VP, Global Sourcing

The Wonderful Company is committed to providing high-quality, healthy, and iconic brands, including FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Wonderful Pistachios, and Wonderful Halos, while improving the lives of people in the communities where we operate. Ranked No. 1 on the 2025 PEOPLE® Companies That Care list and one of Fortune® magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” The Wonderful Company is recognized for its dedication to workforce well-being, communities, and the planet.

About the Role

The Vice President, Global Sourcing will lead one of the company's most strategic enterprise functions, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. This role oversees global sourcing, supplier partnerships, logistics, technical packaging engineering, category management, sourcing analytics, and new product development support across The Wonderful Company’s diverse portfolio. The VP will lead teams in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Asia-Pacific (Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, and China), driving sourcing strategies that create enterprise value, strengthen supplier partnerships, optimize costs, and support long-term business growth. This role can be based in either Bakersfield, CA or Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive global sourcing strategy across multiple business units and spend categories aligned with the company’s long-term objectives.
• Identify opportunities to optimize spend, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and create measurable enterprise value.
• Develop forward-looking sourcing strategies that anticipate economic conditions, geopolitical risks, commodity markets, supplier capabilities, and evolving business priorities.
• Continuously evaluate global supply markets to identify opportunities for innovation, supplier diversification, operational efficiencies, and competitive advantage.
• Lead complex global supplier negotiations and cultivate strategic partnerships to ensure a resilient, competitive supply base while advancing quality, innovation, sustainability, and long-term growth.
• Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing global organization, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and mentor leaders across multiple functions and geographies while building organizational capability and succession strength.
• Evaluate organizational structure, capabilities, and operating models to ensure the sourcing function evolves alongside the business.
• Serve as the enterprise leader for global sourcing, partnering with executive leadership and business unit leaders to align sourcing strategies with evolving business priorities.
• Build trusted relationships and lead through influence across a highly matrixed organization, balancing competing priorities while advancing company-wide sourcing initiatives.
• Provide executive oversight for enterprise sourcing functions, including Global Sourcing, Asia-Pacific Sourcing, Sourcing Analytics & Planning, Technical Packaging Engineering, Logistics, Travel & Fleet, and the New Product Development (NPD) team.
• Provide strategic leadership for the Technical Packaging Engineering team, ensuring packaging solutions balance innovation, quality, manufacturability, sustainability, cost, and supply chain performance.
• Ensure sourcing functions operate as an integrated enterprise organization delivering strategic value and consistent service across the company’s portfolio of businesses.
• Foster collaboration between centralized sourcing and business unit leaders to drive alignment, transparency, and shared accountability.
• Establish and monitor KPIs that measure supplier performance, cost savings, service levels, operational effectiveness, and enterprise value creation.
• Leverage data, analytics, and market intelligence to inform sourcing decisions and measure business impact.
• Drive continuous improvement across sourcing processes, systems, governance, and supplier performance.
• Balance quality, service, innovation, risk, and total cost of ownership in sourcing decisions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in global sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or strategic sourcing, including at least five years in a senior executive leadership role.
• Proven success leading a sophisticated, multi-category global sourcing organization within a large, complex, matrixed enterprise.
• Experience managing international sourcing operations with significant exposure to Asia-Pacific supplier markets and global sourcing strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to build credibility and influence executive leadership, business unit partners, and cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills with the ability to unite diverse stakeholders around common business objectives.
• Proven ability to develop sourcing strategies that adapt to changing economic conditions, global supply markets, commodity trends, and geopolitical dynamics.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing strategies and measurable business outcomes.
• Experience leading large, geographically dispersed organizations while developing high-performing teams and future leaders.
• Demonstrated success driving enterprise-wide transformation through strategic sourcing, supplier partnerships, operational improvements, and change management.
• Deep expertise in negotiating complex global supplier agreements across both direct and indirect spend categories.
• Strong financial, analytical, and business acumen with experience delivering measurable cost savings and operational improvements.
• Outstanding executive presence with exceptional communication, negotiation, relationship-building, and influencing skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.

Pay

Pay Range: $430,000 - $475,000 and may include a discretionary bonus. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills and experience.

Benefits

• Access to top-notch medical coverage, comprehensive vision and dental plans, and a 401k with match eligibility.
• 24/7 online physician consultations, virtual mental health resources, life coaching, and engaging employee community groups.
• Cash rewards for healthy habits, fitness reimbursements, and a library of on-demand fitness videos.
• Clear paths for career progression and internal mobility across diverse brands and business units.
• Focused learning and development resources, including People Manager and leadership training, webinars, and eLearning courses.
• Company-wide mentorship program to connect with colleagues, share goals, and overcome challenges.
• Continuous improvement training to drive positive change in the workplace.
• Company-provided funds to allocate to up to three charities of your choice through Wonderful Giving.
• Opportunities to participate in group service projects within local communities through Wonderful Neighbor.