About the Role
This is a high-impact role at a pivotal moment for our business, integrating two distinct packaging organizations, expanding our product portfolio, and building the supply chain infrastructure to support future growth. You will own the end-to-end packaging sourcing strategy across North America, leading a team of Strategy Managers and partnering closely with other Sourcing leaders.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Strategy Managers across core packaging categories.
- Drive the integration of the CA and US packaging sourcing teams.
- Build a team culture of urgency, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Develop and execute short and long-term NA packaging sourcing roadmap.
- Set and oversee the achievement of OKRs on cost, supply chain resilience, innovation, supplier performance, and team development.
- Identify and pursue opportunities to platform sourcing globally.
- Explore and develop innovative supply chain models.
- Support annual budgeting and drive savings initiatives across NA packaging spend.
- Lead multi-million dollar contract negotiations and RFP processes.
- Scale and strengthen our supplier network.
- Manage supply chain risk through dual-sourcing strategies, supplier performance management, and proactive contingency planning.
- Partner with Packaging Engineering to ensure suppliers meet quality and specification requirements.
- Improve inventory management and supply planning approaches across the NA network.
- Partner with Product, Operations, Finance, and Engineering to ensure packaging sourcing strategies support business needs.
- Navigate competing priorities across NA business units and brands.
- Represent NA Packaging Sourcing in global forums.
Requirements
- A strategic packaging sourcing leader with a track record of building high-performing teams and delivering measurable commercial results.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and change.
- An expert negotiator with hands-on experience managing multi-million dollar contracts and complex supplier relationships.
- A data-driven decision maker.
- A strong people leader with proven experience developing diverse, geographically distributed teams.
- A skilled communicator who can translate complex supply chain trade-offs into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
- Agile and self-directed.
- Curious and externally connected.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in procurement or strategic sourcing, with significant packaging category experience.
- Demonstrated experience building and leading high-performing sourcing teams, ideally across multiple geographies or business units.
- Hands-on experience in RFPs, contract negotiations, category strategy development, and supplier performance management.
- Strong financial acumen including budget management, TCO modeling, and cost driver analysis.
- Experience navigating organizational change, integration, or transformation.
- Flexibility to travel (up to 25%).
- Fluency in Google Suite; comfort with data tools and supply chain systems.
Skills
- Packaging Sourcing
- Strategic Sourcing
- Team Leadership
- Contract Negotiation
- RFP Process Management
- Supplier Performance Management
- Financial Acumen
- Budget Management
- TCO Modeling
- Cost Driver Analysis
- Organizational Change Management
- Data Analysis
- Supply Chain Management
- Google Suite
Location
- North America
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 12+ years of progressive experience in procurement or strategic sourcing
- Director level
Education Level
- Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $158,550—$200,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation
- Generous PTO, including sabbatical
- Parental leave of up to 16 weeks
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
- Tuition reimbursement for continuing education (upon 2 years of service)
- Up to 85% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans
- Access to Employee Resource Groups
- Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment
About the Company
- HelloFresh is disrupting the traditional food supply chain.
Equal Opportunity
- This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the responsibilities. However, the Company reserves the right to adjust, modify, or reassign work tasks and responsibilities as needed to meet changing business needs, operational requirements, or other factors.
