Senior Ingredients Sourcing Leader — Oils, Grains & Pasta

RiseMe; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking a senior procurement leader to drive category strategies for edible oils, grains, pasta and related ingredients. You will manage strategic supplier relationships, lead complex negotiations, and coach procurement professionals to deliver productivity and sustainable value.

The role requires 6+ years in procurement, strong financial analytics, and executive communication. This on-site position offers a bonus plan and competitive base salary with a focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in the listed fields.
• Minimum 6+ years of progressive procurement, sourcing, commodity management, or related experience.
• Proven experience developing and executing category strategies.
• Demonstrated success leading complex negotiations and supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for oils, grains, flour, pasta, components, and related commodity ingredient categories.
• Translate priorities into procurement strategies to support growth, margin, supply continuity, and innovation.
• Monitor markets, regulatory trends, and supplier capabilities to identify risks and opportunities.
• Establish roadmaps with productivity, risk mitigation, sustainability, and innovation objectives.
• Lead supplier segmentation and relationship management programs.
• Lead complex sourcing events, negotiations, contracts, and supplier selection decisions.
• Drive cost improvements through market intelligence and negotiations.
• Develop sourcing strategies that ensure continuity of supply.
• Negotiate commercial agreements and long-term partnerships.
• Serve as executive relationship owner for key strategic suppliers.
• Conduct supplier reviews and capability assessments.
• Build collaborations that support innovation and operations.
• Resolve escalated commercial, supply, quality, and contractual issues.
• Lead procurement managers and category specialists; develop talent.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Promote best-practice sourcing methodologies across procurement.
• Lead cross-functional programs to improve performance and processes.
• Develop category risk strategies and contingency plans.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, and Operations teams on disruptions.
• Ensure compliance with governance and contracting policies.
• Deliver annual productivity, cash flow, and value creation targets.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and savings pipelines.
• Support business planning and long-range planning.
• Develop executive presentations for leadership.

Skills

Category strategy

Negotiations

Supplier relationships

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Financial analytics

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics, Agricultural Sciences, Food Science, Engineering, or related field

MBA or advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Analytics tools

Job description

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking a senior procurement leader to drive category strategies for edible oils, grains, pasta and related ingredients. You will manage strategic supplier relationships, lead complex negotiations, and coach procurement professionals to deliver productivity and sustainable value.

The role requires 6+ years in procurement, strong financial analytics, and executive communication. This on-site position offers a bonus plan and competitive base salary with a focus on