Sourcing Lead

Role: Sourcing Lead

Location: Remote in the US with 20% Travel. SoCal preferred.

Engagement: Full Time

Salary: $75,000 - $145,000 Base Pay + Startup Equity + World Class Benefits

References: We value strong references - 3 work references to corroborate your experience and skills. We will also backchannel references.

About Us:

Manufactured Networks Inc. is a fast-growing $200 million inventory and PO-financing platform that builds, funds, and operates supply chains across 20+ industries and 25+ countries. We connect innovative brands with best-in-class factories, manage end-to-end logistics, and de-risk growth through flexible financing and data-driven execution.

We don’t care about: 

• Where you went to college
• What you studied
• If you’ve worked at blue chip companies 

We do care about: 

• What you’ve done
• What you can do
• How you’ll do it 

This looks like: 

• Making success a priority: We value ownership, initiative, and tenacity 
• Having a point of view: We hire smart people and want to hear opinions. We’re low ego, and we welcome feedback and new ideas informed by data and intuition 
• Being a good person and teammate: We all contribute to a positive, inclusive workplace. Direct communication, kindness, and integrity are non-negotiables 

You’ll be trusted and challenged to do your best work in a fast moving, high performing environment. If this sounds like you, please read on! 

Manufactured is looking for a self-motivated Sourcing Lead who ideally has the following profile:

Day to Day Responsibilities
Success will be based on your ability to get from Request → Quote in as little time as possible
     - Track every step in the process and work with me to automate bottlenecks 

Create as many sourcing category capabilities as possible expanding our existing network
     - Find primary and secondary partners across white label, wholesale, and private label providers
     - Fill in large volume and batch quantity suppliers
     - You’re very comfortable with customer interactions as you’ll spend quite a bit of time helping navigate private label discussions 

Lead a global sourcing team
      - Provide leadership, goals, and direction
      - You’re comfortable with difficult conversations or at least not afraid to have them

Negotiate price, time and quality
      - It’s said you have to pick 2 of the 3
      - You never settle and insist on 3 of 3

This is the core of what you bring

Speed: You have a global vendor network and add on to it from which to rapidly turn sourcing requests into revenue generating PO’s. You have true start-up grit and experience and have the wounds to prove that if you don’t move fast, you fail

Tech: Adopting and pushing AI to the forefront of your work to scale your processes to enable Speed. You don’t have to be an expert but you are open to a new world that will allow you to do 10x the work you do today without feeling threatened

Numbers: Back into vendor cost targets quickly based on price targets from customers

Quality: The vendor network is vetted for quality craftsmanship and process

Iteration: Constantly making updates and improving process, tech solutions (AI agents), people, etc

KPI’s
Total Time To Quote
# of Quotes → Revenue
# of Capabilities added

Required Qualifications
5 + years progressive sourcing experience
2 years of start up experience 
Proven record cutting landed cost and lead-time across multi-country networks.
Command of Incoterms, HTS classification, and US import regulations (Section 301/232, USMCA)
Strong negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills
Bachelor’s in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or related field (master’s a plus)
Fluent English; Mandarin, Vietnamese, Hindi, or Spanish are highly valued
Able to travel internationally up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications
APICS certification
Hands-on with ERP/WMS/TMS platforms (e.g., NetSuite, Cargowise) and BI tools (Looker Studio, Power BI).

Working at Manufactured:  

We’re a remote first company, based in Los Angeles. Our team is around twenty-five people strong, and growing quickly. 

Manufactured is a small, fast growing startup. Which means we deal with ambiguity and require a sense of ownership from all our team members. This is reflected in our core values. 

Our core values are: 

Urgency: Always act like an owner, seek help in case of delays beyond 48 hours, move quickly when you have enough information (usually 70-75%), know when to dive in if there’s a crisis, and hold true to the best possible timelines without compromising on quality, value or process.

Authenticity:  Be Authentic, be real, be respectful both, in front of and behind a person’s back. If you are frustrated, you’re frustrated. If you’re stuck, you’re stuck. If you’re worried, you’re worried. Let's support each other in resolving these issues. Be upfront and respectful in your conversation. We are a multi cultural, distributed, global team. Respectful authenticity in communication is critical.

Contextual Ownership: Our business is as much about people and relationships as it is about technology and process. We take time to build relationships and understand the needs of our internal and external partners. Context and empathy helps us understand the “why”. We set goals and drive outcomes based on context and realities, rather than tasks and processes alone.

Effectiveness: Did it work? Did it solve the problem? Was it a short term hack? or a long term process solution that benefits everyone? Was it something we can use to grow / move forward or was it a defensive solution. Did we meet our stakeholders’ expectations, did we exceed them? Did our stakeholders all win? Are you using your time correctly? Are you helping your team members use their time well? Are you contributing to the growth of the company?

Critical path thinking:  "What is the shortest risk-mitigated route to the Best Potential Outcome?"

Our CEO and Founder, Pranay Srinivasan, writes often on LinkedIn about our culture and operating principles. We recommend these articles in particular: 

Our Core Values

Our operating framework: OBAS 

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