Strategic Sourcing Buyer

Spindrift • Newtonville, MA

2d • $70,000 - $90,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Strategic Sourcing Buyer supports the Strategic Sourcing team by helping execute sourcing initiatives, maintaining supplier and market data, coordinating procurement activities, and supporting cross-functional projects across Operations, Innovation, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, and Planning. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to build their career within supply chain by gaining a wide array of hands-on experience at a fast growing company!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Operations, Food Science, or a related field.
• 0–2+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or a related field. Recent college graduates are encouraged to apply but should have relevant internship or co-op experience in one or more of these areas.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with ERP systems is preferred (NetSuite is a plus).
• Interested in food, beverages, agriculture, sustainability, and supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Support sourcing projects across ingredients, packaging, and selected indirect spend categories.
• Assist with supplier qualification and onboarding activities for new ingredients and suppliers.
• Coordinate requests for proposals (RFPs), supplier documentation, pricing updates, and contract administration.
• Maintain supplier records, pricing files, contracts, and procurement documentation.
• Assist in preparing sourcing recommendations and business cases for leadership.
• Build productive relationships with suppliers through day-to-day communication and follow-up.
• Coordinate supplier samples, documentation, certifications, and commercial information.
• Track supplier performance metrics, pricing changes, and service levels.
• Support supplier business reviews and maintain action item tracking.
• Monitor commodity and ingredient market trends and summarize findings for the sourcing team.
• Partner with Innovation, Quality, Manufacturing, and Planning to help commercialize new ingredients and suppliers.
• Coordinate ingredient evaluations, tasting samples, and commercialization milestones.
• Support reformulations, packaging changes, and new product launches.
• Maintain inventory of innovation ingredients and supplier samples for development work.
• Assist with supplier visits, facility audits, and sustainability initiatives as needed.
• Prepare spend analyses, pricing comparisons, and sourcing reports.
• Maintain procurement dashboards and reporting tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve sourcing processes, documentation, and data quality.
• Help ensure procurement documentation remains organized, accurate, and audit-ready.
• Support special projects as the procurement organization continues to grow.

Benefits

• Short-term incentive opportunity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Monthly cell phone allowance
• Annual allowances for personal use of Spindrift product, health and wellness, professional development, and social justice education
• Voluntary benefits including, but not limited to, additional life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave, vacation, sick, personal, bereavement, community service, and holiday time

What This Job Offers

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