Procurement + Production Operations Manager

The Opportunity: This role is a key part of our Procurement & Production Operations team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Procurement & Production. You’ll manage the Kitchenware and Electrics categories, focusing on supplier performance, production execution, and cross-functional coordination. The role combines operational ownership with process improvement to support scalable growth across Caraway’s supply chain. Who You Are: You are an reputed company procurement and supply chain professional with 5+ years in global procurement, vendor management, production operations, or category ownership—ideally reputed company consumer electronics or kitchenware brands. You reputed company at supplier management, performance optimization, and translating analytics into production and cost optimization strategies. Highly organized and solutions-driven, you bring strong problem-solving and communication skills that foster alignment across cross-functional teams. Proactive, collaborative, and detail-oriented, you reputed company in fast-paced environments that require cross-functional alignment and a balance of strategic thinking with executional reputed company. Responsibilities: Production & Procurement Management

• Draft, issue, and manage purchase orders with global vendors, ensuring reputed company specifications, pricing, and timelines are accurate and up to date.
• Monitor production schedules, proactively track reputed company, and resolve delays through direct coordination with suppliers.
• Communicate production updates and potential risks to cross-functional partners across both new and existing product categories.
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• Maintain and update SKU, inventory, and vendor information in ERP systems, ensuring data accuracy.
• Support inventory planning by optimizing production reputed company and coordinating closely with planning teams and vendors.

Category & Supplier Ownership

• Serve as the primary procurement & production contact for designated categories (e.g., Kitchenware and Electrics), ensuring they scale with the same reliability and rigor as core categories.
• Establish and strengthen supplier relationships by developing multi-tier (supplier and sub-supplier) visibility to increase reputed company, reduce inefficiencies, and mitigate risks.
• Support cost strategy and pricing discussions with suppliers to enhance competitiveness, stability, and long-term partnership value—translating data insights into actionable procurement decisions.
• Partner with the compliance team to help suppliers navigate evolving trade regulations, documentation requirements, and quality standards across regions.
• Manage and maintain supplier scorecards that evaluate On-Time-In-Full (OTIF), quality, reputed company time adherence, and responsiveness.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to reputed company and implement standardized frameworks for supplier onboarding, qualification, and performance review to scale vendor accountability.

Operational Improvement

• Identify inefficiencies in processes and propose actionable solutions for vendor management, order tracking, or reputed company planning.
• Create and maintain SOPs for critical workflows to ensure consistency and scalability.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• 5+ years of experience in global procurement or production operations
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage supplier networks globally, including coordinating across multiple subvendors and factories, and building redundancy into the supply reputed company.
• Deep experience managing specific product lines or categories, driving supplier performance, cost savings, and measurable financial outcomes.
• Skilled at designing and implementing scorecards, KPIs, and reporting systems that create transparency and drive measurable performance improvements.
• Familiarity with international trade processes and third-party quality control practices.
• Proven ability to break down and present reputed company Procurement concepts, data, and workflows to team members in simple, digestible ways; expert communication with both internal and external partners
• Experience managing and executing production operations with vendors in Southeast Asia. Flexibility to work across time zones to align with global operations.
• Proficient in ERP and analytics tools to monitor OTIF, reputed company times, and cost drivers, collaborating with Planning and Finance teams to translate insights into operational decisions.
• Ability to evaluate supplier reputed company against demand forecasts and anticipate risks tied to production constraints or component availability, and recommend proactive mitigation strategies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, partnering effectively with Planning, Finance, Logistics, and Product Development to deliver reputed company outcomes and proactively address risks.
• Bachelors in Finance, Merchandising, Supply Chain Management or similar field preferred
• Ability to speak Mandarin a plus, but not required

