Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Apparel

quince; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PVH (Tommy Hilfiger/Calvin Klein) is seeking a Senior Manager for Global Procurement - Apparel to own cost structures and drive savings while upholding quality and ESG standards. The role reports to the Head of Procurement and focuses on strategic category management, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional collaboration across technology and product catalog systems.

The successful candidate will lead end-to-end RFPs, push for significant cost reductions, and develop transparent pricing

Responsibilities

• Procurement Category Strategy: Define and execute the commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy for assigned categories to improve margins as Quince scales. Establish short- and long-term procurement targets aligned to business growth.
• Deliver cost reductions and negotiate best terms while maintaining product quality and ESG considerations.
• Partner with the technology team to embed procurement capabilities into the Vendor Portal and Product Catalog tools.
• Identify and deliver 700 bps product cost reductions over the next 12 months.
• Lead RFPs end-to-end from vendor identification through award, building repeatable negotiation frameworks.

Job description

Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Apparel

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Manager, Global Procurement - Apparel 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 (consumption, C&M excellence), harvest timing, raw material availability to craft a competitive costing environment where major T1 and T2 suppliers are being challenged to provide transparent and competitive pricing to achieve a win win supply chain for both Quince and our partners.

Responsibilities

• Procurement Category Strategy: Define and execute the commercial roadmap and vendor distribution strategy for assigned categories to improve margins as Quince scales. Establish short- and long-term procurement targets aligned to business growth.
• Consistently deliver exceptional product cost without sacrificing product quality or ESG considerations, including Procurement.
• Partner with the technology team to embed procurement capabilities and playbook into the Vendor Portal and Product Catalog tools.
• Identify and deliver 700 bps product cost reductions over the next 12 months.
• RFP Ownership & Execution: Structure and run competitive, end-to-end bidding processes to secure optimal cost and commercial terms with manufacturing partners. Own the full lifecycle from vendor identification through award.
• Deliver immediate, best-in-class product cost savings through rigorous negotiation, while simultaneously institutionalizing repeatable negotiation frameworks to build long-term category maturity and sustainable competitive advantage.
• Build AI agent to help us run RFP systematically in 2026 with the capability to build scenario analyses.
• Clean Sheet & Buy Plan Approvals: Create and utilize component-level "clean sheets" to drive pricing transparency; review, approve, and solution to optimum cost for all buy events within your categories.
• Current mature / scale categories: Ensure scale / cleansheet costing with Finished Goods Manufacturers. Negotiate upstream of Finished Goods to secure best pricing and availability of inputs (e.g. fabrics, yarns, fibers, commodities, trims) for new categories / new products.
• Lead Buy Plan margin review to govern company margin target. Partner with material sourcing team.