Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Development Manager Furniture

Role Objective Build and manage a reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient supplier ecosystem for customised and premium furniture, while ensuring consistent quality, lead-time adherence, and strong commercial competitiveness across categories. Key Responsibilities Identify, evaluate, and onboard OEM partners across furniture categories including Sofas, Beds, Dining, Storage, and Accent Furniture.Build a diversified and balanced supplier portfolio to reduce concentration risk while maintaining quality and delivery consistency.Develop long-term strategic partnerships with key vendors, including exclusivity arrangements where relevant.Drive supplier capability development across quality, finishing standards, compliance, and scalability.Own end-to-end costing, pricing, and commercial negotiations with vendors.Deliver cost optimisation through material optimisation, process improvements, volume leverage, and alternate sourcing.Lead annual rate negotiations, cost resets, and contract renewals.Work closely with Category, Design, and Product teams to enable New Product Development (NPD).Ensure sourcing feasibility for design-led, customised, and make-to-order products.Define, implement, and enforce supplier SLAs covering quality standards, lead times, and responsiveness.Collaborate with Vendor Managers and QC teams to ensure On-Time In-Full (OTIF) delivery performance.Review vendor performance regularly and drive corrective actions and improvement plans.Identify and mitigate sourcing risks related to capacity constraints, supplier dependency, and raw material volatility.Partner with Finance on contracts, payment terms, and commercial governance.Success Metrics (KPIs) Cost savings and margin improvement (CM1 / Gross Margin)Supplier OTIF and lead-time adherenceQuality acceptance rate and defect reductionReduction in supplier concentration and dependency riskNew supplier onboarding, capability building, and scalability metricsIdeal Profile 610 years of experience in furniture sourcing, manufacturing, or category operations.Strong understanding of furniture materials, production processes, and finishing standards.Proven expertise in vendor negotiations, cost management, and supplier development.Experience in customised or make-to-order manufacturing environments preferred.Strong stakeholder management skills with a hands-on execution mindset.What We Offer High-impact role influencing margins, supply reliability, and product qualityOpportunity to build and scale a strategic supplier ecosystemCross-functional exposure across sourcing, design, manufacturing, and finance Skills:- Real Estate .