Senior Sourcing Manager, Toys

BARK•New York, NY

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

Here at BARK, we love dogs and their people. We’re looking to make all dogs happy throughout the entire world (we’re not kidding). Think Disney for dogs -- we make magic for dogs and their people through our products, events, and experiences. Our ambition level is high, the opportunity is huge, and our love for dogs is through the roof! We launched in 2011 with BarkBox, a monthly-themed subscription of all-natural treats and clever toys. Since then, we've shipped more than 70 million toys and treats to the dogs across the world and use all of that direct customer feedback to inform new initiatives and ways to make magic between dogs and their people. We’ve since expanded into other offerings as well, as we aim to become THE Dog Company for every family with a four-legged, belly-scratch-loving, interspecies family member. The Sourcing team helps to take our unique designs and transform them into products to sell to our customers with the help of our third-party manufacturing partners. Internally, we partner closely with the Design and Supply Chain teams in order to give dogs and their people the best experience possible. If you couldn't tell already, we're dog and customer- obsessed - we pay close attention to cost and quality, are highly flexible and entrepreneurial, and collaborative to a fault. We are looking for a customer (dog) obsessed, analytical and entrepreneurial Senior Sourcing Manager to oversee and help develop our toy sourcing strategy. The Senior Sourcing Manager will be responsible for developing best in class dog toys for all BARK business lines and channels. This person should thrive in a cross-functional environment and will work daily with Design, Merchandising, Sales, Quality, Project Management, Planning, and Purchasing. An ideal candidate is data obsessed and is not afraid to ask questions or challenge the status quo.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant international sourcing, product development, or production experience.
Experience owning and being responsible for a functional category.
Overseas (preferably Asia) Sourcing experience, both direct and through third parties.
Comfortable with high volume SKU counts in various stages of development and production.
Direct people management.
Confident being responsible for a defined area of COGS.
Proficient in Excel and PLM/product management systems, and Google.

Nice To Haves

Technical knowledge of various manufacturing processes (e.g., injection molding, cut-and-sew, print packaging) is highly preferred.
Both DTC + Retail experience are a plus.
Track record of taking ownership and driving results.
Cross-Functional leadership and relationship building.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).
Ability to think creatively and utilize strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and autonomously.

Responsibilities

Operationalize the global geodiversity strategy, providing data-driven recommendations for pivots based on supplier performance, regional stability, and total landed cost analysis.
Monitor monthly scorecards (KPIs) covering quality, on-time delivery, and cost; use these insights to improve supplier performance and manage key partnerships.
Responsible for meeting and exceeding monthly cost targets for defined categories; manage annual tooling budget and monthly reconciliation with Finance.
Oversee development lifecycles and mitigate calendar roadblocks to ensure on-time product readiness for PO placements.
Lead process-improvement efforts to streamline workflows, improve cross-functional communication, and reduce lead times/sample rounds.
Directly manage and mentor a Sourcing Manager, fostering a high-performance team environment and serving as a subject matter expert for the broader department.