Strategic Sourcing & Business Partner Lead, Raw Materials and Ingredients

We are currently hiring a FT Strategic Sourcing & Business Partner Lead - Raw Materials and Ingredients hybrid in Breinigsville, PA.

The Procurement Strategic Sourcing & Business Partner Lead, Raw Materials and Ingredients is responsible for developing and implementing category management and strategic sourcing strategies designed to enable commercial growth and profitability for the Boston Beer Company. This individual will establish and execute best sourcing practices, manage the suppliers’ strategic and operational relationships, partner with internal stakeholders and extended sourcing team to implement innovation projects, drive efficiencies, deliver supplier quality improvements, and reduce risks while improving costs for assigned procurement categories.

*A Hybrid position at Boston Beer requires that our coworkers reside within commuting distance to be onsite according to their teams’ weekly schedule.  

What You'll Brew:

Business Partner Operational Procurement

• Communicates and ensures compliance of BBC’s Sourcing Governance (e.g. procurement policy, supplier code of conduct, P2P processes
• Facilitates implementation of procurement change initiatives to improve business performance effectively communicating timelines
• Supports process, system, and policy improvements representing procurement to cross-functional colleagues communicating change initiatives and associated benefits
• Actively participates in recurring business stakeholder meetings providing updates on service and supply Service Level Agreement (SLA) attainment, cost savings, and upcoming business needs
• Develops and documents procurement processes creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Creates and manages Purchase Orders to ensure timely and cost-effective acquisitions
• Develop relationships with internal stakeholders to identify and support supply interruptions requirements, identify cost savings pipeline opportunities, track and monitor projects

Category Management

• Analyzes industry trends in the market, economy, changing business models, environment and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect the continuity of supply and leverage strategic opportunities
• Responsible for building and maintaining the Boston Beer 9-steps of category strategy based on comprehensive market research and clear definition of company requirements
• Develops and maintain expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors, and product innovations
• Establishes metrics, processes, and procedures to ensure service, performance, and pricing are optimized by our suppliers
• Actively participates in recurring business stakeholder meetings providing updates on service and supply SLA attainment
• Reviews and reports cost savings opportunities and attainment
• Oversees, plans, manages and assumes complete responsibility for all activities and processes associated with the categories assigned

Strategic Sourcing

• Develops and executes sourcing strategies applying market analysis, supplier diversity best practices, benchmarking, and negotiations balance of power assessments to maximize competition
• Partners with internal stakeholders to draft Statements of Work (SOWs) and apply competitive bid processes executing sourcing events (RFI RFQ, RFP)
• Collects, manages and analyzes historical spend data to create a company aggregated view when designing and implementing optimal RFx’s events utilizing eSourcing tools
• Negotiates commercial terms and collaborates with stakeholders and legal department on overall negotiations to ensure a single point of contact with suppliers and optimal results
• Reviews and reports cost savings opportunities and attainment

Supplier Relationship Management

• Acts as the primary contact for supplier issues, addressing corrective action requests and resolving supplier disputes to ensure the highest level of service delivery
• Proactively drives and manages strategic relationships with key suppliers
• Conducts supplier business reviews partnering with internal stakeholders to define and track KPIs and SLAs to drive continuous improvement
• Tracks and reports supplier service delivery through Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Contract Management

• Maintains contractual and business relationships with suppliers
• Responsible for document archiving and active contract management coordinating with legal department to ensure supplier adherence to all commercial and legal terms
• Manages all Master Service Agreements (MSAs) within