Sr. Manager, Technology Procurement - Innovation & Emerging Tech

Position: Sr. Manager, Technology Procurement - Growth Innovation & Emerging Tech
Job Description
Sr. Manager, Technology Procurement - Growth, Innovation & Emerging Technology  at a glance…

The  Sr. Manager, Technology Procurement - Growth, Innovation & Emerging Technology  will support the commercial strategy and procurement delivery for a $140M portfolio at Kraft Heinz. The role manages sourcing activity across Marketing Technology, eCommerce, Revenue Growth Management, Consumer Insights, Growth Analytics, and R&D technology. Working with business stakeholders and procurement leadership, the incumbent will develop category plans, run sourcing initiatives, support negotiations, monitor supplier performance, and contribute to value delivery and risk management.

The position partners with Technology, Marketing, eCommerce, Growth, Consumer Insights, R&D, Legal, Privacy, Security, Finance, and global business units to balance business needs, commercial value, risk, and scalability.

Key Ingredients:

Support the commercial strategy for the $140M Growth, Innovation & Emerging Technology tower, contributing to category planning, sourcing execution, supplier governance, and value delivery.

Act as a procurement partner to Marketing, eCommerce, R&D, and Revenue Growth Management stakeholders, providing commercial input and supporting technology investment decisions.

Explore market intelligence on growth and emerging technologies, supplier capabilities, commercial models, and regulatory developments; translate insights into category strategies, sourcing options, and risk mitigation plans.

Support and, where appropriate, lead negotiations and contract governance for growth technology suppliers, including Google Marketing, Adobe, and digital experience services, in line with established procurement standards.

Develop category plans aligned with KHC business priorities, supported by total cost of ownership analysis and market intelligence.

Define annual value-delivery targets and category performance measures aligned with Kraft Heinz business plans, including savings, cost avoidance, supplier performance, adoption, utilization, speed to market, risk reduction, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Manage strategic sourcing events, including RFPs, RFIs, and sole-source justifications, for Marketing Technology, eCommerce platforms, Consumer Insights tooling, and Growth Analytics capabilities, with support from procurement leadership on the most complex initiatives.

In partnership with the business, recommend emerging technologies proactively building sourcing strategies that create competitive advantage and drive revenue growth

Drive overall contract governance, compliance, risk mitigation and solution standardization

Coordinate with offshore GPS services and International Procurement teams to support agreement delivery across the tower.

Provide project management support for strategic procurement initiatives in partnership with stakeholders, suppliers, and US and International zones.

Apply procurement processes, tools, and systems across strategy development, planning, sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and lifecycle management, delivering results through direct negotiation and cross-functional collaboration.

Support the commercial and contractual development of agreements across growth technology categories, including SaaS agreements, Master Services Agreements, data licensing, and data processing addenda, working with Legal and other specialist teams as required.

Operate effectively in a fast-moving, globally matrixed environment — managing ambiguity, building consensus across cultures and time zones, and maintaining momentum on high-priority commercial programs

Lead strategic sourcing projects for supplier selection/optimization to execute category vision and strategies

Partner with the Technology Excellence function on cross-tower programs and procurement-wide excellence initiatives

Manage supplier relationships and segmentation

Support major supplier issues and work with stakeholders to identify and solve problems

Develop financial reports using data, insights and business requirements

Identify and evaluate potential value generating projects based on complexity, resources, risk, time to implement, and estimated financial impact

Manage prioritized portfolio of projects for the category in the near and long term

Lead the supplier selection and RFx award process

Execute various complexity contracts in accordance with policies and processes; ability to apply competency across categories

Ability to deal with ambiguity within a…