Sourcing Manager

Be a force behind exceptional product delivery

At Gymshark, our products are at the heart of everything we do. We're looking for a commercially driven and strategic Sourcing Manager to play a key role in shaping and executing our global sourcing strategy, ensuring we have the right partners, capacity, and capabilities in place to support our ambitious growth plans.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced sourcing professional to work cross-functionally with teams across Product, Merchandising, Planning, Technical, and Supply Planning, while building strong partnerships with our global supplier network.

What You'll Do.

As Sourcing Manager, you will act as the central point of contact for sourcing activities across your product categories, driving performance, innovation, and operational excellence throughout the supply chain.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the delivery of Gymshark's sourcing strategy, ensuring alignment across key internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Managing supplier relationships and performance, including business planning, feedback processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identifying opportunities to diversify and de-risk supply through dual sourcing and strategic vendor development.
• Driving costing excellence across categories to achieve margin and financial targets.
• Developing and executing Tier 1 capacity strategies to ensure supply meets forecasted demand and volume commitments.
• Monitoring supplier performance and leading improvement plans, onboarding programmes, and exit strategies where required.
• Leading, coaching, and developing the Sourcing Executive, setting clear objectives aligned to business and sourcing priorities.
• Supporting seasonal sourcing strategies in collaboration with internal teams and supplier partners.
• Identifying and onboarding new suppliers and sourcing regions, ensuring compliance, sustainability, and capability standards are met.
• Rolling out sourcing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to drive consistency, accountability, and execution excellence across the supply base.
• Championing responsible purchasing practices that align with Gymshark's ethical sourcing and sustainability commitments.
  
  
  

What You'll Need.

We're looking for someone who combines strong commercial acumen with a collaborative mindset and a passion for supply chain excellence.

Essential Experience

• 5+ years' experience in sourcing within an apparel, fashion, or retail business.
• Strong understanding of apparel design, development, and production lifecycles.
• Experience working within global sourcing environments and managing supplier relationships across multiple regions.
• Proven ability to negotiate effectively, manage costs, and deliver against financial and margin targets.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make informed decisions.
• Experience driving supplier performance and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and PLM or similar product and data management systems.
  
  
  

Personal qualities

• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Commercially minded with a proactive, solution-focused approach.
• Comfortable working at pace and managing competing priorities.
• Confident challenging the status quo and influencing change.
• High levels of emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and resilience.
• A collaborative leader who enjoys developing and supporting others.
  
  
  

Onsite Collaboration: Due to the hands-on and highly collaborative nature of the work within our Product & Supply Chain team, we have a minimum expectation of three days per week onsite at our Gymshark HQ. This ensures we can work closely together to innovate, problem-solve, and deliver world-class products for our community.

BELONGING AT GYMSHARK.

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We’re an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment please email [email protected].

About Us.

We’re here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today, prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up – for themselves – to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. It’s what we want for our community, and our team. A team that’s growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymshark’s future. Our plans are ambitious, and we’re looking for people who want to join us for the ride – our growth will be your growth.

THE PERKS.

Standard benefits include:

• Performance-based Bonus opportunity
• Funded Healthcare benefit
• 25 days holiday, additional day for your birthday & Bank Holidays
• Contributory Employer pension scheme
• Flexible benefits programme – including salary sacrifice EV scheme, dental insurance, cycle to work, tech scheme, holiday trading
• Gymshark Employee Discount & long service awards
• Access to High Street cashback and discounts
• Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
• Enhanced Family Leave package
• Life Assurance
  
  
  

Office location specific benefits include (HQ/IQ):

• Gym Membership to The Lifting Club (LC)
• Onsite lunch provision & coffee bars
• EV charge points available
  
  
  

Note: The bonus program and benefits have certain eligibility requirements. Gymshark reserves the right to amend these programs in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.