Principal: Sourcing & Supplier Management

Ooni; Broxburn; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Coaching & therapy access

Product allowance

Product discount

Personal passion fund

Paid time off

Volunteer days

Employee support program

Job summary

Ooni, the award-winning portable pizza oven company, is seeking a Principal of Sourcing & Supplier Management to lead global sourcing and supplier relationships across the UK and China. You will report to the Director of Product Development & Delivery and drive cost and quality improvements while scaling operations.

This hybrid role in Broxburn, Scotland, offers leadership across time zones, governance of supplier performance, and collaboration with design, planning, and logistics teams to

Qualifications

• Strong people leadership and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience leading remote teams across time zones.
• Experience with international manufacturers, especially China, and price negotiations.
• Ability to analyse data to drive real-world improvements.
• Knowledge of consumer kitchen/culinary products or related fields.
• Passion for sustainability and the environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the global sourcing strategy and onboarding framework for long-term partner development and scaling manufacturing.
• Maintain a robust supplier management process with accountability across Ooni teams.
• Collaborate with category management, industrial design & innovation, and programme management on future supplier needs.
• Support quality and compliance to ensure suppliers meet requirements.
• Work with Planning and Logistics to reduce lead times and improve OTIFs and on-time delivery.
• Be the single voice of Ooni on supplier communications and operating model.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Remote team leadership

Time-zone collaboration

Global supplier management

Price negotiations

Data analysis

Sustainability

Job description

Since launching the world’s first portable wood-pellet pizza oven in 2012, Ooni has grown into an award-winning, multinational company with a product range loved by pizza makers all over the globe. Our mission has always been to design innovative products that spark joy in our customers, and whilst we’re incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished so far - we’re only just getting started.

About the Role

The Principal of Sourcing & Supplier Management is someone with a passion for making product ideas a reality, building strong supplier relationships and delivering best in class cost and quality.

You’ll report directly to the Director of Product Development & Delivery and you will lead our global Sourcing and Supplier Management teams. You will be responsible for driving high performance throughout the supply chain as we continue to innovate, scale, and optimise.

This role will lead a team that sits across the UK and China focused on overall sourcing and supplier management, while working closely with all other Ooni teams that interact with our suppliers to ensure efficient operations.

This is a hybrid role, working 4 days per week from our office in Broxburn, Scotland.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and lead the global sourcing strategy and onboarding framework for long-term partner development and ensuring there is a suitable plan in place for scaling manufacturing as we grow.
• Ensure we have a robust supplier management process in place that holds suppliers accountable and incorporates stakeholder management of various Ooni teams.
• Work closely with category management, industrial design & innovation, programme management teams to understand the need of our suppliers for the future product roadmap.
• Support the quality and compliance teams in ensuring suppliers are meeting our requirements.
• Work closely with our Planning and Logistics teams to reduce lead times and increase our OTIFs, ultimately responsible for supplier on-time delivery and improvement plans.
• Act as the single voice of Ooni on strategic communications and operating model, ensuring each supplier has the information they need from Ooni in order to operate at their full potential.
• Act as the escalation point for all internal Ooni teams on all supplier performance related issues.
• Work closely with the legal team to ensure we have strong contractual agreements in place with all suppliers.
• Championing our regenerative strategy with the suppliers, ensuring we have robust plans that will meet our science based targets.
• Playing a key inspiring leadership role for the staff in your team, mentoring, coaching and developing the team.
• Leading us in building out a team and critical capabilities in Asia as we continue to scale up. As a part of this, champion the overall Asian team strategy.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• You will be a strong people leader with strong stakeholder management/ influencing skills and ability to create strong working relationships.
• You have managed remote teams and have the ability to work across timezones
• You will have experience of working with international manufacturers, particularly in China and have a proven track record of price negotiations.
• Will have the ability to produce and analyse meaningful data to drive real world improvements.
• Knowledge and experience of consumer kitchen and culinary products, outdoor cooking devices, or related fields.
• You will have a passion for sustainability and the environment.

Why Ooni?

When you join one of our global teams, you’re joining a dedicated group of do-ers who value Kindness, Passion, Innovation, Ambition and Rigor above all else. We live, work and play by these values and are proud of what we’ve built here. As a member of our team, you will also receive the following:

• Work for an employer that cares about your well-being! We’ve got private healthcare through Bupa as well as access to on-demand coaching and therapy sessions via BetterHelp
• £500 to spend on Ooni products each year, plus 50% discount on any other Ooni products.
• £500 every year to spend on your passion – whatever that may be.
• 35 days of paid time off per year, plus an additional 5 week sabbatical when you’ve been here for 5 years.
• Access to an employee assistance programme which includes on demand coaching.
• We believe in giving back to our communities, which is why we offer every team member five paid volunteer days each year to support causes they care about.

Having a fantastic culture is really important to all of us at Ooni. We work hard to make it diverse and inclusive, and want everyone to have access to the same opportunities.