Senior Category Sourcing Head
📍 Location: Noida | High Ownership Role | Early Team at Godown
About Godown
Godown is building in one of India's most broken and biggest markets, Indirect Procurement (industrial) by combining SaaS workflows, verified vendor networks, and AI-driven sourcing. The vision is to provide firms with an end to end solution, from raising indent at the shop floor to fulfilment of that particular item.
This is not a job. This is an opportunity to build the sourcing engine of a next-generation B2B platform.
Role Overview
We are hiring a Category Sourcing Lead (MRO) who deeply understands industrial indirect procurement and has strong vendor relationships across key manufacturing categories.
You will build and own the vendor ecosystem across high-volume MRO categories, negotiate aggressively, onboard reliable vendors, and ensure competitive pricing with quality assurance.
You will directly impact:
- Vendor network scale
- Gross margins
- Fulfilment reliability
- Customer trust
What You Will Do
- •Build and expand a strong network of OEMs and authorized distributors
- •Negotiate pricing, payment terms, and credit structures
- •Onboard verified vendors and ensure quality compliance
- •Develop category pricing benchmarks
- •Work closely with product & tech to standardize SKUs
- •Improve fill rates and reduce sourcing lead times
- •Identify counterfeit risks and eliminate unreliable suppliers
- •Drive margin optimization across categories
- •Take complete P&L ownership of assigned categories
Who We're Looking For
- •3+ years in industrial sourcing, procurement, or vendor management
- •Deep vendor network in MRO / industrial spare parts
- •Strong negotiator — understands pricing layers and distributor margins
- •Ambitious, entrepreneurial and ownership mindset
- •Comfortable working in early-stage chaos
What Makes You Exceptional
- •Treat this as your company
- •Vendors trust you
- •You understand SKU standardization and volume leverage
- •You think in margins, not just cost price
- •You want to build something large, not just manage a desk
Compensation
- •Competitive fixed
- •ESOPs for high performers after revenue crosses a certain threshold
- •Fast-track growth alongside Godown
Get in touch with us
Got questions or need assistance? Reach out to us anytime - our team is ready to provide the support and guidance you need.
Contact us
+91 8527425557
support@godown.world
Find us
Sector 58 noida plot no. A-31