Global Textiles & Materials Sourcing Manager

Uniform Advantage (UA Brands); Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision

401(k) with company matching

Short- and long-term disability

Volunteer time off

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Job summary

Uniform Advantage Brands seeks a Global Raw Materials Sourcing Manager to lead fabric and trim sourcing for medical scrubs and chef wear. You will build relationships with mills and suppliers worldwide, negotiate pricing and MOQs, and manage costs while ensuring quality and availability.

You’ll collaborate with Product Design, Development, Quality, and Merchandising to meet performance, cost, and delivery targets, and you’ll oversee a small team to drive continuous sourcing improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in global raw materials sourcing, textile sourcing, or apparel supply chain.
• Experience negotiating with global textile mills in regions such as Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, China.
• Strong knowledge of fabric development, supplier management, costing, capacity planning, and production lead times.
• Experience improving quality and consistency while identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
• People management experience, including at least one direct report.
• Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple suppliers, seasonal priorities, and deadlines across a global supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global raw material sourcing strategy across fabric mills and trim suppliers.
• Build and manage relationships with global textile mills and suppliers, negotiating pricing, minimum order quantities (MOQs), capacity, and lead times.
• Manage raw material costs and identify value-engineering and cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality and performance.
• Lead new fabric and trim development based on product strategy, emerging textile technologies, and Design and Merchandising needs.
• Partner with Product Design and Development to ensure fabrics meet performance, testing, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Manage supply risk through dual sourcing, supplier diversification, mill capacity planning, and lead-time management.
• Visit textile mills and suppliers for supplier evaluations, R&D, new collections, and fabric development.
• Lead and develop direct reports while driving continuous improvement in sourcing processes.

Skills

Global raw materials sourcing

Textile sourcing

Supplier relationship management

Cost negotiations

Lead times & capacity planning

Quality standards management

Microsoft Excel

MS Office suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fashion, Textiles, Apparel, or a related field

Tools

Yunique PLM

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Uniform Advantage Brands seeks a Global Raw Materials Sourcing Manager to lead fabric and trim sourcing for medical scrubs and chef wear. You will build relationships with mills and suppliers worldwide, negotiate pricing and MOQs, and manage costs while ensuring quality and availability.

You’ll collaborate with Product Design, Development, Quality, and Merchandising to meet performance, cost, and delivery targets, and you’ll oversee a small team to drive continuous sourcing improvements.