Sourcing Manager, WWGS Private Brands
Key job responsibilities
- Product Strategy & Development
- Business Ownership & Analytics
- Sourcing Excellence
- Product Experience Optimization
About the team
Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) is a global retail organization dedicated to revolutionizing the grocery shopping experience through enhanced efficiency, quality, and affordability. At its core, WWGS Private Brands (PB) serves as a crucial strategic division that develops, sources, and manages our Whole Foods Market (WFM) and Amazon-branded proprietary food products across all geographic regions. This team also leads the Whole Body assortment, which includes non-food and health/wellness products for WFM. Operating as a unified force, Private Brands supports both North American and International operations by leveraging cross-functional expertise in product development, sourcing, sensory, commercialization and quality assurance to bring our products to market end-to-end across all WFM and Amazon channels.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
- 5+ years of retail, operations, product or program management, or business management/consulting with negotiations and delivering results experience
- 3+ years of with Excel experience
- Experience with financial analysis and P&L ownership
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
- Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development