Sourcing & Quality Specialist (Maternity Cover)

We’re Ace & Tate – and yes, we make glasses. But more than that, we make working here worth your while. We are looking for a Sourcing & Quality Specialist to join us on a Maternity Cover from December 2026 until June 2027. We are open to both candidates looking for a temporary employment contract and experienced freelancers interested in supporting us during this period. Key Responsibilities: Sourcing Resilience - Supplier Performance & Risk Management: Deepen and mature supplier performance tracking and risk assessments, translating findings into concrete mitigation plans. - Sourcing Strategy: Explore opportunities to strengthen sourcing resilience, including identifying new suppliers, sourcing regions and nearshoring options across frames and materials. - Contract Management & Negotiations: Review and strengthen existing supplier contracts, including commercial negotiations in collaboration with the Legal team.Quality Assurance & Compliance - Quality Framework: Further develop the existing quality framework, including inspection standards, supplier quality control processes and the quality study group, incorporating industry best practices to continuously improve quality standards. - Root-Cause Analysis: Drive root-cause analysis and implement structural improvements to address recurring quality issues in collaboration with suppliers and internal teams. - Regulatory Compliance: Maintain and further embed MDR compliance, ensuring regulatory requirements and processes are consistently followed across relevant departments.You have - Relevant Experience: Experience in sourcing, procurement, quality assurance or supply chain management, ideally within fashion, eyewear or another consumer product category. - Supplier & Quality Management: Proven track record of independently managing supplier performance and quality programmes end to end. - Regulatory Knowledge: Hands-on experience with regulatory and compliance frameworks such as MDR, CE marking and ISO standards, ideally within eyewear, medical devices or similar regulated products. - Negotiation Skills: Experience negotiating with suppliers, including commercial agreements and payment terms. - Analytical Skills: Comfortable developing supplier scorecards, conducting risk assessments and building dashboards, with the ability to translate data into actionable decisions. - Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify opportunities, develop new ideas, build a business case and influence stakeholders at all levels. - Ownership & Initiative: Proactive self-starter who works independently, takes ownership and drives initiatives forward without waiting for direction. - Language Skills: Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus. - The ability to work from or commute to our Amsterdam HQWhat we offer - A dynamic and high-impact role in a fast-growing, international retail brand - A high level of ownership and autonomy, with the opportunity to take responsibility for your markets and make a real impact - Flexible hybrid work environment - Time off that counts 25 holidays per year (fulltime) plus tenure-based extra days (2 after 1 year, 3 after 2 years)  - Company pension plan - Travel support reimbursement if living more than 10 km from HQ - Wellbeing support collaboration with ClassPass and unlimited mental health support via OpenUp - Optical perks continuous free updates of your eyewear collection plus great discounts - Healthy lunches & snacks daily nutritious lunch and healthy snacks - A culture to love participation in events planned by our CultureClub