Lead Responsible Sourcing Manager

Title: Responsible Sourcing Manager
Location: Remote
Duration: 0-6 Months
Shift: 1^st Shift (M-F 8AM-5M)
Pay Rate: $70.00-$73.00/Hour on W2.

Responsibilities:
You will recommend implement and manageNorth America procurement sustainability programs and initiatives driving our strategy and achieving the scope of commitments in this space.
Working closely with KNA procurement and global sustainability teams you will provide insight and influence on Responsible Sourcing and Energy category strategies in support of Supply Chain Procurement and Sustainability policies and goals.
You will maintain relationships with many external and internal stakeholders including NGOs industry groups RQNT marketing sales and communications leading technical expertise to ensure responsible sourcing criteria is accurately reported and supports North America program outcomes.
You will champion and lead execution of Programs throughout our KNA supply chain supporting farmers & advancing sustainable agriculture ultimately improving financial resiliency of farmers (i.e. productivity cost reduction revenue) with a myriad of environmental outcomes (i.e. soil health biodiversity).
You will ensure Responsible Sourcing of Our Priority Ingredients and evolving RS metrics for North America through participation in category strategy and supplier selection processes/evaluations and working with in-scope suppliers to achieve Kelloggs requirements across commodities. Our partners are extensions of the family and name; you will manage these supplier relationships working directly with sustainability counterparts to gain alignment and progress Kelloggs sustainability agenda.
You will support conservation of natural resources within our North American supply chain aligned to policies and targets (i.e. GHG emissions renewable electricity water waste packaging climate deforestation).
You will progress practices for operating ethically & protecting human rights partnering with ethics and compliance department. You will support mitigation of potential human rights risks and remediation of issues associated with our salient human rights.
You will support farmer-facing commercial activations & communications including claims.
Support decision-making for action and inaction leading understanding of program potential resources needed external landscape and expectations.
You will drive global execution alignment and next generation thinking within the Responsible Sourcing team acting as champion for work processes communication best practices and continuous education.
You will facilitate sharing of knowledge amongst subject matter experts across regions.
You will support the global Sustainability team in responding to public and private commentary and commodity data or reporting requests by revisiting priorities as new information and risk presents itself and facilitating global data collection processes/formats and alignment.
You will work closely with suppliers to provide understanding and support execution of Kellogg requirements including code of conduct assessments use of SEDEX Companies Grower Survey implementation and more.
You will connect with external peers and relationships for benchmarking.

Qualifications:
5-7 years related experience with masters degree; 7-10 years related experience if undergraduate.
The ideal candidate has at least a Masters Degree in a field related to Agriculture Sustainability or Economics.
MBAs may be acceptable depending on the candidates experience.
The ideal candidate will have experience in procurement and/or the sustainability function in the consumer goods industry preferably in food or agriculture.
Strong understanding of how a procurement organization runs.
Familiarity with greenhouse gas protocol decarbonization and net zero goals.
Ability to ensure contracts executed for programs kicking off in 2025 are implemented and delivered.
Keep track of global goals and scorecards create agendas for bi-monthly team meetings and manage deadlines and milestones.
Program Management experience will be a bonus.
Expertise in sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation.
Familiarity with metrics related to GHG emissions renewable energy water waste and deforestation.
Ability to manage relationships with NGOs industry groups and internal teams like marketing and sales.
Proficiency in supplier evaluation and compliance with sourcing requirements.