Director of Production, Procurement, and Quality

Overview

We’re excited to be looking for a Director of Production, Procurement, and Quality to join our team in Brooklyn, NY. Reporting to our COO, you'll fine-tune our procurement, factory production, and quality processes to ensure we deliver exceptional products at the best price and speed. If you’re an expert in production and quality management with sharp analytical skills and are excited to help us achieve our goals, we’d love to connect with you!

What you’ll do

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, negotiating contracts, pricing, and terms to optimize value, innovation, quality, reliability, and compliance. 
• Oversee the global procurement process from purchase order to delivery, ensuring efficient and timely purchasing activities and on-time delivery of new products and replenishment.
• Develop relationships with suppliers and partners to ensure the highest quality product; oversee the greige/forecast to reduce lead times and improve payment terms. 
• Qualify new suppliers and understand business requirements in different countries and categories. 
• Identify potential risks within the supply chain with cross-functional partners and develop mitigation strategies to ensure continuity of supply and minimize disruptions to product flow. 
• Collaborate closely with suppliers to ensure that all sourced materials and suppliers meet regulatory requirements and adhere to quality standards, including OEKO-TEX and other standards, as required. 
• Lead a team of 7 through 3 direct reports; responsible for optimizing the purchasing and procurement, supplier and production management, and quality assurance processes through personal and professional development and growth.

We're looking for someone who brings

• 10+ years of procurement experience; home goods or fashion experience is strongly preferred!
• 5+ years of people leadership experience; proven track record of building and leading a team.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PO Management systems.
• Excellent analytical and mathematics skills.
• Adept negotiation skills.
• Proven experience working with cross-functional teams to ensure cost control and process improvements.
• Strong interpersonal skills 
• The ability to effectively multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience working with cross-functional teams to ensure cost control and process improvements.
• Strong business acumen to direct well-defined processes that can be standardized and improve visibility.
• A sense of urgency and personal ownership of performance with the ability to work through barriers and challenges to deliver results.

Compensation & Benefits

At Brooklinen, our goal is to offer a competitive total compensation package which we determine based on specific market data taking into account our company size, stage, industry, and location. The base salary range for this role is between $150K - $162K. 

Beyond base salary, we contribute significantly to offset the cost of health benefits, provide a financial stipend through Carrot Fertility to help with the costs associated with the fertility journey, offer a 401K with a 4% Safe Harbour match, have commuter benefits, and also provide a yearly product allowance. 

We have 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents, year-long Summer Fridays, a workday that starts at 10 am, four weeks of vacation, and a one-month paid sabbatical at your 5th anniversary.

Most importantly of all, our HQ hires receive competitive equity grants. We would be happy to tell you more about this and how to value this part of compensation during our interview process.

Why join us?

• Our team is made up of friendly, funny, welcoming, low-ego, and passionate people -- who also happen to be great at what they do. We all know the people you work with can make or break a job and so we go to great lengths to protect this amazing culture.
• We work hard but are well-rounded and well-rested. Hanging with coworkers is encouraged. So is taking a vacation, getting a great night's sleep (our day starts at 10 am), and getting out of here at a reasonable time (we have year-long summer Fridays that end at 3 pm).
• Care about growth? So do we. We’re growing, so we’ve got tons of exciting growth opportunities for our amazingly talented team. 
• Hybrid work - our HQ team has 2 days in and 3 days remote schedule.
• And don’t just take our word for it! We’re honored to be recognized by various industry tastemakers for the work we’ve put into our culture and employee engagement, including accolades from LinkedIn Top Startups (in 2020 and 2021!), Inc.’s Best Workplaces and Forbes Best Startup Employers in America (in 2022, 2023, and 2024!).

Everyone is welcome at Brooklinen. We’re passionate about building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and creating an environment where our differences are celebrated. We invite you to take a look at how we’ve done so far and where we know we need to do better.

About Brooklinen

Brooklinen, home of The Internet’s Favorite Sheets, was founded in 2014 with one goal in mind: We want you to be comfortable.

We believe everyone deserves beautiful home essentials, and our approach to provide these is simple: Create high-quality products using the finest materials – from bedding to towels and everything in between – and offer these products directly to our customers (without the luxury markup!). As we’ve expanded beyond the bedroom, introducing bath goods, accessories, loungewear, our Spaces marketplace and IRL retail stores, our goal of keeping you comfortable has remained at the forefront.

We take pride in our products and think you will, too: Our sheets, towels and more have received 100,000+ 5-star reviews and been recognized by numerous industry tastemakers such as Apartment Therapy, Good Housekeeping, The New York Times’ Wirecutter and many more.

Our Interview Process

• Initial Interview:
  • Director of Recruiting
• First Round:
  • Chief Operating Officer
• Second Round:
  • Take Home Project
  • Director of Logistics
  • Director of Product Development
  • VP, Customer Experience
• Final Round:
  • Chief Merchandising Officer
  • Chief People Officer
  • Meet & Greets with the Production, Procurement, and Quality team

Note for recruiting agencies: We oversee our hiring internally, and we kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from sending us unsolicited resumes unless we have a pre-existing agreement for a particular role. We’re excited about welcoming all applicants who are interested in joining our team to apply directly!

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