Lucas James Talent Partners
Overview
Lucas James Talent Partners is recruiting for a dynamic Strategic Sourcing Manager within the food manufacturing industry. This role will be responsible for developing and implementing enterprise-wide sourcing strategies for key ingredients and packaging material to support the business needs while ensuring cost efficiencies, continuous improvement, and optimization of resources. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will drive local, regional, and international sourcing strategies and partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Operations, R&D, Quality, Finance and Sales amongst others. This role will report to the Vice President of Procurement.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement category sourcing strategies that ensure consistent supply, timely delivery, and high-quality materials to meet the diverse business needs.
Lead strategist to leverage scale across the organization, drive cost efficiencies across spend categories with a continuous improvement mindset.
Achieve competitive price advantage through market insights including relevant domestic and international macro-economic factors. Proactively identify and take advantage of opportunistic market situations within assigned categories.
Identify and evaluate sourcing opportunities while mitigating supply risk and ensuring stability of the supply chain.
Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM) fostering strong partnerships across the local and global supply base for assigned categories. Primary point of contact and interface with supplier for FFP’s business.
Optimize the supply base to allow for continuity, growth, and innovation.
Negotiate long-term supply agreements that provide the organization with a competitive advantage.
Manage all contracts and master supply agreements, ensuring adherence to contractual shipment and/or delivery schedules, pricing, and quality requirements.
Coordinate logistics with suppliers including but not limited to inland and/or ocean freight, import/exports when applicable.
Collaborate with R&D/QA to identify and approve new materials, technologies and suppliers that drive innovation across our product platforms.
Ensure ingredients sourced meet all product specifications, quality and regulatory requirements and any unique customer needs.
Conduct supplier evaluations and drive performance improvements across the supply base.
Partner with internal stakeholders and work cross-functionally to support the business needs.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or related discipline.
Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience working in the procurement & sourcing field with strong knowledge of direct or indirect categories.
10+ years of experience working in food manufacturing or food service industry strongly preferred
8+ years of experience sourcing packaging material preferred
Specific knowledge of sourcing Tea, Coffee, Botanicals or Fruits & Vegetables is ideal.
Highly preferred experience includes sourcing of agriculture products, food, ingredients and packaging.
Financial and Business acumen including managing PPV, P&L, continuous improvement, cash flow management, spend analysis and supply / demand forecasting.
Extensive knowledge of managing Import/Export and Trade Compliance.
Capacity to identify, develop and evaluate a strong and reliable supplier network.
Proficient in ERP systems such Microsoft Business Central, Great Plains or other common systems.
Flexibility to travel up to 10%+ of the time or as required by the business.
Job details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Purchasing
Industries: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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Responsibilities
Develop and implement category sourcing strategies that ensure consistent supply, timely delivery, and high-quality materials to meet the diverse business needs.
Lead strategist to leverage scale across the organization, drive cost efficiencies across spend categories with a continuous improvement mindset.
Achieve competitive price advantage through market insights including relevant domestic and international macro-economic factors. Proactively identify and take advantage of opportunistic market situations within assigned categories.
Identify and evaluate sourcing opportunities while mitigating supply risk and ensuring stability of the supply chain.
Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM) fostering strong partnerships across the local and global supply base for assigned categories. Primary point of contact and interface with supplier for FFP’s business.
Optimize the supply base to allow for continuity, growth, and innovation.
Negotiate long-term supply agreements that provide the organization with a competitive advantage.
Manage all contracts and master supply agreements, ensuring adherence to contractual shipment and/or delivery schedules, pricing, and quality requirements.
Coordinate logistics with suppliers including but not limited to inland and/or ocean freight, import/exports when applicable.
Collaborate with R&D/QA to identify and approve new materials, technologies and suppliers that drive innovation across our product platforms.
Ensure ingredients sourced meet all product specifications, quality and regulatory requirements and any unique customer needs.
Conduct supplier evaluations and drive performance improvements across the supply base.
Partner with internal stakeholders and work cross-functionally to support the business needs.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or related discipline.
Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience working in the procurement & sourcing field with strong knowledge of direct or indirect categories.
10+ years of experience working in food manufacturing or food service industry strongly preferred
8+ years of experience sourcing packaging material preferred
Specific knowledge of sourcing Tea, Coffee, Botanicals or Fruits & Vegetables is ideal.
Highly preferred experience includes sourcing of agriculture products, food, ingredients and packaging.
Financial and Business acumen including managing PPV, P&L, continuous improvement, cash flow management, spend analysis and supply / demand forecasting.
Extensive knowledge of managing Import/Export and Trade Compliance.
Capacity to identify, develop and evaluate a strong and reliable supplier network.
Proficient in ERP systems such Microsoft Business Central, Great Plains or other common systems.
Flexibility to travel up to 10%+ of the time or as required by the business.
Job details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Purchasing
Industries: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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