Sourcing Manager

millerknoll; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MillerKnoll is seeking a Manager of Sourcing to join our Global Retail Sourcing organization. You will cultivate partnerships with suppliers to support product growth with a focus on operational excellence and quality.

This role supports the Lifestyle furniture category for residential customers, ensuring a healthy, resilient supply chain that meets product strategies and margin goals. Domestic and international travel ~20% is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years proven sourcing experience in home furnishings or related industry.
• Knowledge of wood, metal, stone and furniture manufacturing.
• Experience in new product commercialization including full development and launch cycle.
• Experience in retail operations and end-to-end supply chain for supplier vetting and management.
• Experience with supplier negotiations.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Product Development, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Execute sourcing strategies to support the retail growth strategy, improve margin targets, and optimize supplier capabilities.
• Align supplier allocation with country competencies, margin targets, product requirements, and capacity.
• Expand and diversify the supplier base prioritizing quality, scalability, lead times, and product capability.
• Support vendor rationalization and re-sourcing to optimize cost structure and delivery performance.
• Continuously evaluate supplier performance and provide recommendations for development, growth, or exit plans.
• Advance responsible sourcing practices and strengthen supplier performance in quality and sustainability.
• Analyze supplier performance, reliability, and compliance to inform decisions and drive improvement.
• Lead oversight of supplier-owned inventory performance and forecast variances to inform procurement decisions.
• Support cost negotiations and identify cost-saving opportunities across strategic suppliers.
• Collaborate with Innovation and Product Development to incorporate sustainable materials and minimize environmental impact.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Supplier negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Product development collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Job description

Why join us?

Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It's the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

About This Opportunity:

MillerKnoll is seeking a Manager of Sourcing to join our Global Retail Sourcing organizations. As a Sourcing Manager, you will cultivate and manage partnerships with best-in-class suppliers to support our product growth strategies with a focus on operational excellence and quality. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with experience in global sourcing and experience within the home furnishings and furniture industry. As a Manager in the Sourcing team, you will support our \"Lifestyle\" furniture category that is focused on the residential customer. You will utilize your knowledge of global sourcing to ensure a healthy, resilient, and reliable supply chain that can deliver our product strategies and achieve our margin goals.

Responsibilities

• Execute sourcing strategies that support the retail growth strategy, deliver assortment expansion, and strengthen the financial performance of the business. An understanding of supplier capabilities, country-specific advantages, risk exposure, and long-term capacity requirements will guide strategies.


• Align supplier allocation and sourcing decisions with country core competencies, margin targets, product requirements, and capacity to support successful new product development.


• Support strategies to expand and diversify the supplier base in alignment with retail growth strategies, prioritizing quality, scalability, lead times, and product capability.


• Support vendor rationalization and re-sourcing efforts to optimize cost structure, improve product quality, and delivery performance.


• Continuously evaluate and optimize the supplier matrix, providing recommendations for development, growth, or exit plans based on strategic alignment and performance.


• Advance responsible sourcing practices and strengthen supplier performance in quality, sustainability, and risk management.


• Analyze supplier performance, reliability, and compliance to inform sourcing decisions and execute strategies to drive continuous improvement and accountability across the supply base.


• Lead strategic oversight of supplier-owned inventory performance, analyzing monthly variances against order forecasts to inform procurement decisions, mitigate supply risks, and drive continuous improvement in inventory planning.


• Support cost negotiations and identify cost-saving opportunities across strategic suppliers and key collections.


• Collaborate with Innovation and Product Development teams to integrate sustainable materials and minimize environmental impact in both production and logistics.


• Travel domestically and internationally (~20%) to maintain strong relationships with suppliers and regional teams.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years proven sourcing experience with previous experience in the home furnishings industry.


• Knowledge of wood, metal, stone and general furniture manufacturing and familiarity with global supplier landscape.


• Experience in new product commercialization including full development and launch cycle.


• Experience in retail operations and metrics; understanding key customer metrics and end-to-end supply chain to enable proper supplier vetting, selection, and management.


• Experience with supplier negotiations.


• Luxury brand experience preferred.


• Strength in quantitative and qualitative analysis skills.


• Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration within matrixed organizations.


• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Product Development, or similar.


• High level of personal integrity, ownership and business ethics.


• Passion for design, sustainability, and innovation in sourcing.

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We're committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable acco