Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager - Logistics

Ōura • San Francisco, CA

10d • $169,150 - $230,000

About The Position

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.
Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.
We are looking for a Staff Strategic Sourcing Manager, Logistics to own sourcing strategy, supplier management, and commercial execution across key logistics spend categories that materially impact Oura’s cost of goods sold, with an initial focus on logistics, warehousing, freight, returns, and related business operations spend.
This is a high-impact individual contributor role within the Sourcing team. The person in this role will bring strategic sourcing discipline, strong commercial judgment, and cross-functional influence to drive measurable savings and create long-term supplier strategies.
This role works closely with Logistics, Finance, Operations, Program Management, and external supplier partners to ensure that Oura’s logistics sourcing decisions support service levels, scalability, and total landed cost objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field
• 8-10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, or supply chain, with meaningful ownership of indirect spend categories
• Proven track record in supplier negotiations, RFQ/RFP management, and contracting
• Excellent analytical, financial modeling, and project management skills with the ability to develop tools and dashboards for reporting workstreams
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority
• Experience sourcing logistics, freight, warehousing, 3PL, returns, or related operational services
• Mastery and knowledge of global trade compliance with the ability to integrate cost tradeoffs into a cohesive sourcing strategy

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving processes and shifting priorities
• Experience in consumer electronics, medical device, consumer product, or similarly complex physical product environments
• Familiarity with contract manufacturing and global supply chain networks including knowledge of tariffs, regulatory requirements, Incoterms, and Freight Forwarding
• Experience managing suppliers across North America, Europe, and Asia
• Knowledge of procurement, ERP, and supply chain systems
• A strategic mindset with the ability to balance cost, quality, and speed
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and creating structure in areas that do not yet have mature ownership or standardized processes
• Passion for building scalable sourcing systems and supplier partnerships that enable world-class manufacturing performance
• Strong judgment in balancing short-term business needs with long-term supplier strategy
• A collaborative, team-first approach and the ability to lead through influence

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing strategy and commercial execution across logistics, warehousing, freight, returns, and related categories
• Lead RFQ, RFP, and competitive bid processes, including supplier selection, pricing negotiations, SLA alignment, contract terms, and multi-year commercial agreements
• Deliver measurable cost reductions across freight, 3PLs, and returns providers through supplier benchmarking, cost modeling, and vendor negotiations
• Build and maintain dashboards, cost models, and reporting workstreams that track spend, savings, supplier performance, and key cost drivers across the portfolio
• Establish KPIs and supplier scorecards covering cost, service, quality, on-time performance, and responsiveness, and lead regular business reviews to drive accountability
• Partner with Logistics, Finance, Operations, and Program teams to align sourcing decisions with service requirements, launch timelines, forecast changes, and business priorities
• Strengthen supplier governance and contract management to improve decision-making and operational execution and build long-term strategic partnerships
• Standardize sourcing processes, commercial documentation, and supplier management practices to improve scalability

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own during your tenure
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off prorated
• Paid sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior