Sr Sourcing Manager

Vital Farms - Current Crew Members; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401(k) + 3% match

Free eggs and family discounts

Professional development opportunities

Team swag

Job summary

Vital Farms - Current Crew Members is seeking a Sr. Sourcing Manager to partner with leaders across Operations, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, and Shared Services. You will lead strategic sourcing, category strategy, and complex negotiations to reduce cost and improve supplier performance.

The role emphasizes supplier governance, risk management, and measurable savings, while fostering an inclusive, high-impact procurement culture across the organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement transformation, supplier management, or supply-chain-heavy commercial roles.
• Proven success leading negotiations, evaluating supplier proposals, and delivering measurable cost savings and business value.
• Strong ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders with sound contract, commercial, and business acumen.
• Experience in manufacturing, food, CPG, agriculture, or supply-chain-heavy environments preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to use spend data, analytics, and market insights to identify trends, develop business cases, quantify savings opportunities, and support commercial decisions.
• Ability to build should-cost and total-cost models, sourcing scorecards, and decision frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with leaders across Operations, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, and Shared Services.
• Understand business priorities and proactively identify sourcing opportunities aligned with company goals.
• Serve as a thought partner, not merely a purchasing function.
• Lead RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs for complex spend categories.
• Develop negotiation strategies grounded in market intelligence and cost drivers.
• Negotiate pricing, service levels, contract terms, and performance commitments.
• Drive measurable savings and value creation.
• Develop supplier performance scorecards and governance processes.
• Monitor supplier performance, risk, and compliance.
• Partner with suppliers to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
• Manage renewals and strategic supplier relationships.
• Lead cross-functional sourcing projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Influence decisions without direct authority.
• Communicate tradeoffs clearly to leaders and build alignment.
• Drive execution through ambiguity and change.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Procurement transformation

Supplier management

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Spend analytics

Cost savings

Decision frameworks

Tools

Power BI

Excel

ERP

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

**Internal Job Posting**
This posting is intended for current Vital Farms employees. If you are not an employee, please visit our careers page to view available opportunities and follow the appropriate application process.

Finding the right place to grow your career isn’t (over) easy, so we’re here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think you’ll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism, which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the “way things have always been done.” Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industry-leading brand. Whether you’re into our values, our brand, or our egg- cellent puns, we hope you ’ll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time!

At Vital Farms, we’re proud of the diverse communities we serve and the stakeholders who help bring our purpose to life. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment where every crew member feels valued. We see this as one of our greatest strengths - and your role is key to helping us build on it.

Your Role:

The Sr. Sourcing Manager serves as a strategic business partner to leaders across the organization, helping identify and execute opportunities to reduce cost, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and enhance operational efficiency.

This role goes beyond tactical purchasing and supplier management. The ideal candidate proactively identifies high-value sourcing opportunities, challenges existing assumptions, leads complex negotiations, and helps internal stakeholders make better business decisions while building demand for Procurement by consistently delivering business value. Success in this role requires strong commercial judgment, exceptional stakeholder management, analytical rigor, the ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution and becoming a trusted advisor to functional leaders.

What You’ll Do:

Strategic Business Partnership

• Build trusted relationships with leaders across Operations, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, and Shared Services
• Understand business priorities and proactively identify sourcing opportunities aligned with company goals
• Serve as a thought partner, not merely a purchasing function
• Challenge specifications, demand assumptions, and supplier selection decisions when appropriate

Category Strategy & Opportunity Identification

• Develop category strategies for key indirect and operational spend areas
• Analyze spend, supplier fragmentation, and market trends to identify savings opportunities
• Build and maintain a prioritized sourcing pipeline based on enterprise value
• Focus resources on initiatives with meaningful financial or operational impact

Strategic Sourcing & Negotiation

• Lead RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs for complex spend categories
• Develop negotiation strategies grounded in market intelligence and cost drivers
• Negotiate pricing, service levels, contract terms, and performance commitments
• Drive measurable savings and value creation
• Develop supplier performance scorecards and governance processes
• Monitor supplier performance, risk, and compliance
• Partner with suppliers to drive continuous improvement and innovation
• Manage renewals and strategic supplier relationships

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead cross-functional sourcing projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Influence decisions without direct authority
• Communicate tradeoffs clearly to leaders and build alignment
• Drive execution through ambiguity and change

What You Bring to the Table:

• 7+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement transformation, supplier management, or supply-chain-heavy commercial roles, including complex indirect and operational spend categories
• Proven success leading negotiations, evaluating supplier proposals, and delivering measurable cost savings and business value
• Strong ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders with sound contract, commercial, and business acumen
• Experience in manufacturing, food, CPG, agriculture, or supply-chain-heavy environments preferred
• Demonstrated ability to use spend data, analytics, and market insights to identify trends, develop business cases, quantify savings opportunities, and support commercial decisions
• Ability to build should-cost and total-cost models, sourcing scorecards, and decision frameworks
• Advanced Excel skills with experience using Power BI, ERP, or procurement systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Ability to travel 20–30%, or as needed, for supplier visits, stakeholder meetings, site visits, and other business needs
• You’re no hero – You know the power of teamwork and celebrate the work of others before your own.
• You give a sh*t – You believe in acting like an owner and making Vital Farms a place to be proud of.
• You raise the standards – You know growth can be hard, but you strive to improve yourself and others each day.
• You can walk in someone else’s boots – You seek to understand other’s viewpoints and think that you get to better answers by sitting on the same side of the table.
• You do n’t w al k on eggshells – You’re not af raid to leave the bullsh *t behind and have honest conversations.
• We recognize that talent comes in many forms. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may have strengths we haven’t yet considered!

What We Bring to the Table:

• A fast-paced, energetic, remote environment with passionate people who are leading a movement to bring ethically produced food to the table.
• Competitive pay and benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Paid Parental Leave, just to name a few).
• Generous retirement contributions: 401(k) + 3% Contribution from Day 1.
• Free eggs , along with friends and family discounts.
• Fun team SWAG that will make you the talk of the town.
• Professional development opportunities and an amazing team dedicated to your growth.

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