Procurement Manager, Strategic Sourcing — Supply Chain

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and maintain category strategies for Supply Chain/Logistics in partnership with business stakeholders and Procurement leadership.
• Build and manage a sourcing pipeline aligned to stakeholder priorities, spend opportunity, risk, and business impact.
• Lead RFx events, supplier negotiations, commercial evaluations, and contracting activities in partnership with Legal and business stakeholders.
• Partner with FP&A to support savings validation, reporting, and financial capture.
• Manage supplier relationships, performance reviews, and continuous improvement opportunities across assigned categories.
• Coordinate, coach, and help prioritize work for procurement team members supporting assigned categories.
• Provide clear visibility to project status, savings delivery, risks, and key decision points.
• Support broader Global Procurement initiatives, including spend analytics, policy compliance, reporting, supplier management, and process improvement.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE Required

• 5+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or related experience.
• 2–4+ years of experience in supply chain and logistics.
• Experience supporting or leading RFx events, supplier negotiations, and contract development.
• Strong analytical, financial, and commercial skills, including spend analysis, savings tracking, and business case support.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills in a cross-functional environment.
• Experience coaching, guiding, or supporting procurement team members or project workstreams.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Preferred

• Experience with packaging procurement and packaging supply chain.
• Experience with supply chain technology, transportation, visibility, planning, inventory, or supplier collaboration platforms.
• SAP, Ariba, Scout/Workday, or other sourcing/ERP platform experience.
• APICS, CPIM, NAPM, CPSM, or related certification.
• Experience using AI tools to support sourcing, analytics, or productivity. Ralph Lauren will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance laws.

Please note background checks will be evaluated individually.