Strategic Sourcing Manager

Strategic Sourcing ManagerThe Strategic Sourcing Manager collaborates with cross-functional business partners to identify sourcing opportunities, negotiate favorable agreements, evaluate supplier capabilities, and strengthen supplier relationships. This leader drives strategic sourcing initiatives and executes category strategies to optimize costs, deliver sustainable savings, and improve operational efficiencies, creating long-term business value. We look to the Strategic Sourcing Manager to model our leadership guiding principles, coaching talent to support engagement, growth, and performance.You will collaborate with cross-functional business partners to identify sourcing opportunities, negotiate favorable agreements, evaluate supplier capabilities, and strengthen supplier relationships. You will also drive strategic sourcing initiatives and executes category strategies to optimize costs, deliver sustainable savings, and improve operational efficiencies, creating long-term business value. We look to the Strategic Sourcing Manager to model our leadership guiding principles, coaching talent to support engagement, growth, and performance.At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you're ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.Benefits that set us apart:Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision InsuranceRemote ½ day FridaysOnsite Health & Wellness CenterEmployer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nationRelocation AssistanceTuition AssistanceAccess to Employee StoreWhat You Do:Strategic Contribution:Support strategic sourcing objectives through effective procurement of goods and services while building robust working relationships with business partners.Execute projects within the three-year pipeline of savings in alignment with category and business strategies to deliver sustainable productivityPerform Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), should-cost, and cost-to-build analysis in the pursuit of continuous cost optimization.Lead or participate in negotiations of legal agreements that result in preferred pricing, continued source of supply and terms and conditionsSupport cross functional projectsExecute Category Strategies:Identify potential sourcing opportunities, canvass and investigate suppliers and execute the sourcing processPerform spend analytics to help drive strategic sourcing decisionsCollaborate with category leads and functional business owners in supplier selection, qualification, development, and overall supplier management, including score carding, supplier relationship reviews and sensitive supplier lists.Lead/Coach sourcing events and guide the business throughout the sourcing process.Accumulate market trends, evolving sources and alternate sources of supply - including identifying emerging technologies to further improve the category strategy.Organizational Alignment:Assess supplier capabilities and innovation to meet company goals and objectivesCollaborate with Business Partners to deliver year over year productivity and operating efficienciesOngoing pursuit of operational efficiencies with suppliers to drive additional value to the organizationLeadership / People Development:Manage a high-performing procurement team or product categorySupport organizational change management processes and policies around sourcing and supplier processesMust be able to travel up to 15% of time.Your Education and Experience:Bachelor's Degree required.At least five to seven years of Sourcing experience required.Due to extensive communication with suppliers and internal customers; good interpersonal, problem solving, and reasoning skills are required. Strong verbal and written communication skills, and negotiating skills required.At least one year of supervisory responsibilities preferred.Strong computer skills are necessary, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. This includes word processing, spreadsheets, presentation programs and strong utilization of the Internet. SAP skills are helpful, but not required.CPM, APP, CPSM or equivalent certificates preferred. Driver's License required.Our Story:With over 2,400+ employees and net sales of nearly $1.8 billion, Sargento is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. We created the world's first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.