Procurement Manager, Dairy

Dutch Bros Coffee • Tempe, AZ

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing. At Dutch Bros Coffee, we are more than just a coffee company. We are a fun-loving, mind-blowing company that makes a difference one cup at a time. Position Overview: The Procurement Manager for Dairy is responsible for developing and implementing sourcing strategies focused on the dairy category. By executing effective sourcing practices, this person will create and execute strategies to optimize category costs, create and maintain pricing transparency, drive supplier innovation, ensure supply continuity, build national supply resilience to support growth, work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders, and maintain/develop strong supplier relationships.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in food and beverage procurement category management with a focus on dairy and/or other agricultural commodity categories for a large, multi-unit, and multi-state company.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, agricultural economics, finance, or business administration.
• Understanding of dairy and commodity market dynamics, pricing history, hedging opportunities, and overall risk management.
• Proven ability to build productive internal partnerships and support innovation with product development, food safety & quality, sustainability, distribution, and field operations.
• Strong administrative and analytical skills, including cost benchmarking and developing data-based recommendations for shop and company efficiencies.
• Understanding of total cost of ownership principles, strong negotiation skills, price transparency, and continuous improvement strategies to ensure competitive marketplace pricing
• Expertise in supplier relationship management, inclusive of identifying new partners and developing new capabilities with existing suppliers.
• Ability to develop risk management procedures to mitigate potential supply chain disruptions.
• History of providing commodity intelligence updates to leadership, inclusive of price and volume coverage recommendations.
• MS Office Proficiency
• Detail-Oriented
• Must be able to work in a busy, crowded, and loud office with frequent distractions and interruptions
• Must be able to collaborate in-person with occasional impromptu in-person meetings
• Ability to sit, stand, reach, twist, stretch, and work at a desk for long stretches.
• Must be able to occasionally move or lift office items up to 25 pounds
• Hearing must be sufficient or correctable to ensure clear understanding of spoken information, including participating in virtual meetings and phone calls.
• Ability to read and write in English is essential for processing documents, drafting reports, and following up on necessary actions.
• Vision must be adequate or correctable to perform essential job duties, such as reading documents on a computer screen and using other visual tools.
• Must be proficient in operating a computer and other office productivity tools such as printers, scanners, and collaboration software.
• Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with team members, clients, and other stakeholders via email, video conferencing, and other in office communication tools.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in leveraging financial instruments to reduce price and volume risk is desirable.
• Familiarity with food specifications and ingredient technical attributes is preferred.
• Familiarity with procurement practices in the QSR industry is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Dairy Category Management: Develop comprehensive category strategy for dairy, inclusive of identifying current and/or new supply partners to support company growth trajectory.
• Negotiate and create dairy price transparency models, providing visibility into the different elements of costing, inclusive of market components.
• Create and present dairy price and volume coverage strategies to senior leadership, in alignment with overall sourcing goals, to minimize financial and volume exposure in the P/L
• Design regular commodity intelligence updates to key leadership team members to report on dairy market dynamics and potential impact to P/L
• Own/manage supplier relationships, contracts, and diagnose total cost of ownership, focusing on cost-effectiveness, service quality, and innovation.
• Lead pricing and contract negotiations that are in alignment with company goals.
• Work with the approved distribution network to ensure reliability of everyday supply and on-time innovation implementation.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Food Safety, and Sustainability to innovate, approve, and onboard suppliers and new products for LTO timelines.
• Work with finance partners to create annual cost of goods sold budgets, along with regular price forecasting updates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees