Manager, Sourcing (Private Brands)

Job Summary:

The Manager, Sourcing will support the Director of Sourcing and Supply Chain in executing sourcing strategies across assigned product categories to drive cost efficiency, quality, and supplier performance. This role plays a key part in enabling profitability, innovation, and supply chain agility by managing supplier relationships, executing sourcing initiatives, and ensuring alignment with the company’s strategic goals. The Manager will collaborate cross-functionally with Merchandising, Product Development, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to ensure smooth execution and value delivery.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:

• Sourcing Strategy Execution: Implement sourcing strategies that support category growth, cost optimization, and supply chain resilience under the guidance of the Director.
• Supplier Management: Manage day-to-day supplier relationships, evaluate vendor performance, and support negotiations to achieve favorable cost, quality, and delivery outcomes. Influence without direct authority, drive supplier collaboration across geographies and cultures.
• Cost Management: Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings through value engineering, supplier consolidation, and competitive bidding, maintaining product quality and service levels.
• Global Sourcing Support: Assist in optimizing the global sourcing footprint, monitoring geopolitical and tariff impacts, and recommending sourcing shifts as needed.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Development, Merchandising, and Quality to ensure sourcing activities align with business needs, product timelines, and quality standards.
• Vendor Compliance: Ensure suppliers adhere to ethical sourcing, regulatory, and quality standards. Support factory audits and sustainability initiatives.
• Risk Mitigation: Monitor supply chain risks and contribute to contingency planning through supplier diversification and proactive communication.
• Performance Tracking: Manage key performance indicators (KPIs) related to supplier performance, cost savings, and delivery. Provide regular updates and insights to leadership.
• Product Development Support: Work closely with Product Development and Design teams to identify new materials, technologies, and manufacturing capabilities that enhance product innovation. Assist with change management (ECN)
• Team & Process Leadership: Support continuous improvement of sourcing processes, systems and analytics (including digital sourcing platform adoption, advanced spend analytics, supplier performance dashboards)”.. Facilitate and support digitalization of supply chain and drive digital sourcing tools adoption
• Internal Partner Engagement: Provide analytical and market insights to internal stakeholders, contributing to informed sourcing and business decisions.

To join our band, you'll need the following experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• (Musical/Audio background is a strong plus but not a requirement)
• 6–8 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain, with at least 2–3 years in a supervisory or project leadership capacity.
• Demonstrated success supporting or executing global sourcing strategies within a consumer goods or multi-category environment.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and supplier management skills.
• Ability and openness to travel globally from 2-6 times per year.
• Familiarity with international sourcing, tariffs, cost structures, and vendor evaluation.
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings and process improvements.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities across functions and cultures.
• Experience with sourcing systems, ERP platforms, and supply chain analytics tools.

Why Guitar Center? Here’s just some of the rewards:

For our employees who are musicians we offer the unique opportunity of gig leave—take time off to share your music with the world and return to your job after your tour! Guitar Center offers robust benefits and perks, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K plus company match, mental health support, paid sick/holiday/vacation time, employee discount program, and tuition reimbursement options.

Pay Rate: $90,000- $140,000 depending on background and experience.

This position is eligible to participate in the Guitar Center Company bonus program based on Company performance. The job posting is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, education, and other factors. The pay range(s) listed are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations.

Guitar Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides fair and equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected status prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws. All employment decisions are based on valid job‐related requirements.

Why join us?

With a career at Guitar Center, you become part of the world's largest multichannel musical instrument retailer. Whether at our Stores, Contact Centers, Distribution Centers, or Support Center, Guitar Center employees have a common goal: to help people find their sound and fill the world with more music.

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