Lead Responsible Sourcing Manager

Title: Responsible Sourcing Manager

Location: Remote

Duration: 0-6+ Months

Shift: 1st Shift (M-F, 8AM-5M)

Pay Rate: $70.00-$73.00/Hour on W2.

Responsibilities:
You will recommend, implement and manage North 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 Kellogg's 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 Kellogg's 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, Companie's Grower Survey implementation and more.
You will connect with external peers and relationships for benchmarking.



Qualifications:
5-7 years related experience with master's degree; 7-10 years related experience if undergraduate.
The ideal candidate has at least a Master's Degree in a field related to Agriculture, Sustainability, or Economics.
MBAs may be acceptable depending on the candidate's 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.