senior sourcing manager, Global Tea

Starbucks • Seattle, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Now Brewing – senior sourcing manager, Global Tea! #tobeapartner
From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others.
As senior sourcing manager for Global Tea, you will impact a multi-billion dollar business by shaping and executing Starbucks Global Tea sourcing strategy, ensuring long-term supply security, quality, sustainability, and value. Acting as the strategic counterpart to product, quality, and sustainability leaders around the world, this role owns multi-year sourcing strategies and key supplier partnerships that directly enable the growth and differentiation of Starbucks Global Tea Portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain, preferably with global commodities or agricultural products.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing category or origin-based sourcing strategies.
• Strong negotiation skills with a collaborative, “win-win” supplier mindset.
• Proven ability to influence across functions and engage senior stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level storytelling.
• Proficiency in Excel and sourcing/analytics tools (e.g., SAP Ariba, Oracle ERS, Power BI, Tableau).

Nice To Haves

• Deep global origin sourcing experience across tea, botanicals, or agricultural commodities
• Demonstrated time spent in origin with suppliers and growers building long-term partnerships
• Strong supplier relationship leadership with experience running structured reviews and improvement plans
• Proven ability to manage supply volatility, logistics constraints, and contingency planning.
• Comfort owning contracts, negotiating terms, and driving documents to execution
• Experience with ethical sourcing, sustainability reporting, and audit-backed data
• Experience with tea, coffee, agricultural commodities, or high-risk commodity ingredient sourcing
• Experience with sustainability, ethical sourcing, or responsible procurement programs across Food or Beverage ingredients
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and leading through change in complex global systems
• Growth mindset for continuous learning and external benchmarking

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and execute multi-year global tea & botanicals sourcing strategies across priority origins and categories
• Integrate market intelligence, cost drivers, and origin insights to shape internal thinking and inform senior stakeholders
• Lead strategic supplier relationships focused on long-term value, supply security, and responsible sourcing
• Maximize customer and business value through highest-quality procurement of Teas and Botanicals through most efficient value chain and through best negotiated costs
• Drive value creation through cost stewardship, innovation, and margin protection
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate supply, ethical, regulatory, and logistical risks
• Independently lead contracting strategies, negotiations, and agreement execution
• Lead responsible sourcing program execution across tea and botanicals by advancing traceability, supplier due diligence, and accurate sustainability reporting supported by auditable data.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits.
• short-term and long-term disability
• paid parental leave
• family expansion reimbursement
• paid vacation from date of hire
• sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
• eight paid holidays
• two personal days per year.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
• Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
• incentivized emergency savings
• financial well-being tools.
• 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
• student loan management resources
• access to other educational opportunities.
• backup care
• DACA reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior