Strategic Sourcing Manager

Full Time Management Lake Mary, FL, US

Founded in 1954,
Vibrant Ingredients is a leading provider of natural, clean label ingredients and systems that power extraordinary food and beverage experiences. The company’s broad portfolio — including natural flavors, botanical extracts, functional nutrition, cold brew coffee, tea essences, and food protection solutions — enhances taste, texture, color, shelf life, and performance across a wide range of applications. Vibrant operates four state-of-the-art facilities across the United States and works with leading brands, manufacturers, and food service operators.

With vertically integrated capabilities and a proven track record of innovation and execution, Vibrant helps customers accelerate to market without compromise.

As a Strategic Sourcing Manager,you will be responsible for developing and executing enterprise-wide sourcing strategies for key ingredients and packaging materials to support business growth while driving cost efficiencies, supply continuity, and continuous improvement. This role leads local, regional, and international sourcing initiatives to deliver long-term competitive advantages across the organization.

This is a high-impact leadership role that drives strategic decision-making and executes dynamic change transformation, strategic decisions and implements continuous improvements. The Strategic Sourcing Manager plays a critical role in supplier strategy, risk mitigation, innovation enablement, creative solutioning for continuous supply and contract management. Working closely as a strategic partner with cross-functional leadership, R&D, plant operations, quality, sales, commercialization, supply chain, procurement, finance and IT, you will be a key contributor to cost savings and margin enhancement.

This position reports directly to the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing

• Develop and implement category strategic sourcing strategies that ensure consistent supply, timely delivery, and high-quality materials aligned with business requirements
• Act as lead strategist to leverage enterprise scale and drive cost efficiencies across spend categories with a continuous improvement mindset
• Achieve competitive pricing advantages through market intelligence, including domestic and international macroeconomic factors
• Proactively identify and capitalize on opportunistic market conditions within assigned categories
• Identify, evaluate, and execute sourcing opportunities while mitigating supply risk and ensuring supply chain stability & longevity
• Serve as Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM), fostering strong partnerships across the local and global supply base. Act as the primary key interface between Vibrant Ingredients and assigned suppliers
• Optimize the supply base to support continuity, scalability, innovation, and long-term growth
• Lead negotiations for long-term supply agreements that deliver sustainable competitive advantages. Develop & manage multi-year contracts and master supply agreements, ensuring compliance with pricing, quality, and delivery requirements
• Collaborate with Suppliers and R&D to drive creative innovation thru ESI;
• Work closely with Quality to identify, qualify, and approve new materials, technologies, and suppliers. Ensure sourced ingredients meet all product specifications, quality standards, regulatory requirements, and customer-specific needs
• Conduct supplier performance evaluations and drive improvement initiatives across the supply base and award new business based on highest performance supplier(s)
• Partner cross-functionally to support evolving business needs and strategic initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain…