Vice President of Sourcing

Job Description

Job Description

This role is full-time, in-office at our Long Beach, CA headquarters. We're not able to offer remote or hybrid arrangements, so please only apply if you're able to work onsite full-time.

What We Do

CarParts.com is the go-to eCommerce platform for auto care and maintenance. We provide drivers with quality parts at competitive prices and enable them to schedule appointments with trusted mechanics directly through our website. Using world-class design principles and the latest technologies, we deliver a fast, intuitive digital experience backed by our company-owned national distribution network.

With over 1,000 employees worldwide, we are scaling rapidly, fueled by our most recent strategic partnership and $35 million investment. This positions us for the next phase of growth as we continue to empower drivers along their journey.

Our Culture

At CarParts.com, our culture goes beyond our core values of Safety First, Customer Focused, and Commitment to Excellence. We are a performance-driven, data-focused, and fast-paced team where results matter and winning is expected.

- Hungry & Hardworking: We set ambitious goals, measure progress with clear metrics, and hold ourselves accountable to deliver results.
- Promote from Within: We reward top performers with opportunities for growth and advancement.
- Collaborative & In-Person: We believe the best ideas and fastest execution happen face-to-face.
- High Standards: We move quickly, pay attention to details, and dig deep - whether it’s analyzing contracts, aggregating complex scenarios, or building clear, data-driven presentations.
- No Passengers: We value grit, ownership, and the relentless pursuit of results Position Summary

The VP of Sourcing is a newly elevated executive mandate, expanding the scope of what has historically been a merchandising-adjacent sourcing function into full ownership of the company's global sourcing strategy, vendor network, working capital position, and cross-border compliance. the VP of Sourcing will restructure vendor payment terms to move our collision business to a negative cash conversion cycle, consolidate and modernize the company's sourcing operations in Taiwan, build sourcing capability in new geographies, and maintain cost competitiveness while meeting all U.S. safety and regulatory standards.

This role reports directly to the COO and carries board-level visibility. It requires someone who can operate as a strategic executive-setting the mandate, negotiating for resources, and reporting progress at the executive and board level-while also being hands-on enough to personally drive vendor negotiations, oversee a cost-gap deep-dive at the component level, and hold a cross-functional compliance workstream accountable even when the technical work sits with another function.

Key Responsibilities Working Capital & Vendor Terms

• Own the transformation of our collision business to an aggregate negative cash conversion cycle, targeting vendor payment terms to support a 3-turn business.

Vendor & Network Restructuring

• Bring all Taiwan-origin container consolidation in-house under the Taiwan Office, transitioning away from third-party consolidators while preserving carrier rate leverage.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive plan to build sourcing capability in at least two more geographies in the first 18 months on the job.

Organizational Leadership & Team Build-out

• Design the sourcing organization required for this mandate and build out fully staffed Taiwan and U.S. teams.
• Establish a two-hub operating model — Taiwan and the United States— with clear decision rights, a defined cross-functional RACI with Accounting, Finance/Treasury, Legal, and HR, and a standing governance cadence.

Cost Competitiveness

• Build and maintain the should-cost models, category scorecards, and gap-closure initiative tracker needed to make cost gaps visible and accountable on a standing basis, with every cost lever passing a safety/compliance gate before it counts toward the reported closure trajectory.

Process Modernization

• Modernize sourcing operations end-to-end — replacing manual, file-based workflows with automated systems and a structured exception management process, in partnership with IT.
• Build direct system integration between Sourcing and the Replenishment team so that lead times, in-transit status, and order data flow automatically.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in sourcing, procurement, or global supply chain, including experience operating at a senior/executive level with P&L-adjacent accountability.
• Must have long tail experience. Minimum previous experience with 50K+ skus.
• Must have previous sourcing P&L exceeding $200M.
• Direct, hands-on experience negotiating and restructuring vendor payment terms or otherwise driving working-capital improvement at scale.
• Experience managing vendor-managed inventory, consignment, or fully-funded partner relationships with contract manufacturers or private-label/branded suppliers.
• Direct operating experience with Taiwan and/or China-based sourcing, manufacturing, or logistics operations, including freight and container consolidation.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Accounting, Tax, Legal, Finance, and HR on cross-functional, compliance-sensitive initiatives without owning the underlying technical discipline personally.
• Track record of building, scaling, and leading international teams across multiple geographies.
• Working knowledge of automotive parts manufacturing and U.S. safety/regulatory standards sufficient to enforce a non-negotiable safety bar while still driving meaningful cost reduction.
• Experience leading process modernization or systems implementation initiatives that touch sourcing, procurement, or supply chain planning.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the automotive aftermarket parts industry, particularly in lighting, mirrors, catalytic converters, or body parts.
• Experience with component-level should-cost modeling or cost engineering.
• Working proficiency in Mandarin, given direct oversight of the Taiwan Office.
• Experience standing up new international sourcing offices.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CarParts.com is an equal-opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring that we fulfill this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

The above-noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the incumbent a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.