Procurement Manager

Remote, Base + Bonus, CPG, DTC

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Salary: $80,000 - $105,000 per year

A bit about us:

Our client is a fast-growing CPG company in the functional health and wellness space, with a rapidly expanding presence across DTC and retail channels. As the business scales, they are looking for a Procurement Manager to own the sourcing and purchasing of raw materials and functional ingredients that support their growing product portfolio.

This is a highly hands-on role for someone who understands ingredient sourcing, supplier management, cost negotiations, forecasting, and CPG supply chains. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment and will play a key role in building a scalable procurement function as the company continues to grow.

Why join us?

Join a rapidly growing functional health and wellness CPG company at an exciting stage of expansion.
Have significant ownership over the company's ingredient sourcing and procurement strategy.
Opportunity to build and scale procurement processes rather than simply maintain an existing function.
Work cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain leadership.
Directly impact gross margin, supplier strategy, product availability, and overall business growth.
Help support the company's continued expansion across DTC and retail.

Job Details

Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end procurement and sourcing of raw materials, functional ingredients, and packaging components across the company's product portfolio.
Identify, evaluate, and develop relationships with domestic and international ingredient suppliers, manufacturers, and strategic vendors.
Negotiate pricing, payment terms, MOQs, lead times, contracts, and supply agreements to optimize cost and ensure reliable supply.
Partner closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Product Development, and Sales to align purchasing decisions with demand forecasts and business growth.
Monitor commodity and ingredient pricing, supplier capacity, lead times, and market conditions to identify cost-saving and risk-mitigation opportunities.
Develop and maintain a qualified supplier base while identifying alternate and backup sources for critical ingredients.
Manage purchase orders and ensure materials are ordered, delivered, and available in alignment with production requirements.
Work closely with contract manufacturers and suppliers to resolve quality, availability, delivery, and fulfillment issues.
Support new product development by sourcing ingredients and materials, obtaining quotes and samples, and evaluating supplier capabilities.
Establish procurement processes, systems, and reporting that can scale with the company's continued growth across DTC and retail.
Analyze purchasing data and develop reporting around spend, pricing, supplier performance, lead times, and cost savings.
Collaborate with Quality/Regulatory teams to ensure suppliers meet applicable quality, food safety, documentation, and compliance requirements.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve gross margins through strategic sourcing, supplier consolidation, volume leverage, and cost negotiations.
Qualifications
4+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, purchasing, or supply chain within CPG, food & beverage, supplements, functional nutrition, wellness, or a related industry.
Experience sourcing raw materials, functional ingredients, nutraceutical ingredients, or other specialty ingredients.
Strong understanding of supplier negotiations, pricing, MOQs, lead times, contracts, and vendor management.
Experience working with contract manufacturers, co-packers, 3PLs, and ingredient suppliers.
Strong analytical and financial skills with the ability to evaluate supplier pricing, landed costs, and overall product economics.
Comfortable working cross-functionally with Product Development, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain teams.
Strong communication and relationship-management skills.
Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple suppliers, SKUs, projects, and competing priorities.
Experience in a high-growth CPG or startup environment is strongly preferred.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field preferred.

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