Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing Manager

Primary Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing
• Identify, evaluate, and qualify new domestic and international suppliers.
• Develop competitive sourcing strategies for raw materials, packaging, finished goods, indirect spend, and services.
• Lead RFQs, RFPs, and supplier negotiations.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, contracts, rebates, and service agreements.
• Reduce overall procurement costs while maintaining or improving quality and service.
• Purchasing Operations
• Analyze company-wide purchasing spend to identify consolidation opportunities.
• Standardize vendors across business units whenever practical.
• Improve supplier performance through scorecards and regular business reviews.
• Manage supplier relationships and resolve supply issues.
• Support inventory optimization and purchasing planning.
• Process Development
• Build purchasing policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Create standard operating procedures for purchasing activities.
• Create reporting and KPI dashboards measuring savings, supplier performance, purchasing cycle times, and contract compliance.
• Partner closely with Operations, Manufacturing, Finance, Product Development, and Sales.
• Department Leadership
• Design the future purchasing organization.
• Recruit, train, and manage buyers as the department expands.
• Establish purchasing workflows and approval processes.
• Drive continuous improvement throughout the procurement function.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of purchasing, procurement, or strategic sourcing experience.
• Demonstrated success negotiating supplier contracts and reducing costs.
• Experience sourcing new vendors and qualifying suppliers.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills.
• Experience managing multiple product categories simultaneously.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience working with ERP systems.

Preferred

• Consumer packaged goods (CPG), manufacturing, food, beauty, household products, or related industry experience.
• Experience with packaging, raw materials, ingredients, contract manufacturing, or finished goods sourcing.
• Experience implementing purchasing processes or building a procurement organization.
• Leadership experience or demonstrated ability to manage a purchasing team.

Success Measures

• Within the first 12 months, deliver measurable cost savings across key spend categories.
• Consolidate suppliers where appropriate.
• Improve supplier quality and delivery performance.
• Establish standardized purchasing processes.
• Develop purchasing KPIs and reporting.
• Create the foundation for a scalable purchasing department.
• Recruit and lead additional purchasing personnel as business needs grow.

Location

Preferred: Los Angeles area (hybrid or on-site)

Remote candidates with significant strategic sourcing experience will also be considered.

Benefits & Perks

• 100% employer paid health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employer-paid life insurance and disability benefits.
• Wellness, phone, and internet allowances.
• Professional development/education and home office allowances.
• 401(k) and employer match.
• Competitive salary.
• Flexible PTO.
• Flexible WFH hours (Hybrid Position).
• Employee product discounts and more!