Strategic Sourcing Manager

The Clemens Food Group • Hatfield, PA

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

Clemens Food Group is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to own approximately $100 million in annual dry-goods and packaging spend, including boxes, bags, and film. The role develops category strategies, leads complex sourcing projects and supplier negotiations, and partners across the business to implement decisions. The position offers autonomy to develop recommendations, with coaching and input from a manager on major sourcing decisions.

During the first 90 days, the manager will build relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers, learn the categories, and develop a roadmap for the next 6–12 months. Over time, success means executing category strategies, strengthening supplier performance, and delivering repeatable material-cost forecasts. The role reports to the Director of Purchasing and is an individual-contributor position with no direct reports.

The team typically works four days onsite in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, and one day remotely. Travel is up to 15% for supplier visits, company locations, and industry events.

Requirements

• Experience personally developing and executing category or supplier strategies.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex sourcing projects and supplier negotiations.
• Familiarity with reviewing, developing, and negotiating supplier contracts.
• Financial and analytical skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Working proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and IF statements.
• Experience using an ERP system.
• Ability to build partnerships, work through competing priorities, and influence decisions without direct authority.
• Initiative to assess a portfolio, recommend a direction, and move work forward.
• Relevant professional experience may substitute for a bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

• Packaging or food industry experience.
• SAP knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies that improve total cost, supplier performance, and supply continuity.
• Lead sourcing events from spend analysis and supplier evaluation through negotiations, contract awards, trials, and implementation.
• Manage supplier relationships, performance expectations, improvement plans, and portfolio decisions.
• Partner with Operations, Packaging Engineering, RDC, and Purchasing to evaluate materials and implement changes.
• Build category budgets and material-cost forecasts, explain variances, and recommend actions.
• Monitor commodity trends and supplier risks to identify opportunities and address emerging concerns.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers, learn assigned categories, and develop a 6–12-month roadmap.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed