Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager

## Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager Apply locations:
Green Bay, WItime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted 9 Days Agojob requisition :
R0036473#
** Job Category:
** Sales, Marketing & Product Management#
** Job Family:
** Product Management & Strategy#
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* Job Description:

** This role is an expert individual contributor responsible for designing and executing enterprise sourcing and external partnership strategies that enable growth, innovation, and supply resilience. The role leads complex, cross-functional efforts and drives measurable business outcomes through strategic partnerships across the external manufacturing ecosystem.

This role offers a flexible hybrid work schedule (Monday-Friday) located at our Home Office in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The hybrid work schedule is 3 days/week onsite at Home Office and 2 days/week from home.
** Relocation Benefits:
** Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for this position.
** About our Green Bay, WI Home Office:
** You’ll find lots to love in our beautiful home office in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. Our jeans-friendly environment has indoor and outdoor collaboration spaces, state-of-the-art R&D and sensory labs, culinary kitchens, a pilot plant, innovation center and more.

Take advantage of outdoor work spaces. Sample and provide feedback on new products from our R&D team. Enjoy free coffee, soda and popcorn. Take a short walk to restaurants, breweries, the YMCA and a weekly farmer’s market on the scenic Fox River. You can even see Lambeau Field from our top floor.
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* What you’ll do:

**** Enterprise Sourcing & Partnership Strategy
*** Define and operationalize multi-year sourcing and external partnership strategies aligned to innovation, commercialization, and supply network priorities
* Establish enterprise frameworks for make vs. buy, external manufacturing, and supplier ecosystem design
* Ensure optimal balance across cost, resilience, speed to market, and strategic flexibility
** Partnership Pipeline & Ecosystem Development
*** Build and maintain a robust pipeline of strategic partnership opportunities, including co-manufacturers, co-developers, and emerging suppliers
* Conduct market analysis and ecosystem mapping to identify capability gaps, innovation opportunities, and competitive threats
* Proactively source and develop new partnership models to support growth and new product commercialization
** End-to-End Partnership Lifecycle Management
*** Own the full lifecycle of partnerships including identification, evaluation, negotiation, onboarding, performance management, and renewal/exit
* Lead complex partnership negotiations, including commercial terms, SLAs, and risk-sharing models
* Ensure strong integration of partners into internal processes, systems, and supply network execution
** Strategic Partner Governance & Performance Management
*** Define and implement KPIs, governance models, and performance scorecards across the partner base
* Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and continuous improvement initiatives with key partners
* Drive accountability on service, quality, cost, innovation, and risk performance
** Commercial Value Creation & Financial Management
*** Develop and oversee financial models for make vs. buy and external manufacturing decisions
* Drive cost optimization, productivity initiatives, and value capture through partnerships
* Track and report ROI, savings, and growth contribution from strategic partnerships
* Align partnership strategies with financial planning, margin objectives, and capital allocation
** Innovation, Co-Development & Commercialization
*** Enable joint innovation and product commercialization through supplier and partner capabilities
* Lead development of co-manufacturing and co-development models that accelerate speed to market
* Integrate external partners into R&D and product pipeline processes to enhance innovation outcomes
** Cross-Functional Integration & Executive Influence
*** Serve as a strategic advisor to senior and executive leadership on sourcing, partnerships, and supply network decisions
* Lead cross-functional initiatives across Commercial, R&D, Operations,…