Senior Sourcing Associate

Ruggable is a leading direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand based in Los Angeles, California with an extraordinary track record of high, profitable growth. We pride ourselves on having an extremely loyal customer base and a talented team made up of genuinely caring people who take action and deliver results. We are venture-backed and own a patented washable rug design that's disrupting the home décor industry.

Our mission is to empower our customers to live vibrantly with beautiful products that don't compromise on function. If you're passionate about consumer products, e-commerce, and high-growth start-ups, keep reading!

The Senior Sourcing Associate will lead the development, and commercialization of white label products that expand and strengthen the Ruggable assortment. This role will partner closely with Creative, Design, Merchandising, and Operations to identify assortment opportunities and translate them into compelling, brand-right product offerings. This role will leverage the capabilities, constructions, and product offerings of global suppliers, identifying products that can be customized, and adapted through a Ruggable lens.

The Senior Sourcing Associate will be responsible for finding the right suppliers and product solutions, applying Ruggable standards, and managing the development process from initial product identification through production.

The ideal candidate combines a strong product eye with deep sourcing and product development experience, understands how to evaluate supplier capabilities and commercially viable products, and canmove quickly from assortment opportunity to market-ready product.

• Lead white label sourcing, product development and commercialization from initial assortment opportunity through production and launch.
• Partner closely with Merchandising and Creative teams to identify gaps and opportunities withinthe existing assortment and translate those needs into actionable product and sourcing strategies.
• Research global markets, suppliers, manufacturing regions, trade shows, and emerging product categories to identify new products, materials, constructions, and vendor capabilities.
• Identify and onboard new suppliers capable of filling specific assortment needs while meeting
  
  Ruggable standards.
• Evaluate existing supplier product lines and capabilities to identify products that can be customized, or adapted to align with Ruggable’s design sensibility and customer expectations.
• Develop clear product briefs for suppliers that communicate aesthetic direction, target costs,quality expectations, performance requirements, and key commercial objectives.
• Own the development process with global suppliers, including sampling, revisions, costing, testing, approvals, pre-production requirements, and final production specifications.
• Ensure product is fully commercialized and all critical product information is finalized prior to bulkPO issuance.
• Build detailed development calendars and critical paths, ensuring suppliers and internal stakeholders remain aligned to key milestones and launch dates.
• Negotiate product costs, MOQs, lead times, payment terms, and other commercial requirements while protecting the intended product value and quality..
• Evaluate samples for aesthetic execution, construction, quality, functionality, performance and overall alignment with the intended product brief.
• Partner with Quality, Testing, and Compliance teams to ensure white label products meet applicable Ruggable, customer, regulatory, and performance standards.
• Proactively identify and resolve development, costing, quality, capacity, and manufacturing issuesthat could impact product launches.
• Conduct supplier and factory visits to evaluate capabilities, review product…