Strategic Sourcing Leader — $100M Spend (Hybrid)

Clemens Family Corporation; Hatfield Township (PA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Clemens Food Group seeks a Strategic Sourcing Manager to own a substantial dry-goods and packaging spend and lead category strategies, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional initiatives.

You will drive category projects, forecasts, and supplier performance while collaborating with Operations, Packaging Engineering, and Purchasing to implement changes. The role combines autonomy with coaching on major decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and executing category or supplier strategies.
• Proven leadership of complex sourcing projects and supplier negotiations.
• Experience reviewing, developing, and negotiating supplier contracts.
• Financial and analytical skills, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Working Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, lookups, and IF statements, plus experience using an ERP system.
• Ability to build partnerships, work through competing priorities, and influence decisions without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies that improve total cost, supplier performance, and supply continuity.
• Lead sourcing events from spend analysis and supplier evaluation through negotiations, contract awards, trials, and implementation.
• Manage supplier relationships, performance expectations, improvement plans, and portfolio decisions.
• Partner with Operations, Packaging Engineering, RDC, and Purchasing to evaluate materials and implement changes.
• Build category budgets and material-cost forecasts, explain variances, and recommend actions.
• Monitor commodity trends and supplier risks to identify opportunities and address emerging concerns.

Skills

Category strategy development

Sourcing leadership

Negotiations

Budgeting & forecasting

Excel & ERP proficiency

Supplier relationship management

Tools

SAP

ERP system

Job description

Clemens Food Group seeks a Strategic Sourcing Manager to own a substantial dry-goods and packaging spend and lead category strategies, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional initiatives.

You will drive category projects, forecasts, and supplier performance while collaborating with Operations, Packaging Engineering, and Purchasing to implement changes. The role combines autonomy with coaching on major decisions.