Sr. Procurement Manager, External Manufacturing - Pasta Sauce

Job Description

Essential Functions & Responsibilities  

• ​​Shape and drive the long-term vision for the category, ensuring external partner strategies align with Kraft Heinz’s business needs 

• ​Act as a strategic thought partner to senior leadership and cross-functional teams, influencing key decisions that determine the future footprint of the category 

• ​Lead high-stakes contract negotiations and transformation initiatives, ensuring projects feed into long-term strategy. 

• ​Conduct and synthesize complex analyses (market data, cost drivers, supplier capabilities, financial modeling, risk assessment) to inform sourcing decisions and category strategies. 

• ​Own and execute the end-to-end sourcing process, from market research and opportunity identification through RFPs, supplier selection, negotiation, and implementation. 

• ​Build and maintain strong internal and external relationships to increase influence and drive collaborative achievement of business goals. 

• ​Serve as primary relationship manager for strategic suppliers, leading performance discussions and resolving complex business challenges, including being the primary point of contact for performance and risk issues.  

• ​Leverage market insights and industry trends to inform decision-making and drive innovation. 

• ​Develop and implement multi-year category strategies based on data, insights, and business requirements. 

• ​Ensure the strategic sourcing process is robustly applied to all sourcing projects, in line with applicable policies & procedures 

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Expected Experience & Required Skills 

• Be consistent across the job posting, interview, assessments, and the job itself 

• Include specific, qualitative proven experiences versus generic years of experience 

• Include both “hard” and “soft” skills 

• Include skills that are observable, measurable, and assessable (speaking to their criticality to the role and business) 

Minimum Qualifications:

• ​​Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, finance, business, or related field; MBA preferred. Candidates with extensive relevant experience will be considered instead of a degree. 

• ​Possess at least 5 to 7 years of experience in Procurement, preferably in external manufacturing procurement, with relevant category expertise.   

• ​Strong written, verbal, and analytical skills, as well as interpersonal and presentation skills. 

• ​Effective negotiator and influencer with demonstrated examples with internal stakeholders and external suppliers/partners. 

• ​Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and explain Procurement results and variances to non-Procurement audiences.