Supply Growth Lead expanding Calico's AI-powered apparel sourcing marketplace. Recruiting suppliers, validating supply-side product-market fit, and shaping marketplace strategy.
Responsibilities
Own the supply side of Calico's apparel and clothing marketplace end to end
Recruit and close factories, mills, and trim and fabric suppliers
Segment the apparel manufacturing landscape by category, country, tier, and capability
Run outbound sourcing, pitching, negotiation, closing, and onboarding through the first live order
Develop scalable supply channels through sourcing agents, buying offices, industry associations, trade shows, and vendor lists
Visit factories and conduct capability audits
Define supplier data requirements including MOQs, lead times, machinery, certifications, compliance, price bands, and category strengths
Design and improve supplier onboarding and data capture processes with product and engineering
Build verification and data-refresh processes
Conduct structured supplier discovery and define supply-side product-market fit
Prototype supplier offers and measure behavioral changes
Establish and own supply-side metrics including activation, time-to-first-order, repeat rate, category coverage, and quote responsiveness
Translate supplier insights into the product roadmap
Present a supply-side thesis during the first 90 days
Work directly with the founders and potentially lead the future supply team
Requirements
5+ years in marketplace supply growth, business development, sourcing, or apparel production
Genuine ability to personally open and close business relationships
Experience working without an established playbook and creating one
Analytical approach; ability to use evidence and spreadsheets
Cross-cultural fluency across time zones, languages, and business norms
Willingness to travel
Clear written communication
Existing relationships with apparel factories, mills, or sourcing agents in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Turkey, Portugal, or Central America (nice to have)
Experience at an early-stage marketplace during supply build-out (nice to have)
Working knowledge of tech packs, BOMs, grading, or costing (nice to have)
A second language relevant to a major sourcing region (nice to have)
Benefits
Meaningful early-stage equity
Performance-linked upside tied to supply growth and activation
Complete benefits package
Resources dedicated to learning
Hybrid work arrangement
Travel opportunities to sourcing hubs and factories
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