Senior Sourcing Manager, Toys

New York, NY/Remote (FT)

ABOUT BARK

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 TEAM

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.

WHO WE’RE SNIFFING FOR

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.

KEY DUTIES

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

EXPERIENCE

• 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.
• Technical knowledge of various manufacturing processes (e.g., injection molding, cut-and-sew, print packaging) is highly preferred.
• Direct people management.
• Confident being responsible for a defined area of COGS.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Track record of taking ownership and driving results.
• Proficient in Excel and PLM/product management systems, and Google.
• Both DTC + Retail experience are a plus.
• 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.

This position is a full-time salaried position. It is located on-site at our office in New York City or can be remote. We offer health insurance for both you and your pup, 401k, cold brew on tap, and a dog to pet anytime you wish. 

PAY TRANSPARENCY 

• The base salary range for this position is $120-150K
• This position is eligible for equity 

**This compensation range is based on BARKs good faith estimate as of the date of this posting and may be modified in the future. Actual pay for this position will depend on a variety of variables including location, travel, internal equity, experience, education, skills and expertise.