Sr. Manager, Ingredients - Oils, Processed Grains Components

As the Senior Manager, Ingredients Procurement
- Commodities, you will be responsible for strategic planning, sourcing, supplier management, risk mitigation, and value creation across a portfolio of commodity ingredient categories, including edible oils, flour, processed grains, pasta, components, semi-finished goods, and related ingredients across the Kraft Heinz North American Zone. The role leads category strategy development, supplier relationship management, and cross-functional business engagement to deliver productivity, supply assurance, innovation, sustainability, and long-term business value.

Success requires strong commercial acumen, people leadership, market expertise, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while balancing cost, quality, service, resilience, and growth.

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for oils, grains, flour, pasta, components, and related commodity ingredient categories.
• Translate business priorities into procurement strategies that support growth, margin enhancement, supply continuity, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Monitor commodity markets, supply-demand dynamics, geopolitical developments, regulatory trends, and supplier capabilities to proactively identify risks and opportunities.
• Establish category roadmaps with clear productivity, risk mitigation, sustainability, and innovation objectives.
• Lead strategic supplier segmentation and relationship management programs.

• Lead complex sourcing events, negotiations, contract development, and supplier selection decisions.
• Drive total cost improvements through market intelligence, supplier collaboration, specification optimization, and commercial negotiations.
• Develop sourcing strategies that improve competitiveness while ensuring continuity of supply.
• Negotiate commercial agreements, risk-sharing mechanisms, pricing structures, and long-term partnerships.

• Serve as executive relationship owner for key strategic suppliers.
• Conduct supplier business reviews, performance discussions, and capability assessments.
• Build collaborative partnerships that support innovation, sustainability, and operational improvements.
• Resolve escalated commercial, supply, quality, and contractual issues.

• Lead, coach, and develop procurement managers, buyers, and category specialists.
• Build organizational capability through performance management, succession planning, and individual development plans.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and ownership.
• Promote best-practice sourcing methodologies across the procurement organization.

• Lead highly complex business initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and significant business risk.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Business Units, Manufacturing, Operations, R&D, Quality, Finance, and Supply Chain teams.
• Drive alignment through fact-based recommendations, executive communication, and business storytelling.
• Lead cross-functional programs to improve category performance, supplier effectiveness, and business processes.

• Develop and maintain category risk strategies covering supply continuity, geopolitical exposure, capacity constraints, financial health, sustainability, and quality risk.
• Establish contingency plans for critical materials and strategic suppliers.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, and Operations teams to manage supply disruptions and business continuity events.
• Ensure compliance with procurement governance, contracting policies, and supplier quality requirements.

• Deliver annual productivity, cash flow, working capital, and value creation targets.
• Manage category budgets, forecasts, savings pipelines, and strategic investment opportunities.
• Support business planning and long-range planning processes.
• Develop executive-level presentations and recommendations for senior leadership decision-making.

• Edible oils
• Flour and processed grains
• Pasta
• Semi-finished goods and components
• Related commodity ingredients

Provides leadership and development for procurement professionals supporting the assigned commodity ingredient categories. The final reporting structure and direct-report scope should be confirmed during position approval.

• Bachelor's…