Senior Manager, Indirect Sourcing
Rise Baking Company, LLC•Tucker, GA
•Onsite
About The Position
This position will be relocating to Atlanta, GA (Uptown; 575 Main Street Atlanta, GA) in Late Fall 2026. The Job Purpose is to own the most complex, highest-spend categories in the tower — categories with volatile pricing, global supply bases, or multi-year strategic agreements that require sophisticated negotiation. The role will set the benchmark for how sourcing work is accomplished and informally develop Sourcing Managers (SMs). The goal is to deliver consistent above-target savings on complex categories.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, finance, or related field
- 5+ years of sourcing experience with demonstrated depth in complex category management
- Consistent above-target savings delivery across multiple years on complex, high-spend categories
- Deep expertise in multiple indirect spend categories with proven cross-category consolidation or strategic sourcing experience
- Manufacturing, CPG, or food & beverage industry experience
- Demonstrated ability to manage executive-level supplier relationships independently
Nice To Haves
- CPSM, CSCP, or related certification preferred
- Multi-site manufacturing sourcing experience across a distributed plant network preferred
- Experience with SAP, Appian, or similar procurement systems preferred
Responsibilities
- Own multi-year strategies for the most complex categories — market analysis, supply risk assessment, cost modeling, and multi-year sourcing roadmap
- Lead sophisticated RFx events — multi-round negotiations, complex bid structures, strategic partnership agreements, and long-term supply contracts
- Negotiate framework agreements and long-term supply contracts with favorable pricing, volume commitments, and risk-sharing provisions
- Lead cross-category consolidation opportunities — identify suppliers serving multiple indirect categories and build the business case for consolidation
- Maintain the tower's highest-priority supplier relationships at an executive level — conduct strategic reviews, manage escalations, and negotiate partnership terms
- Informally mentor Sourcing Managers in the tower — review their category strategies, coach their negotiation preparation, and develop their commercial instincts
- Share market intelligence broadly — proactively brief the tower on supply dynamics, pricing trends, and risk signals that affect other categories
- Serve as the Sr. Director's first call on complex category questions — provide analysis and recommendations that inform tower strategy
- Represent the tower in cross-functional meetings where deep category expertise is required
- Deliver above-target savings consistently — 3+ consecutive years is the baseline expectation
- Maintain the most sophisticated savings tracking in the tower — methodology documented, Finance-aligned, and defensible in an EVP review
- Contribute meaningfully to the procurement scorecard — own the tower's highest-impact savings line items
- Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
