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Global Raw Materials Sourcing Manager Textiles & Apparel
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Job Location:
Fort Lauderdale, FL - USA
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Posted:
22 August 2026 (25 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
19 November 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Global Raw Materials Sourcing Manager Textiles & Apparel
About UA/Uniform Advantage Brands
At UA Brands were changing the way healthcare and culinary professionals get dressed. For over 40 years weve created stylish high-performance uniforms that combine thoughtful design with real-world function.
Join a team that values creativity impact and communityand help us redefine uniforms that dont conform.
About the Role
The Global Raw Materials Sourcing Manager leads the global sourcing strategy for fabrics trims and other raw materials across our medical scrubs and chef wear assortments. This role manages textile mill and supplier relationships fabric development cost negotiations capacity and lead times quality standards and supply continuity across global sourcing regions.
Youll partner with Product Design Product Development Quality Merchandising and Global Supply Chain teams to ensure materials meet product quality cost and delivery requirements.
What Youll Do
- Develop and execute the global raw material sourcing strategy across fabric mills and trim suppliers.
- Build and manage relationships with global textile mills and suppliers negotiating pricing minimum order quantities (MOQs) capacity and lead times.
- Manage raw material costs and identify value-engineering and cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality and performance.
- Lead new fabric and trim development based on product strategy emerging textile technologies and Design and Merchandising needs.
- Partner with Product Design and Development to ensure fabrics meet performance testing quality and compliance requirements.
- Manage supply risk through dual sourcing supplier diversification mill capacity planning and lead-time management.
- Partner with the Egypt sourcing team (and future regional teams) on local raw material execution and supplier performance.
- Establish fabric quality standards and coordinate bulk fabric approvals with Fabric Quality and Color teams.
- Maintain seasonal fabric information and manage material status from development and sampling through testing and final approval.
- Manage fabric records in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and coordinate greige and dyed fabric requirements.
- Monitor textile and raw material market trends and assess their impact on cost availability and lead times.
- Provide monthly and quarterly fabric sourcing and performance reporting to Global Supply Chain leadership.
- Visit textile mills and suppliers as needed for supplier evaluations R&D new collections and fabric development.
- Lead and develop direct reports while driving continuous improvement in sourcing processes.
What Youll Bring
- Experience in global raw materials sourcing textile sourcing fabric sourcing apparel sourcing or supply chain.
- Experience negotiating directly with global textile mills in markets such as Egypt Pakistan Turkey China or similar sourcing regions.
- Strong knowledge of fabric development textile manufacturing supplier management costing capacity planning and production lead times.
- Experience improving quality and consistency while identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
- People management experience including at least one direct report.
- Strong analytical organizational negotiation communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple suppliers seasonal priorities and deadlines across a global supply chain.
- Strong Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
- Yunique PLM experience is a plus.
- Bachelors degree in Fashion Textiles Apparel or a related field.
Where Youll Work
Office-Based Fort Lauderdale Headquarters
Just a short distance from the beautiful Fort Lauderdale beaches our home base of South Florida is a perfect reflection of our customer population and culturally rich and diverse team. These on-site business-critical roles are the backbone of our success. Join other team members in the spacious Quad for lunch or enjoy our ongoing team member activities.
Plenty of Benefits Too
UA BRANDS offers a full range of benefits allowing you the opportunity to customize a benefits package that addresses both your health and financial needs.
- Medical pharmacy dental and vision coverage
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) with company matching
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability
- Accident hospital care and critical illness insurance
- Legal insurance and identity theft protection
- Pet insurance
- Holiday pay
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Volunteer time off
UA Brands Is an Equal Opportunity Employer
UA Brands provides equal employment and advancement opportunities. Employment decisions are based on merit qualifications and abilities without discrimination based on race color religion sex national origin age disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in undue hardship.
We are a Drug-Free Workplace.
Required Experience:
Manager
