Director of Strategic Sourcing
Director of Strategic Sourcing
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Job Description
The Director of Strategic Sourcing is responsible for leading category management contract negotiation and sourcing strategy across Grocery Protein and Packaging. This role focuses on optimizing supplier relationships ensuring cost efficiency and driving sourcing initiatives to align with Home Chefs longterm business objectives. This position does not oversee procurement or direct purchasing activities but collaborates closely with internal stakeholders to ensure category strategies align with broader supply chain and business needs.
Detailed Responsibilities
Category Management & Strategic Sourcing
- Develop and lead sourcing strategies across Grocery Protein and Packaging categories to optimize costs and supplier performance.
- Establish longterm supplier relationships to drive forecasting innovation cost efficiencies and quality improvements.
- Partner with Procurement Excellence to standardize processes improve forecasting and enhance category visibility.
- Leverage Home Chefs partnership with Kroger to drive quality cost and sourcing strategy.
Contract Negotiation & Supplier Management
- Lead highimpact contract negotiations to secure optimal pricing service levels and risk mitigation.
- Evaluate supplier capabilities ensuring alignment with Home Chefs quality food safety cost and sustainability objectives.
- Develop contingency plans for critical categories to minimize supply disruptions.
- Navigate vendor accountability and remediation for any quality issues withdrawals or recalls
CrossFunctional Collaboration & Business Alignment
- Work closely with Product Operations and Finance to ensure category strategies align with product development and cost efficiency goals.
- Collaborate with the Procurement team to align sourcing efforts with purchasing .
- Support Supply Chain analytics and strategy to optimize landed costs and improve supplier transparency.
Performance Metrics & Continuous Improvement
- Establish KPIs to track supplier performance cost savings and category efficiency.
- Monitor industry trends government regulations commodity pricing and market conditions to proactively adjust sourcing strategies.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives leveraging data analytics to enhance sourcing decisions.
Team Development & Leadership
- Lead and mentor category managers within Grocery Protein and Packaging.
- Foster a culture of collaboration innovation and accountability within the sourcing team.
- Provide guidance on categoryspecific challenges and growth opportunities.
This position requires up to 20 travel.
Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
Experience:
- Completion of a fouryear degree program in a related field
- 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing category management or supply chain roles.
- Experience in food industry sourcing especially protein grocery or packaging preferred.
- Proven track record of contract negotiation and supplier management at a high level.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams with a focus on coaching mentorship and talent growth.
Skills & Competencies:
- Strong analytical and financial acumen to evaluate supplier proposals and category performance.
- Excellent negotiation and relationship management skills.
- Ability to lead and develop a team while working crossfunctionally in a fastpaced environment.
- Proficiency in datadriven decisionmaking and process improvement.
More About Us
Perks and Benefits
- Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
- Medical dental vision life and disability insurance available
- Paid holidays sick time and vacation time
- 401k program
- Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical dependent care parking or transit expenses
How We Work Together
We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves and respectfully listen to and accept input.
We are pragmatic nextlevel thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems prepared to dive in get curious and learn more. We are resultsdriven always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
Be at Home at Home Chef
We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities backgrounds and perspectives. You can trust that youll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
We welcome people of all races colors religions national origin or ancestry sex (including sexual identity) age physical or mental disabilities pregnancy veteran or military status unfavorable discharge from military service genetic information sexual orientation marital status order of protection status citizenship status arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal state or local law.
Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact our People team at.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
