Sourcing Manager DS Brands

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Position Summary: Direct Supply is building the future of healthcare technology with industry-leading products, solutions and platforms to help improve the lives of millions of seniors and those who care for them. In the Sourcing Manager - DS Brands position, you'll develop and execute sourcing strategies and supplier partnerships that support the growth, profitability and supply continuity of the DS Brands portfolio. You'll manage complex sourcing initiatives, make supplier network recommendations and partner across the business to improve cost, quality, service, innovation and speed to market. Skills Needed: Systems Thinking & Problem Solving - Identify the right problems to solve by understanding the broader system - customers, stakeholders, processes, data, technology, and AI. Connect root causes, dependencies, tradeoffs, and upstream and downstream effects to develop practical, scalable solutions that improve the whole. Apply Judgment - Make sound decisions by evaluating data, context, assumptions, risk, and outcomes. Critically assess ideas and AI-generated outputs, consider interdependencies, voice a clear point of view, and own the results and impact. Create & Shape Ideas - Generate, test, and develop new ideas into useful, high-quality solutions and experiences. Use creativity, curiosity, technology, and different perspectives to see around the corner, innovate and develop ideas into outcomes that create value and scale. Influence & Collaborate - Build trust, communicate clearly, and work across boundaries to drive action and shared outcomes. Seek and integrate different perspectives, contribute ideas, work through dependencies, and help teams make progress together through change and ambiguity. Learn & Adapt - Continuously grow and adapt as technology, customer needs, roles, and work systems evolve. Stay curious, learn beyond your core specialty, experiment with new approaches, use AI to accelerate learning, and improve through feedback and setbacks. What You'll Do and Impact: Own sourcing strategy and performance for one or more DS Brands categories. Develop multi-year supplier and sourcing strategies that support portfolio growth, profitability, supply continuity, innovation and customer value. Evaluate supplier networks and recommend supplier selection, market expansion, dual-sourcing strategies, supplier transitions and manufacturing footprint changes. Lead sourcing activities within category planning and portfolio roadmaps in partnership with Product Management and business leaders. Establish annual cost, margin, supplier performance and supply continuity objectives and drive execution against those targets. Lead complex commercial negotiations involving strategic supplier partnerships, new manufacturing capabilities, tooling investments, exclusivity arrangements and long-term agreements. Develop and recommend business cases for supplier... For full info follow application link. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/7AB8BB2BAB4B49CC