Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager

Premier Nutrition•Emeryville, CA

4d•$155,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Premier Nutrition Company (PNC) is a leader in the proactive wellness space, known for brands like Premier Protein and Dymatize, and is part of BellRing Brands. The company's success is driven by its purpose-driven culture, "Changing Lives with Good Energy," fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where employees feel connected and can do their best work. PNC has been recognized as a Great Place to Work™ for nine consecutive years and consistently ranks among Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces. The company emphasizes treating adults like adults, offering autonomy, and building a regenerative culture. They are seeking individuals who embody a "Challenger Mindset"—taking smart risks, demonstrating a relentless hunger, and acting as builders who transform the status quo. The Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager will play a key role in driving business transformation and productivity through strategic initiatives in ingredients and/or packaging categories, managing a significant spend and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet performance, cost, and quality objectives.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain or Operations
8+ years of experience in Sourcing or Supply Chain Management
Interpersonal & concise communication (written and oral) skills
Proficient in MS Excel allowing for fact-based diagnostics and data mining.
Ability to operate independently and successfully in roles of both influence and control, interfacing at senior levels with suppliers, peers and company leadership.
Ability to effectively negotiate in tough situations with internal and external stakeholders and drive for a solution that benefits all parties.
Experience leading and influencing individuals in a matrixed organization.
Ability to assist and educate Sourcing Managers on Packaging Sourcing.

Nice To Haves

Embody a strategic mindset
Play to win—exceed stretch goals and have fun doing it along the way
Emotional intelligence— awareness and regulation of emotional impact on others
Inspire and influence—build trusting, win-win relationships; motivate those whom you lead and peers
Hungry, are comfortable with smart risks
Like solving hard challenges and building things
Know when good enough is good enough, or the rare times when execution needs to be flawless
Have an abundance mindset and share information and credit freely
Like to get stuff done

Responsibilities

Provides executional excellence and support to Premier Nutrition Corporation’s businesses.
Responsible for a managed spend of approximately $240 million and business transformation to drive productivity through strategic initiatives with the category.
In partnership with R&D, Quality and Supply Chain, ensures that performance, cost objectives and quality goals are met or exceeded.
Requires strong planning experience, development of performance and measurement tools and the ability to collaborate and influence others in cross-functional areas on negotiations.
Development and execution of strategic programs that support long term supply and pricing strategies and ensure that programs are aligned with business goals and objectives.
Supporting universal pricing and supply chain strategies that support the sourcing categories.
Maintain security of supply and supplier compliance and make needed improvements by working collaboratively.
Development of performance tracking tools as they relate to the execution of the program strategy.
Track market indices to properly identify business risks and opportunities.
Negotiate supplier contracts and terms and conditions aligning with category strategies teaming with Legal.
Develop a Supplier Relationship Management process and Supplier Strategy through full execution.
Business transformation to drive incremental productivity through strategic initiatives within the categories.
Manages the PNC MR2(Cost Savings) Productivity Process, to meet annual company cost savings goals.
Provide strategic direction which delivers annual year over year productivity and total cost of ownership advantage.
Drive ingredient and packaging value engineering with cross functional teams.
Manage New Innovation Projects that align with category strategies.
Implementation of a commercial framework to support business transformation and business processes.
Influence of suppliers & stakeholders to adopt and execute business programs.
Build and leverage tools and technology to track and report productivity and drive ideation within the categories.