Director, Strategic Sourcing – Food & Beverage

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LogicSource

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2 - 10 employees

Founded 2014

💰 $180M Private Equity Round - LogicSource on 2022-04

Our company provides small businesses, start-up companies, and entrepreneur's one source for their business needs. This will eliminate having to search for outside professionals to help with the following:

📋 Description

• Lead the development and execution of sourcing strategies that deliver measurable results for our clients across Food & Beverage categories, including Food Distribution, Cafeteria Services, Patient Food Services (healthcare), Vending Services, Catering Services, among others. • Engage directly with client stakeholders to identify category-specific priorities and challenges, then develop sourcing strategies that effectively address those objectives. • Assume full ownership of the end-to-end RFP process, including data gathering, RFP development and execution, proposal evaluation, supplier negotiations, results presentation, and support for client award decisions and supplier/client contracting. • Lead evaluations of supplier proposals by applying TCO modeling. • Develop and implement innovative cost-reduction strategies that extend beyond unit price negotiations, including value engineering and demand optimization initiatives. • Lead research and analytics efforts to validate savings projections and enable more precise supplier negotiations. • Provide first-rate customer service to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction, internal and external. • Perform necessary supplier research to stay informed in changing market trends and supplier capabilities. • Facilitate communication between client business units and suppliers to ensure effective category execution and delivery. • Build and manage best-in-class supplier ecosystems by category and region. • Review major contracts and act as a subject matter expert for complex negotiations. • Monitor and analyze spend, supplier performance, and savings targets at the category and sub-category levels. • Build and maintain strong relationships at all organizational levels, including C-suite partnership.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. • Minimum of 10 years of experience in indirect procurement and strategic sourcing with deep expertise in Food & Beverage categories. • Proven experience developing sourcing strategies for complex Food & Beverage categories and leading large-scale sourcing events. • Experience implementing or negotiating GPO food-related contracts. • Experience managing Food sourcing in the hospital/health system industry. • Strong background in supplier negotiations. • Prior experience interfacing with clients and/or stakeholders at all organizational levels, especially within a services industry (e.g., professional consulting, BPO, managed services, outsourcing). • Demonstrated expertise in TCO modeling and data-driven decision-making. • Experience driving change management and building cross-functional consensus. • Experience identifying and implementing value engineering and spec optimization recommendations to reduce total cost without sacrificing quality. • Strong knowledge of supplier ecosystems serving Food-related categories. • Proficient in MS Office applications, including Excel (analysis) and PowerPoint (presentations). • Detail-oriented with the keen ability to deliver on client expectations, influencing others or escalating as needed to do so. • Demonstrated ability to interpret complex data and translate insights into business recommendations. • Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills. • Proven ability to build relationships and gain credibility in areas beyond defined scope of work. • Entrepreneurial mindset with commitment to client service. • Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong attention to detail. • Flexible and adaptable in a changing environment; minimal travel required.

🏖️ Benefits

• Extensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family. • Employer‑funded HRA. • 401(k) match. • Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs. • Short- and long-term disability coverage. • AD&D. • Life insurance. • Fertility assistance. • Supplemental benefits for unexpected large expenses related to Accidents, Hospitalization, or Critical Care. • Support for Maternity/Paternity, FMLA, and Military leave. • Behavioral health services within the medical support insurance plan and everyday support tools to help with mental health. • Flexible PTO.