Head of Strategic Sourcing

GNO Partners

About The Position

GNO Partners is launching a new division focused on reducing clients' Cost of Goods (COGS). This division aims to help approximately 500 Amazon brands, collectively generating over $1B in Amazon sales, save money. The company is seeking a senior sourcing and procurement professional to be a founding member of this new initiative and build it from the ground up. This role will involve working directly with the CEO of GNO Partners and established consumer brands to analyze COGS and procurement structures, identify cost-saving opportunities, build should-cost models, negotiate with manufacturers, benchmark suppliers, run RFQs, improve payment terms and MOQs, identify value-engineering opportunities, qualify alternative suppliers, reduce supplier risk, and establish GNO's methodology, systems, and SOPs. The role will eventually involve recruiting and managing a team. This is not primarily a logistics or inventory-management role, but rather one that requires a deep understanding of manufacturing economics, supplier negotiation, and strategic sourcing.

Requirements

Significant experience with China / Asia manufacturing
Significant experience with OEM / ODM products
Significant experience with Consumer goods
Significant experience with Strategic sourcing
Significant experience with Supplier negotiations
Significant experience with Cost reduction
Significant experience with Should-cost analysis
Significant experience with RFQs
Significant experience with Supplier development
Significant experience with Value engineering
Significant experience with Payment-term negotiations
Experience working across multiple brands, suppliers or product categories is especially valuable.
Backgrounds from Amazon aggregators, sourcing companies, CPG brands, procurement consulting firms or large consumer-product businesses are highly relevant.