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