[Hiring] Sourcing Manager, Operations Indirects @The J.M. Smucker Co.

Role Description

The Sourcing Manager is responsible for developing and executing category strategies for Secondary Packaging, Sanitation, Quality Control, select CapEx, and other assigned categories. This role leads the full sourcing lifecycle:

• Spend analysis
• Supplier evaluation
• RFP development
• Negotiation
• Contracting
• Implementation across plants and corporate functions

Serves as the primary liaison between procurement and operations for managed spend across plants, ensuring needs are understood and addressed in sourcing strategies. This role will be a procurement point of contact providing procurement support for assigned plants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required (Supply Chain, Finance, Business, or other relevant is preferred)
• 5 years of experience in procurement or category management
• Strong negotiation, analysis, communication, and influencing skills
• Highly organized with strong execution capability
• Proficient with ERP and procurement tools
• Experience with indirect categories
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and senior leadership
• Ability to travel approximately 30% as business needs require

Requirements

• Lead and manage category strategies for assigned indirect categories including ongoing contract management
• Conduct spend analysis, market research, and opportunity assessments
• Develop and manage RFIs/RFPs, evaluate suppliers, lead negotiations, and partner with SBA, Plants, Legal, and IS
• Roll out regional and National agreements across all plants
• Manage key supplier relationships and lead performance reviews
• Resolve supplier issues, drive improvements, and ensure service-level compliance
• Implementation of agreement and ensure plant participation and compliance
• Manage blanket purchase orders for inventoried items under National agreements
• Build and maintain strong horizontal relationships with leaders and subject-matter experts across plants and corporate groups
• Facilitate cross‑functional sourcing teams to ensure input, alignment, and shared ownership of decisions
• Influence decision‑making by presenting clear data, insights, and recommendations
• Address concerns, identify barriers to compliance, and proactively guide stakeholders through change management
• Support plants with procurement process and policy adherence
• Support daily requisition and PO management
• Oversee supplier setup and reinforce preferred supplier usage
• Identify local savings and continuous improvement opportunities

Benefits

• We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together
• Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs
• We believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs

Company Description

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.