Sourcing Manager (Promotional Merchandise)
About The Position
Reachdesk is seeking a Sourcing Manager to manage supplier relationships, negotiate rates, and oversee the purchasing of promotional products and materials. This role is crucial in shaping how the company sources, curates, and delivers branded merchandise at scale for global clients. The Sourcing Manager will be responsible for bringing campaigns to life through high-quality, on-brand products and building a best-in-class vendor network. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in promotional merchandise or branded products, taking ownership of vendor sourcing, pricing, and fulfillment. This is a high-impact role with significant ownership, directly influencing product quality, supplier strategy, and commercial outcomes in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. The role involves managing multiple sourcing requests simultaneously, balancing speed, cost, and quality, and collaborating with Swag, Production, and Sales teams to own the end-to-end sourcing process. The Sourcing Manager will also build a product catalog and lookbooks to support client campaigns.
Requirements
- Experience sourcing promotional merchandise or branded products, working directly with suppliers and decorators
- Proven supplier, decorator or vendor management experience, including negotiating pricing, terms, and agreements
- Strong understanding of design principles and ability to communicate them clearly
- Experience using promotional product software such as CommonSKU, Hoops, MPower Promo, Netsuite, or similar
- Experience using CRM platforms such as Salesforce, Hubspot, or similar
- Highly organised and able to prioritise multiple workstreams across internal and external stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy across orders, pricing, and fulfilment
- Able to manage workload effectively in a fast paced, high pressure environment
- Strong business acumen with a cost-conscious mindset
- Strong communication skills with a collaborative, team oriented approach
Responsibilities
- Source, evaluate, and select suppliers for promotional products and branded merchandise.
- Build out our vendor network as the business scales.
- Build a vendor vetting process that aligns with business values.
- Negotiate pricing and terms with vendors to achieve cost savings and favorable agreements.
- Set pricing that balances market competitiveness with strong margin performance for Reachdesk.
- Apply sustainable and scalable methodologies to pricing swag decoration to maximize Reachdesk’s margins while minimizing the time to quote these services.
- Ensure all items available to purchase are accurately priced, stocked, and meet the quality standards of our clients.
- Maintain strong, long-term relationships with key suppliers and oversee quality control.
- Curate and create commercially compelling product catalogs and lookbooks that enable sales teams to sell across a variety of client use cases.
- Place orders with partner vendors & track production schedules.
- Oversee large or complex orders requiring multiple vendors or custom product development.
- Track team performance to ensure quarterly targets set by the leadership team are achieved.
- Collaborate with warehouse and logistics partners to streamline global fulfillment.
- Manage a high volume of concurrent sourcing requests, balancing speed, cost, and quality across multiple stakeholders.
- Provide guidance and support to production specialists.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives in procurement & order management processes.
- Establish and evolve SOPs, working closely with cross-functional teams to continuously improve workflows and tools.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with generous stock options
- 401(k) with employer match
- Medical, dental & vision insurance, including mental health support and fast access to care
- Flexible PTO that increases the longer you’re with us, plus extra flexibility for life’s unexpected moments
- A genuinely collaborative culture with innovative, fun, and ambitious people
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