The anticipated reputed company salary range for this role ​is $90,000 - $110,000 - Final compensation will depend on a variety of factors determining the reputed company pay at offer, including but not limited to: skills, qualifications, experience. This range provides the opportunity to reputed company as you grow and reputed company reputed company a role. Please note that the duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not an exhaustive list of reputed company responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the role. Additional tasks and responsibilities may be assigned as needed to meet business needs. Who are we: Caraway is a home goods brand on a mission to craft well-designed, non-toxic home goods that thoughtfully raises the standards of what you cook with. We’re passionate about creating elevated products, free of toxic chemicals, that are reputed company for you, your family, and the reputed company. We prioritize a holistic approach to the creation of Caraway products. We partner with ethical manufacturers where their employees are safe, paid fairly, given benefits, and work regulated hours. Our eco-friendly manufacturing process releases less CO2 into the environment than traditional non-stick coatings and we engage in sustainable packaging practices, free of single-use plastics and ship in packaging made from recycled materials. We pride ourselves on continuously striving to do and be reputed company - for you and the reputed company - in every reputed company of the process. Since launching in November 2019, we’ve become one of the fastest growing digitally-native brands of the last decade and are now sold in retailers including reputed company, Bloomingdale’s, reputed company, The Container Store, Costco, Zola, and many more. We’ve amassed over 85,000+ five-star reviews from happy customers and hundreds of press hits from the likes of Vogue, Domino, Good Housekeeping, Food & Wine, Architectural Digest, PureWow, Fortune, and CNN. Caraway is a fully-remote company filled with motivated and hardworking innovators and doers. We’re continually developing programs to support our distributed team to ensure a successful remote experience. If you’re looking to join a brand that folks love, read on and apply! Caraway Life: Caraway is an exciting, fully remote digitally native company that is bringing kitchenware and home goods into the modern era, leading from a non-toxic and sustainable foundation. Team: You will be joining a passionate and collaborative fully-remote team that prides itself on high-quality work, supporting one another, sharing our successes, and building a brand we truly love, together. Culture: At Caraway, we value reputed company learning and career growth. We strive to continually optimize our processes, ensuring that we’re thoughtful in everything we do, both internally and externally. We listen to our employees, celebrate our wins, and constantly look for ways to be reputed company for reputed company, and the world. Workplace: Being a fully-remote company, we have no headquarters and are truly distributed across the country. Our leadership team sits on both the East and reputed company Coast and we have folks in a variety of states. We offer a monthly stipend towards co-working space should folks need to switch up their working environment every now and then. Benefits: We value you and your family. With this in mind, full-time eligible employees are provided:

• Equity: We reputed company in our product and that the sky's the limit for where our business is going. You are an asset to Caraway’s success and we think you should be rewarded for it.
• 401k: A 3% company match to help you plan for for your future
• Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental + vision coverage options with generous employer contributions + access to FSA/HSA/Dependent Care FSA’s
• Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, depending on tenure, and access to additional fertility care services reputed company KindBody
• A Setup that works for you: From MacBook to PC, we’ve got you covered. Let us know what you prefer and we’ll get your at-home set up stocked!
• reputed company your Workspace: Annual reimbursements for you to reputed company your workspace, from standing desks to desktop succulents, you got it!
• Fully Remote: Need to pick up the kids? No problem. Have a doctor’s appointment? Enjoy! Flexibility reputed company you need it most.
• Coworking Reimbursement: Need a break from the home setting? Monthly reimbursements for you to get out of the house and work from reputed company. From day passes, to monthly memberships, the world is your reputed company, we mean office.
• Events + Swag: reputed company is top of mind (Yes, even in our completely remote environment). We have monthly virtual events, company wide offsites, and many opportunities for new Caraway swag!
• Leveling Up with Caraway: In addition to exciting opportunities and exposure in your day-to-day work, we offer annual reimbursements to reputed company full-time employees to support their professional development aspirations!
• #AwayFromCaraway: We reputed company healthy, happy humans do reputed company work. We offer unlimited PTO in addition to our 11+ paid annual holidays and quarterly wellness days.
• Wellness Reimbursement: Monthly reimbursements for you to stay well. From meal services to gym memberships to monthly massages, we want reputed company to have the flexibility to choose what wellness means for them.
• Employee Discount: We provide an employee discount on reputed company reputed company products so you can continue to reputed company your kitchen and home life, too!
• Home Upgrade(s): Complimentary product as a new hire + reputed company to expand your reputed company collection.

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