Head of Meat & Seafood Sourcing — Build Partnerships

Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible schedules

401(K) Retirement savings with company

Company paid life insurance

Paid holidays

DailyPay access

Job summary

Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is seeking a Director of Meat & Seafood Sourcing to lead supplier strategy, execution, and partnerships across its meat and seafood business.

You will build and scale the supplier network, set cost structures, and ensure quality standards, with a focus on small ranchers and regional producers who can deliver differentiated products and authentic sourcing stories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 8+ years in progressive sourcing, procurement, buying, category management, supply chain, or fresh food leadership; meat and/or seafood strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of meat and seafood categories, protein commodities, supplier capabilities, product specs, quality standards, food safety expectations, inbound quality, yield, and seasonal dynamics.
• Demonstrated strength in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, cost management, contract terms, vendor accountability, funding, and service-level improvement.
• Ability to identify and develop relationships with small ranchers, farmers, fisheries, and regional producers while helping them scale to Sprouts’ quality, service, and compliance expectations.
• Ability to build supplier strategies that enable differentiated assortments, innovation pipelines, and competitive cost structures.
• Strong analytical skills connecting commodity markets, supplier performance, cost modeling, and yield to drive sourcing actions.
• Experience managing supplier risk, alternate sources of supply, quality escalations, recalls, and supply disruptions.
• Ability to influence across merchandising, supply chain, replenishment, planning, quality control, food safety, finance, and operations.
• Strong communication skills to translate complex supplier and market data into actionable leadership recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the long-term sourcing strategy for Meat & Seafood aligned with Sprouts’ objectives.
• Build the Meat sourcing function from the ground up, defining structure and capabilities.
• Establish a strategic supplier portfolio supporting quality, cost, continuity, and innovation.
• Partner with senior leaders to align priorities and evaluate tradeoffs.
• Strengthen relationships with regional producers and strategic partners to enhance differentiation.
• Lead supplier negotiations to optimize costs, margins, and performance.
• Leverage market insights and analytics to identify risks and opportunities.
• Establish supplier performance management, scorecards, and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with Quality, Food Safety, Supply Chain, and Distribution to ensure compliance and product integrity.
• Develop contingency sourcing plans to mitigate supply disruption risks.
• Identify opportunities for assortment innovation and responsible sourcing in partnership with Merchandising.
• Communicate sourcing strategies and risks to senior leadership and drive cross-functional issue resolution.

Skills

Meat & Seafood sourcing

Strategic sourcing

Negotiations

Supplier risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analytics

Quality & food safety awareness

Contract terms & vendor management

Cost optimization

Leadership & stakeholder alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is seeking a Director of Meat & Seafood Sourcing to lead supplier strategy, execution, and partnerships across its meat and seafood business.

You will build and scale the supplier network, set cost structures, and ensure quality standards, with a focus on small ranchers and regional producers who can deliver differentiated products and authentic sourcing stories.