual tooling budget and monthly reconciliation with Finance.
• Lifecycle Management: Oversee development lifecycles and mitigate calendar roadblocks to ensure on-time product readiness for PO placements.
• Process Innovation: Lead process-improvement efforts to streamline workflows, improve cross-functional communication, and reduce lead times/sample rounds.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Directly manage and mentor a Sourcing Manager, fostering a high-performance team environment and serving as a subject matter expert for the broader department.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant international sourcing, product development, or production experience.
• Experience owning and being responsible for a functional category.
• Overseas (preferably Asia) sourcing experience, both direct and through third parties.
• Comfortable with high volume SKU counts in various stages of development and production.
• Technical knowledge of various manufacturing processes (e.g., injection molding, cut-and-sew, print packaging) is highly preferred.
• Direct people management.
• Confident being responsible for a defined area of COGS.

Skills & Qualifications

• Track record of taking ownership and driving results.
• Proficient in Excel and PLM/product management systems, and Google.
• Both DTC + Retail experience are a plus.
• Cross-Functional leadership and relationship building.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Ability to think creatively and utilize strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously.

Benefits

• Health insurance for both you and your pup.
• 401k.
• Cold brew on tap.
• A dog to pet anytime you wish.

Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this position is $120-150K. This position is eligible for equity. This compensation range is based on BARK's good faith estimate as of the date of this posting and may be modified in the future. Actual pay for this position will depend on a variety of variables including location, travel, internal equity, experience, education, skills, and expertise.