Sr. Sourcing Manager, New Product Introduction

About Pendulum

Pendulum® is leading a revolution that is occurring around the world to improve physical and mental health by first understanding, then restoring and enhancing the human microbiome.

Pendulum® is leading a revolution that is occurring around the world to improve physical and mental health by first understanding, then restoring and enhancing the human microbiome.

Studies have shown that our microbiome (the bacterial communities in and on our bodies) is linked to everything from metabolism and diabetes, to longevity, weight loss, healthy immune systems, cancer prevention, feelings of well-being, inflammatory bowel disease, and even healthy skin. We have just scratched the surface on understanding the impact that our microbiome has on our lives. During early life we develop a diverse and balanced microbiome that plays a critical role in shaping our long-term health.

Over our lives, a combination of diet, lifestyle, antibiotics, and aging can decrease the effectiveness of our microbiome.

Pendulum recognized the enormous impact they could have on people’s lives if they were able to address the imbalances in the microbiome. To accomplish this, Pendulum created proprietary probiotic pipelines and a unique discovery platform to identify key, novel bacterial strains and the prebiotics that feed them. The company has also built and developed the world’s first manufacturing technology to produce bacteria in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment at scale.

The medical probiotics that Pendulum has formulated have transformed the consumer probiotics market into a new category of therapeutic offerings that deliver the power and efficacy of a pharmaceutical with the safety and accessibility of a natural probiotic. Due to Pendulum’s explosive revenue and customer growth over the last two years, the company earned a spot on Forbes Magazine’s exclusive "The Next Billion Dollar Startups" list.

If you’re interested in improving the lives of people globally and you love working in a cross-functional, collaborative, inspiring environment, please continue reading.

We are looking for a Sr. Sourcing Manager, New Product Introduction to own the sourcing work streams that enable Pendulum’s innovation pipeline from concept through commercial launch.

This person will be the primary sourcing partner to Product, which owns the overall product launch timeline. The Sr. Sourcing Manager will establish the sourcing roadmap, own raw material strategy, and drive supplier and raw material readiness. The right candidate brings strategic sourcing expertise, strong project-management skills, and the ability to create structure in ambiguous situations.

• Own the sourcing workstream for new products from concept through commercialization
• Translate product concepts and technical requirements into executable sourcing strategies
• Own raw material strategy across probiotics, active ingredients, excipients, flavors, and other emerging categories
• Partner with Product to establish achievable sourcing milestones and proactively resolve risks that threaten committed launch dates
• Keep stakeholders and leadership informed of sourcing progress, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions

• Own sourcing strategies and commercial relationships across Pendulum’s raw material portfolio
• Build supplier networks that support innovation, commercial supply, cost competitiveness, and continuity
• Lead supplier identification, selection, qualification, commercial readiness, and material availability for new products
• Lead supplier negotiations involving pricing, contracts, payment terms, capacity, forecasts, and long-term agreements
• Develop second sources and new supplier relationships that improve capability, resilience, or speed
• Establish supplier expectations and lead performance reviews focused on quality, delivery, responsiveness, innovation, cost, and continuous improvement

• Serve as the sourcing subject-matter expert throughout product commercialization
• Partner closely with Product, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Planning, Packaging, Contract…