Director, Procurement and Sustainable Sourcing

2 months ago

Los Angeles, United States sweetgreen Full time

As the **Director of Procurement %26 Sustainable Sourcing,** you will lead a mission driven procurement team, coach your team through rapid growth, and do this in the face of headwinds in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment. Your leadership chops should include the ability to be a long-term systems thinker, a solid negotiator, a superb project and process manager, and an inspiring leader who can hold all parties accountable to the desired outcomes. Experience owning a vast network of supply partners and commercialized foodservice solutions is a huge plus.

The Director of Procurement %26 Sustainable Sourcing has five key performance objectives:

- Build a scalable, new approach to sourcing our delicious, healthy, sustainable and transparent food
- Champion the “Five Rights” of Supply Chain Optimization
- Improve our ingredient quality and Food %26 Grower Ethos metrics by upholding our “Win, Win, Win” Core Value
- Negotiate and enhance our national supplier contracts as we continue to scale
- Manage the food cost sourcing strategy to achieve the budgeted COGS

How to Build our Supply Network
- Build a scalable, new approach to sourcing our delicious, healthy, sustainable and transparent food_
- Build a long-term ingredient sourcing model, including the commercialization strategy, to scale the production of strategic ingredients
- Create a cost-benefit analysis to support short, medium, and long-term sourcing and commercialization strategies
- Assign the appropriate resources (people, processes, systems) to support a commercialized supply chain, including differentiating ingredients sourced from value chain versus value-add suppliers
- Lead the cross-functional collaboration with Food Safety/Quality Assurance and Operation Services teams
- Champion the “Five Rights” of Supply Chain Optimization_
- Product: revolutionize how sweetgreen sources and creates its product as we grow rapidly in size and enter new markets
- Quality: confirm that the product meets the specifications provided by the Food and Operation teams. Support any food safety risk assessments, vendor standards, or recalls
- On-Time Delivery: monitor inbound logistics to the first receiver to optimize inventory and supply
- Quantity: coordinate Supply Planning’s forecast with key suppliers
- Price: establish and manage all pricing contracts in a systematic manner
- Improve our ingredient quality and Food %26 Grower Ethos metrics by upholding our “Win, Win, Win” Core Value_
- Assess new producers using our internal Food Ethos rating system’s pillars: healthy, sustainable, and transparent
- Enhance sweetgreen’s sustainability and ethos goals and then achieve those goals, even as we scale
- Expand the reach and capacity of our internal vendor assessment tools
- Manage our product innovation pipeline from ideation to the initial rollout stages
- Negotiate and enhance our national supplier contracts as we continue to scale_
- Manage our tech systems used to house, monitor, and update our regional and national contracts
- Build supplier resiliency for all critical regional and national items
- Work closely with the Value Chain team to enhance our local and sustainable offerings
- Fight for national and regional producers that you believe in
- Manage the food cost sourcing strategy to achieve the budgeted COGS_
- Carefully balance the improvement of our ingredient quality and Food Ethos with achieving our budgeted COGS
- Unbundle the components of the contracted landed costs to improve previously undiscovered inefficiencies
- Leverage our growth and buying power where appropriate
- Integrate inbound logistics solutions where needed to create faster, more efficient and cost effective freight options for sweetgreen nationally

**Desired Traits**
- Uphold a commitment to building a more sustainable food system
- Champion a team first attitude ahead of individual accolades
- Value feedback of all types in an effort to evolve
- Hold proficient time management, task management, and project prioritization skills
- Lead by example with a continuous passion for learning
- Known for honesty, integrity, self-awareness, and a solid work ethic
- Analytical mindset for value chain model planning
- Comfortable compiling, interpreting, and presenting the financial components of strategic sourcing

**Desired Experience**
- Have 7-10 years experience in Procurement, Food Systems, Supply Chain Management and Sustainability
- Familiarity and experience working with a broad array of producers and distributors within the foodservice arena
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree with technical background in Business, Environmental Health, Food Science, Agriculture, or Supply Chain related course of study
- Familiarity with food-related certifications and the requirements for a grower, producer, or distributor to achieve various certifications

**What you'll get**:

- Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
- Three different medical plans to suit your and your f

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