Strategic Procurement Lead - CPG/Food Sourcing

Siete Family Foods; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Siete Family Foods is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead strategic sourcing and supplier relationships across ingredients or packaging. You will own RFPs, contract strategies, and category roadmaps while partnering with Planning, Finance, R&D, Quality, and Legal to align procurement with business goals.

You will translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing strategies, mitigate supply risks, and drive procurement improvements across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, or Supply Chain within the CPG or food manufacturing sector.
• Experience managing direct material categories (ingredients and/or packaging) preferred.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth CPG or food manufacturing environments preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
• Experience with ERP systems and procurement platforms such as TraceGains or similar is preferred.
• Experience with spend analytics or business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
• Experience with RFP software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of sourcing strategies across assigned Procurement vertical (Ingredients or Packaging), owning select strategic categories and supplier relationships.
• Oversee sourcing initiatives including RFPs, contract strategy, supplier selection, contract negotiations, and category roadmaps.
• Act as escalation point for manufacturing partners, supplier negotiations and supply constraints.
• Translate market intelligence into cross-category sourcing strategies and annual planning; identify and mitigate supply risks.
• Lead enterprise Procurement initiatives to improve capabilities and cross-functional alignment.
• Oversee contracting standards, ensuring agreements align with business needs.
• Partner with Planning, Finance, R&D, Quality, Commercialization, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Legal to align strategies.
• Lead Procurement performance reviews and develop team capabilities through coaching and mentorship.
• Drive consistency across Procurement via standardized tools, reporting, contracting approaches, governance.
• Develop cross-category tools, dashboards, and planning resources to improve execution.
• Oversee commercialization and material transition strategies across categories and partners.
• Design inventory management strategies to address risk, service, or cost concerns.
• Travel requirements average 15% annually.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Prioritization in fast-paced customs

Communication clarity

Tools

TraceGains ERP

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Siete Family Foods is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead strategic sourcing and supplier relationships across ingredients or packaging. You will own RFPs, contract strategies, and category roadmaps while partnering with Planning, Finance, R&D, Quality, and Legal to align procurement with business goals.

You will translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing strategies, mitigate supply risks, and drive procurement improvements across the organization.