Procurement Manager

About You

You're known for your ability to prioritize and reorganize tasks as needed. Fast-paced environments are your thing. You operate with a "Juntos es Mejor" mentality at all times. When you're in the room—whether you're involved in a project or leading a team—everything seems to fall into place. You're always there to help and reorganize to keep things on track. Whether you're leading a cross-functional meeting, presenting data, or simply writing an email, people describe your communication as "effective," "mindful," and "clear." With a passion for all things puzzles, riddles, and word games, you've got an eye for detail that's unmatched. You're a problem solver through and through. You put the "cheer" in "cheerleader"—you lead with enthusiasm, encouragement, and kindness. You're motivating and inspiring.

What You Will Do

• Lead execution of sourcing strategies across assigned Procurement vertical (Ingredients or Packaging), while maintaining ownership of select strategic categories, suppliers, and manufacturing partner relationships.
• Oversee sourcing initiatives including RFPs, contract strategy, supplier selection, contract negotiations, and category roadmaps, providing guidance and support on the team's most complex sourcing activities.
• Serve as an escalation point for manufacturing partners, supplier negotiations and supply constraints.
• Translate market intelligence into cross-category sourcing strategies, business recommendations, and annual planning.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate supply risks across the network, including geopolitical events, capacity constraints, and single-source dependencies, while communicating risks and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Lead enterprise Procurement initiatives that extend beyond assigned category ownership to improve Procurement capabilities and cross-functional alignment.
• Oversee Procurement contracting standards, templates, ensuring agreements remain aligned with business needs while guiding the team's contract development efforts.
• Partner cross-functionally with Planning, Finance, R&D, Quality, Commercialization, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Legal to align procurement strategies with business objectives.
• Lead Procurement performance reviews by synthesizing quarterly pricing activities and key procurement KPIs to drive actionable insights.
• Develop team capabilities through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and guidance on category ownership.
• Drive consistency across Procurement by standardizing tools, reporting, contracting approaches, supplier governance, and best practices across categories and manufacturing partners.
• Develop cross-category tools, dashboards, reporting, and planning resources that improve Procurement execution and decision-making.
• Oversee Procurement's commercialization and material transition strategy by aligning artwork implementation, inventory runout, supplier readiness, and obsolescence planning across categories and manufacturing partners.
• Design inventory management strategies when needed to address risk, service, or cost concerns across the network.
• Travel requirements average 15% annually, depending on business priorities.

Your Experience

• 5+ years in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, or Supply Chain within the CPG or food manufacturing sector required.
• Experience managing direct material categories (ingredients and/or packaging) preferred.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth CPG or food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
• Experience working with ERP systems and procurement platforms such as TraceGains or similar supplier management systems preferred.
• Experience with spend analytics or business intelligence tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
• Experience with RFP software is a plus.