Job Description

Job Description

“Let goodness, fairness and most importantly, love prevail in business; profits will inevitably follow.” – NK Chaudhary, founder

Jaipur Living is a socially conscious luxury brand with a passion for people, products, and design. A differentiated challenger brand, Jaipur Living is known for its beautiful rugs and textiles. Jaipur Living products can be found in the finest homes, and the company prides itself in providing only the highest quality products, a transparent and ethical supply chain, and a distinctively thoughtful customer experience, with personalized support and custom offerings.

What we do for our team members:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Company Paid Holidays, PTO, Parental Involvement Leave, Maturity/Paternity Leave, EAP, No Cost Employee Medical Plan, Vision, Dental, and Company Paid Life Insurance. We also include a match on retirement (401K/Roth).
• Career Development: We're committed to providing growth for career development within the company, supporting our team members' aspirations with a well-defined succession plan that includes a variety of training and development opportunities.
• Pet-Friendly Workplace: We welcome your furry friends! Our 'Bring Your Dogs to Work' policy creates a pet-friendly atmosphere, allowing our team members to enjoy the companionship of their dogs during the workday.
• Wellness Support: Not only do we support an active lifestyle with our on-site basketball court and yoga studio, but we host quarterly mental health events to assist in creating a well-rounded work-life harmony for our team members.
• Sustainability Efforts: Reuse, Renew, and Refresh by joining our Green Team! Responsible for harvesting from the organic community garden, donating goods to local pet shelters and schools, creating educational workshops, leading nature walks, and much more, they promote well-being through sustainable practices.

Our Values

Empowerment • Inclusiveness • Responsibility • Progressive

Learn more about our company story here: -jaipur-living-story

The Jaipur Rugs Foundation

Since 2004, the Jaipur Rugs Foundation has worked to improve the lives of rug-weaving artisans in India. This is done through training, skills development, and social interventions. By focusing on the ideas and solutions that create social value, the Foundation supports the dignity and heritage of these traditional artisans, believing that healthy and sustainable communities are key to the survival of traditional rug weaving. Jaipur Living has made ethical and socially conscious global citizenship the foundation of its business. Through social initiatives and the Jaipur Rugs Foundation, the company supports a supplier ecosystem without a middleman of more than 40,000 artisans in 700 villages across India by providing them with a livable wage, access to health care, leadership education, and opportunities for personal growth and development. Combining time-honored techniques and of-the-moment trends, every Jaipur Living product is as ethically and responsibly made as it is beautiful.

Learn more about the Jaipur Rugs Foundation here:

Overview

The Director of Supply Chain & Logistics is the senior leader accountable for Jaipur Living’s global supply planning strategy, inventory purchasing, and inbound logistics, with direct ownership of inventory buy decisions, vendor capacity alignment, and long-range supply planning across overseas suppliers. This role partners closely with the Demand Planner, who provides forecast insights and demand modeling, while the Director translates demand signals into purchasing decisions, production plans, and inventory investment strategy. The Director ensures supply plans are executable, financially sound, and aligned with open-to-buy, margin targets, and growth priorities. While the role includes oversight of logistics execution and inbound operations, its core focus is owning supply-side decisions, balancing forecasted demand, lead times, vendor constraints, inventory turns, and risk. This leader serves as the primary decision-maker and escalation point for inventory purchasing and vendor commitments, ensuring the right product is bought, produced, and positioned at the right time. This position requires a strategic, decisive supply chain leader who excels at owning inventory outcomes, leading global vendor relationships, and converting forecast data into disciplined action. Success is measured not only by clean reports, but by healthy inventory, reliable supply, and scalable global execution.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute the supply chain strategy in alignment with company goals, focusing on efficiency, scalability, and resilience.
• Lead and mentor the Supply Planning & Purchasing Manager, Inbound Logistics Specialist and off-shore back office team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Provide visibility to the COO and leadership team on supply chain risks, opportunities, and performance metrics.
• Elevate long-term strategy by identifying future-state needs, evaluating global sourcing trends, and developing plans that ensure supply continuity and business resilience.

Supply Planning & Purchasing Oversight

• Oversee purchasing strategy and policies to ensure optimal inventory levels, healthy turns, and strong vendor alignment.
• Guide supply planning and inbound logistics to achieve cost-effective, timely, and accurate order fulfillment.
• Support the management of container shipping rates, freight negotiations, and import/export logistics.
• Work closely with Merchandising and Sales to analyze overstock, generate actionable liquidation insights, and develop reporting that informs inventory reduction strategies.

Vendor & Supplier Management

• Serve as the primary executive liaison for international vendors, requiring 2-3 travel periods per year to build relationships, assess capabilities, and resolve issues directly.
• Oversee strategic domestic and international vendor relationships, ensuring compliance with company standards and ethical sourcing practices.
• Responsible for supplier evaluations, contract negotiations, and performance monitoring to maximize value and service as well as vendor compliance. This is measured through key performance metrics throughout the year.
• Ensure clear communication of product, pricing, and policy updates across internal teams.
• Partner with international back-office teams to ensure alignment on production schedules, capacity planning, product quality control at origin and proactive issue resolution.

Logistics & Operations

• Partner with distribution center leadership to ensure smooth inbound flow, container management, and inventory accuracy.
• Drive continuous improvement in supply chain processes, systems, and reporting for enhanced transparency, cost control and efficiency.
• Oversee KPI reporting (on-time delivery, vendor compliance, cost-to-serve, freight cost per container, etc.).
• Champion system and workflow optimizations that enhance forecast accuracy, landed cost predictability, and operational scalability.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Merchandising, Product Development, Finance, and Sales to align inventory availability and open to buy with business priorities.
• Serve as a key voice in strategic discussions around sourcing, vendor capabilities, and supply continuity.
• Collaborate with Sales and Finance to support margin recovery and product lifecycle planning, including identifying opportunities for cost savings or re-sourcing.

Skills & Minimum Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, or related field; advanced degree or certification (APICS/CPIM/CSCP) preferred.
• 7–10 years of progressive supply chain experience with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role.
• Strong background in purchasing, vendor management, and international logistics.
• Proven experience working directly with overseas vendors, including willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 35% of the time, including recurring travel to Turkey and India. Previous international travel experience is a plus!
• Advanced Excel and ERP system proficiency; experience with supply chain analytics tools preferred.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills across cultures and time zones.
• Strong problem-solving orientation with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically while executing tactically—balancing long-term planning with day-to-day operational excellence.
• Must have experience managing off-shore team.
• Comfortable diving into detailed analysis to identify root causes and resolve issues

Physical Requirements:

• Remaining in a seated position for long periods of time
• Standing is to remain on one’s feet in an upright position without moving about
• The ability to alternate between sitting and standing is present when a worker has the flexibility to choose between sitting or standing as needed when this need cannot be accommodated by schedules breaks and/or lunch period
• Entering text or data into a computer by means of a traditional keyboard
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work to impart oral information to clients and talent and convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately and quickly
• The ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds such as in person and telephone
• Clarity of vision to see computer screens and workspace

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